Any Allroaders going w/o front plates
#1
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Any Allroaders going w/o front plates
On my last 2 cars - Macan and 2017 A4, I never attached the front plates - as on those 2 cars the grill is such that the front plate ruins the look of the grill. On my A4 I bought the filler piece, so the grill looked good. I think the grill on the Allroad would not suffer as much looks wise with a front plate, but are there any out there forgoing the front plates and getting the filler pieces?
#2
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I registered my AR in PA, a single plate state, but it came with a front plate bracket anyway. So I fitted the plate I used in Japan, as the holes oddly lined up for that plate but not US sized plates.
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I plan on ordering mine without a front plate but will have to run on where in NY (they're sticklers).
I will either reuse my US Millworks Tow Hook Plate Mount or get one that fits the A4 Allroad. Couple pix from my JSW.
I will either reuse my US Millworks Tow Hook Plate Mount or get one that fits the A4 Allroad. Couple pix from my JSW.
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Well, I think I may have been lucky because I ran w/o front plates in NY and NJ for about 10 months - granted, new cars can do that until the reg comes in, but I always said that if I ever got that one ticket, the front plate will go on that day.
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Last weekend my wife, six year old and I got pulled over by an officer randomly as we drove by him. He walked up and asked me to roll my window back up slightly and immediately dropped a tint meter on my drivers side window. Mind you, my tint is really pretty minimal (let's in 35% of light) which is the CT legal limit and where I purchased my vehicle. The new laws in NY have gone into effect and inspection stations will now be testing tint and failing you if you're over the limit (which is letting 70% of light in) - a laughable amount of tint - totally absurd. I have a black car with a black interior. The tint on my windows (which really is not accessive by any stretch) helps keep the vehicle cooler and protects my daughter, wife, etc. not to mention I get horrific migraines at times and am very sensitive to light. I think I went off on a tangent here but you get what I'm saying. The front plate being missing is just asking to get pulled over in my opinion. I don't like it either though. Car looks so much better without one.
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Probably just bad luck on my part, because there are tons of PA cars that run around here with no front plates so I'm surprised the cops even look out for front plates on NJ-tagged cars. Anecdotally, my neighbor has had a NJ-tagged A8L with no front plate for a few years and said he's never had an issue with the cops.
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The issue is it's an excuse to pull you over. Not that I'm a law breaker or anything but I don't love being pulled over for any reason. It's a hassle. And giving the police an easy excuse to do so just isn't something I want to play with.
Last weekend my wife, six year old and I got pulled over by an officer randomly as we drove by him. He walked up and asked me to roll my window back up slightly and immediately dropped a tint meter on my drivers side window. Mind you, my tint is really pretty minimal (let's in 35% of light) which is the CT legal limit and where I purchased my vehicle. The new laws in NY have gone into effect and inspection stations will now be testing tint and failing you if you're over the limit (which is letting 70% of light in) - a laughable amount of tint - totally absurd. I have a black car with a black interior. The tint on my windows (which really is not accessive by any stretch) helps keep the vehicle cooler and protects my daughter, wife, etc. not to mention I get horrific migraines at times and am very sensitive to light. I think I went off on a tangent here but you get what I'm saying. The front plate being missing is just asking to get pulled over in my opinion. I don't like it either though. Car looks so much better without one.
Last weekend my wife, six year old and I got pulled over by an officer randomly as we drove by him. He walked up and asked me to roll my window back up slightly and immediately dropped a tint meter on my drivers side window. Mind you, my tint is really pretty minimal (let's in 35% of light) which is the CT legal limit and where I purchased my vehicle. The new laws in NY have gone into effect and inspection stations will now be testing tint and failing you if you're over the limit (which is letting 70% of light in) - a laughable amount of tint - totally absurd. I have a black car with a black interior. The tint on my windows (which really is not accessive by any stretch) helps keep the vehicle cooler and protects my daughter, wife, etc. not to mention I get horrific migraines at times and am very sensitive to light. I think I went off on a tangent here but you get what I'm saying. The front plate being missing is just asking to get pulled over in my opinion. I don't like it either though. Car looks so much better without one.
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On my last 2 cars - Macan and 2017 A4, I never attached the front plates - as on those 2 cars the grill is such that the front plate ruins the look of the grill. On my A4 I bought the filler piece, so the grill looked good. I think the grill on the Allroad would not suffer as much looks wise with a front plate, but are there any out there forgoing the front plates and getting the filler pieces?
#10
Yes. The filler plate (two in this case) are already there. Audi was smart in the design on this car to have one grille design whether a front plate is required or not.