if the cop wants they can be ****** about missing front plates, they can. you had a real good one to knock down the stop to a inspection problem warning. same goes for tinting the front door glass to 85%.it's illegal by federal high way laws.legal in new york. but in new jersey they can and have impounded cars and trucks for

as much as i agree with you about the front plate looks. i had the same problem on my 85 gt stang. after a small bender and new plastic mine failed inspection as it is part of the inspection laws, you may have to bite your feelings as much as i did and mount the plate.