Some bumper setups you just have to, but there are a lot of alternative front plate mounts that can be used to mount a plate without drilling, it’s just not stuff the dealer will generally use as they tend to be designed with specific models in mind and not everyone wants one as they often put the plate off center which for some people is worse than having a mount drilled into the center.
I don’t think plate frames are illegal as long as they don’t obscure any information on the plate. That includes the ”Connecticut” and “Constitution State” parts. But I’m sure a cop can write for whatever he feels like in that regard and just say the frame obscured something.
MrBleah OP t1_jec7ee3 wrote
Reply to comment by Sasha64- in Anyone ever get pulled over for not having a front plate on their vehicle? by MrBleah
Some bumper setups you just have to, but there are a lot of alternative front plate mounts that can be used to mount a plate without drilling, it’s just not stuff the dealer will generally use as they tend to be designed with specific models in mind and not everyone wants one as they often put the plate off center which for some people is worse than having a mount drilled into the center.