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Xander wrote:

nitrogen wrote:
...At one point I reinforced the plate carrier with steel cabling. The theives just took a knife to my bumper, costing $1000 to replace....

Dang....They *really* wanted that plate. Wow. Did they not take the back plate as well?

Back plate of that car had screws that bolted right into the trunk. I had them bolted in with allen bolts.

I used to live in an area where lots of cars were stolen and vandalized. My car was hacked apart at one point to get the HID Headlamps out, broken into countless times, had someone attempt to steal my wheels, so I'm hyper-sensitive to the issue.

txinvestigator wrote:

nitrogen wrote:I've had my front plate stolen 7 different times in 5 years, in California. Twice, my plate was found on a similar, stolen car. I don't even put my front plate on anymore, because I just seem to enable this type of crime.

I'd rather deal with a fixit ticket for lack of a front plate, than enabling someone to steal a car with my stolen plate.

If one trys hard enough it is easy to make excuses for breaking the law.

Your front plate does not 'enable" anyone to do anything, except for the cop to delay you, write you a ticket and require a court appearance for you.

At one point I reinforced the plate carrier with steel cabling. The theives just took a knife to my bumper, costing $1000 to replace, which insurance refused to cover because the front plate cover was a "modification" to the original design.

I realize it's against the law, and as I said above, I'll deal with the consequences if it comes to that.
(EDITED: I'm more adult than others.)

I've had my front plate stolen 7 different times in 5 years, in California. Twice, my plate was found on a similar, stolen car. I don't even put my front plate on anymore, because I just seem to enable this type of crime.

I'd rather deal with a fixit ticket for lack of a front plate, than enabling someone to steal a car with my stolen plate.