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Safety check sticker:
Where are you guys putting yours?
@solar powered, I made a plate bolted it to two long steel strips that I got at City Mill. Then I mounted to the lower hard plastic (mine is chrome colored, some are black) on the bottom of the rear of the car. It draws your eyes to it on the back, and I don't particularly like that. But I could not think of a better way. I didn't want it on the bumper. I saw one on a plate that was attached some how to the right far end of the license plate, but it looked odd that way.
I heard O'Reily's had a sticker mounting plate. But three I went to, didn't have them. Could not find one of Amazon either.
Sorry, I wish I had a better answer for you.
Safety check sticker:
Where are you guys putting yours?
I got the bracket they sell at checkers/o'riley that mounts behind the plate. It only holds on with one of the License plate screws, so it does pivot slightly if not tight. It fits it's purpose 99% but I am thinking about finding/making another similar bracket with a two license plate screw hold point.
Had this type of plate on my M3 and I'm going to try and get it again for my MS. Works great, but like dsmith said, the screw/bolt on the frame needs to be tight for it not to slip. Also, keep in mind that some safety check places refuse to do it when the sticker is on the plate - they claim it's illegal and the sticker must be mounted on the bumper. I haven't had the patience or energy to go research the city ordinances to find out one way or another, but I had mine on the M3 for 4 years (and a couple of pull-overs from HPD) and the officers never even said anything about it.
gmtom1 got me thinking about the statutes regarding safety inspection stickers. Here's what I found in just a few minutes. 2011 Hawaii Code, DIVISION 1. GOVERNMENT, TITLE 17. MOTOR AND OTHER VEHICLES, 286. Highway Safety, §286-26 Certificates of inspection. About half way through paragraph (e) of 286-26 (e), there's a single sentence discussing location. "A sticker, authorized by the director, shall be affixed to the vehicle at the time a certificate of inspection is issued." I suspect this is covered again in another statute, but I have not seen a different reference via Google yet. The way I read this, its more about the sticker is to be attached to the vehicle at time of inspection, than it is about where on the vehicle its to be attached.
Having seen the picture ddruz put up here, I like his way better than how I have mine. I am going to look again for that plate like he is doing his. I can always return to my safety inspection station and for a minor fee, they will put another on mine, "since I lost mine where it was".
@Akikiki - Thanks for researching! After reading the citation, I now remember the argument I had with the service dept. regarding my safety check being on the plate - they claimed that putting it on the plate doesn't constitute "affixing" it to the vehicle, since you can remove the metal plate and move it from car to car. Although I disagreed with them, they ultimately refused to give me the safety check and I had to go elsewhere. They claimed that the City could revoke their safety check license for violating the rules. Aside from the my opinion that the safety check program does nothing except make $$ for the city & dealers that issue them, the idea that I have to attach it to my bumper to prevent me from moving it from car to car to avoid paying the $20 fee is ridiculous. Ok, end rant here....
Akikiki: given the comments about twisting safety check mounting plates w/only a single bolt hole, I'll make a plate like yours. For alignment purposes, how far apart are your license plate mounting bolts? I'll make slots, but it would align better if I knew the approximate bolt hole spacing. Mahalo!@solar powered, I made a plate bolted it to two long steel strips that I got at City Mill. Then I mounted to the lower hard plastic (mine is chrome colored, some are black) on the bottom of the rear of the car. It draws your eyes to it on the back, and I don't particularly like that. But I could not think of a better way. I didn't want it on the bumper. I saw one on a plate that was attached some how to the right far end of the license plate, but it looked odd that way.
I heard O'Reily's had a sticker mounting plate. But three I went to, didn't have them. Could not find one of Amazon either.
Sorry, I wish I had a better answer for you.
Akikiki: given the comments about twisting safety check mounting plates w/only a single bolt hole, I'll make a plate like yours. For alignment purposes, how far apart are your license plate mounting bolts? I'll make slots, but it would align better if I knew the approximate bolt hole spacing. Mahalo!
Akikiki: given the comments about twisting safety check mounting plates w/only a single bolt hole, I'll make a plate like yours. For alignment purposes, how far apart are your license plate mounting bolts? I'll make slots, but it would align better if I knew the approximate bolt hole spacing. Mahalo!
solar, let me take a picture of mine. I think I didn't do a very good job of explaining where my sticker plate currently is. (Its mounted on the bottom of the car and sticks out the back.) Is that what you understand? Do you still want the the distance between my license plate?
I didn't want my Safety Inspection Sticker on my bumper. So I made a bracket and mounted it to the bottom of the car. I didn't like this method but it was the only way I could think without putting it on the bumper. Then ddruz showed us how he did his (Reply #945). I liked how he did that. I didn't know we could do that. So, I started thinking of a way to produce the same effect but not use a metal plate. I found some PVC sheets on Amazon. Opaque White Polyvinyl Chloride sheets 12" x 24" and ordered it.
I drew a pattern using my tag and added a tab to the right for the stickers. I took several sheets to a shop and asked them to cut the pattern. After they cut the patterns they warned me the Ultra High Molecular Weight Polyethylene sheets would not allow the stickers to adhere to the plates. I am trying to find some paint that will stay on that sheet. In the mean time, I painted the tab on the PVC plate where the stickers will go. Here's pictures. Next step is to go back to my inspection station and talk them into replacing my existing stickers on the underside mounted bracket and put new stickers on the plate mounted behind the tag. Results look much better than on the bumper.