slownrusty Posted February 6, 2007 Share Posted February 6, 2007 Gang - Just venting I guess. I recently re-newed my plate stickers tags and on the weekend when I was washing my car, I noticed that someone had tried peeling it off and ripped a decent section off the new sticker. I was thinking which idiot would do that? I am sure if a cop was to run a plate they can tell if they have a current tag or expired? Seems stupid and pointless? What are you guys thoughts? Yasin Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pop N Wood Posted February 6, 2007 Share Posted February 6, 2007 That is a very common theft. It keeps them from getting pulled over for expired tags. Whenever I put on a new sticker, I peel off the old one, clean the surface so the new sticker will stick properly, then make numerous cross hatch cuts through the new sticker with a razor blade. That way the sticker can't be taken off in one piece. If you have 100 years of old stickers applied on old stickers, then you are theft bait. Those come off real easy. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Mike Posted February 6, 2007 Share Posted February 6, 2007 In Texas the tags are stuck to the inner lower corner of the driver's side windshield. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
auxilary Posted February 6, 2007 Share Posted February 6, 2007 i take a razor to mine and cross hatch cut it. that way, you can't peel it off Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hotimport Posted February 6, 2007 Share Posted February 6, 2007 Well i think if someone really wanted a sticker they would just take the whole plate off and peal the sticker off with a heat gun. The best thing to do is cut it with a blade in an X shape and then put a plastic cover over the plate so that he cant even get to it. Unless you got a screwdriver. I collect plates so i know a thing or two about protecting them. And its about $27 to replace a pair of graphicals with a sticker...and about $16 for a pair of regural passenger tags with a sticker. Thats prices for IL DMV... and down side to it is that you have to go to the DMV to fill in the replacement form and wait for about 4 weeks. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
True School 240Z Posted February 6, 2007 Share Posted February 6, 2007 i guess you've got to make it as hard as possible to get to the sticker. Those who can't get legit tags find that it's easier to steal someone else's rather than make fake ones. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Twoeightnine Posted February 6, 2007 Share Posted February 6, 2007 Yep. A few years back I watched someone heat an auto plate untill it was almost smoking and slid the sticker off. I was perplexed at first untill I saw them later rubber cement it to another car. Its a ploy to avoid being pulled over. Once pulled over however, it's OVER. Funny how some folks will work really hard to avoid the real easy way out. Buy your own!! Lapsing insurance is the biggy. No insurance, no sticker. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SteelToad Posted February 6, 2007 Share Posted February 6, 2007 Delaware started printing your tag number on the sticker, so it cant be used on another car. The police can pull you over to verify that the sticker belongs to the car if they want to. Sticker theft has all but disappeared Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest TeamNissan Posted February 6, 2007 Share Posted February 6, 2007 Delaware started printing your tag number on the sticker, so it cant be used on another car. The police can pull you over to verify that the sticker belongs to the car if they want to. Sticker theft has all but disappeared Ya jersey needs to work on improving thier system like that. We even still use non reflective inspection stickers I could IN THEORY just print out on my computer lol. The stickers are such a crock too, I got mailed a renewal set fr my old beater. I actualy put them on correctly, preping and all. In front of my eyes on a warm summer day I watched it fall off as I was having a beer and working on a friends car lol. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hotimport Posted February 6, 2007 Share Posted February 6, 2007 Delaware started printing your tag number on the sticker, so it cant be used on another car. The police can pull you over to verify that the sticker belongs to the car if they want to. Sticker theft has all but disappeared Funny that you mention about DE becuase they have a five year registration on there cars. Which gives them a long renewal for their car. And as a matter a fact there plates still have been using the same base as the 1972 to the present and the sticker has the same last 4 digits as youre plate for easy identification of the vehicle. The first and the smartest state Delaware Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MatMan Posted February 7, 2007 Share Posted February 7, 2007 In CA, the stickers are already breakaway material. It's a PIA to try to reposition the thing once it sticks. On the bright side, a replacement sticker costs only $17. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cody 82 ZXT Posted February 7, 2007 Share Posted February 7, 2007 The Texas things works great except you have another thing in your windsheild that can block your vison is some situations. Also the one for the '07 is an ugly dark blue color that I'm still not used to. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
slownrusty Posted February 7, 2007 Author Share Posted February 7, 2007 Thanks for the replies guys...I thought as much...bastards! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
phil280zxt Posted February 13, 2007 Share Posted February 13, 2007 Just got my wife's registration in the mail with a winshield sticker instead of the customary plate tag. The accompanying letter stated that Connecticut is switching to windshield stickers to aviod plate sticker theft. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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