Where to get CA black plates made?

[Flash68]

Originally Posted by John510

what is a year correct sticker and where do I get one of those? I thought about going the DMV route but they are dragging their feet on that.

I found the seller of my plates on ebay. And a different seller I got the year correct sticker from.

Since you have a 68 also you should just need a 68 year sticker. But other years are able to use a non-exact year sticker. I did this research over a year ago so I am not 100% on it now. Do your your research to make sure. Here's what I got. I am into it total for about $350 I think. Some guys at Goodguys swap meet area try to sell junkier looking plates for hundreds more I've found.

[Richio1]

Looks good Dave.

John, another thing to consider is the first 3 letters on the plate if you want them to match the year of your car. Each year has different series of letters. A quick google search will give you that.

I got lucky as my car came with black plates that are year correct for a 69 car and as an added bonus even includes 69 in it. We sort of restored mine. I didn't want them perfect so it would maintaine the age appropriate character. Here is the front which is way more wavy than the back. We got pretty close on the color. I got my red & white month tag on eBay also.



I even have my old high school plate with my last name on it hanging in the garage.

[Flash68]

Jeff, that blue plate is awesome!

[clill]

I hope they never get enough orders for the legacy plates. A orig black plate car means something.it means it has been in ca for most of its life. If this passes I can go buy a rusted our bondo mobile out of Florida and stick black plates on it.

[SBDave]

The black legacy plates already passed so those will happen. The old yellow w/black plates and the blue w/yellow plates didn't get enough votes (voting ended).

For a website dedicated to the modification of cars I'm a little surprised by the negative reactions. This is going to be one of the few purely aesthetic modifications I do to my cars... can't please everyone.

[John510]

the black legacy plates are already shipping. If you search on google images you can see some cars with them already.

Is there a shop that repaints these things? I kinda want mine black with red wording. Its mostly a show car so not worried about a ticket.

[Black93GT]

Maybe I'm seeing things but I swear I saw a new black plate on a newer CTSV a few weeks ago.

[Build-It-Break-it]

Originally Posted by John510

the black legacy plates are already shipping. If you search on google images you can see some cars with them already.

Is there a shop that repaints these things? I kinda want mine black with red wording. Its mostly a show car so not worried about a ticket.

The license plate on your car is considered government property. If you paint it or alter it in any way your car can be impounded and the license plate confiscated. Its considered altering the identification of your vehicle. Not worth the effort or trouble for a "look".