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Until I moved here I never ran a front plate. I’m not sure if Az has to run one, but that’s where we are moving to in a few years. Hopefully they don’t!
 
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brandofamily said:
Haven’t run a front plate since 2004. If I start now it won’t be by drilling into the new-to-me bumper plastic.
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In that case I’d say just leave Rubicon plate on there and not worry about it. 😆
 
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Leave the plate; it is not poserly at all. It is really not going be noticed by many people, if any. It is your Jeep do what you like.

Now if you were planning to put Rubicon stickers on the hood…. Way different story. Faux fairlead is tres poserly too!

I seem to recall having a rubicon plate with plate holes already in it. Finding it may be a different story after the move.
 
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I think the thing that bothers me the most is how did you get that??
Who buys a special edition and then takes off everything that makes it a special edition????
Just buy a standard rubicon and paste on all the aftermarket stuff.

Just grinds my gearz
 
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Jhmace9 said:
I think the thing that bothers me the most is how did you get that??
Who buys a special edition and then takes off everything that makes it a special edition????
Just buy a standard rubicon and paste on all the aftermarket stuff.

Just grinds my gearz
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I see those steel bumpers on facebook marketplace all the time, and I'll agree, it is a strange thing to do. I saw a set of the wheels that came on the dragon edition not too long ago.
 
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TBJeepin said:
I would just get a winch. They can come in pretty handy even if you don’t go off-road.
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I've thought about it. I have heard good things about the Harbor Freight Badlands Apex 12,000 unit w/ synthetic rope I was surprised.
 
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brandofamily said:
I've thought about it. I have heard good things about the Harbor Freight Badlands Apex 12,000 unit w/ synthetic rope I was surprised.
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I think that’s the one Matt’s Off-road Recovery uses on YouTube. They use a lot of Harbor Freight tools and equipment.
I’ve got an 10K X-Bull I bought from Amazon for $350. I’m cautious not to run it too long and let it cool off between cycles. It’s always gotten me out of a rut or over an obstacle with no issues.
 
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Sgt_USMC said:
Until I moved here I never ran a front plate. I’m not sure if Az has to run one, but that’s where we are moving to in a few years. Hopefully they don’t!
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Looking at putting an aftermarket (and very expensive aluminum) front bumper on my ordered and upcoming 2022 Jeep, I was a bit dismayed to see that there is no accommodation on that particular bumper for a front license plate, which they have always given me with a new license plate here in Alaska, and which I just assumed was required by law.

But then I started looking more closely at vehicles on the highway in the last few months, and I noticed that maybe 6 or 7% of them had no front license plate! So I finally met up with a guy with one such vehicle (and of course, it was a Jeep), and he told me that the state of Alaska had stopped enforcing that front license plate ordinance maybe five or six years ago. Which I was happy to hear, as there is NO way that I am going to go drilling unnecessary holes in a $1500 bumper!
 
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Yeah, I was thinking of doing just that, Sgt.

Because it is not so much a matter of what is legally required, but what is in practice enforced or not. Just like it is illegal (technically) to drive with a cracked windshield, but I'd like to see ANY local cop or state patrolman try to enforce that on the road in Alaska! At any given moment, I bet a good 50% of all the vehicles on the road up here have a cracked windshield; even more than that in the Interior.
 
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Chugiakguy said:
Looking at putting an aftermarket (and very expensive aluminum) front bumper on my ordered and upcoming 2022 Jeep, I was a bit dismayed to see that there is no accommodation on that particular bumper for a front license plate, which they have always given me with a new license plate here in Alaska, and which I just assumed was required by law.

But then I started looking more closely at vehicles on the highway in the last few months, and I noticed that maybe 6 or 7% of them had no front license plate! So I finally met up with a guy with one such vehicle (and of course, it was a Jeep), and he told me that the state of Alaska had stopped enforcing that front license plate ordinance maybe five or six years ago. Which I was happy to hear, as there is NO way that I am going to go drilling unnecessary holes in a $1500 bumper!
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just use 3m VHB tape. no drilling required. :)
 
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jeep63 said:
Now if you were planning to put Rubicon stickers on the hood…. Way different story. Faux fairlead is tres poserly too!
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I kind of did just that and got called out for it. mine didn't come with a rubicon sticker from the factory so I added one...the 10A style not what would have came on it in 2012. people jumped on me saying it didn't come with the sticker because it is not a rubicon. it is a CoD edition which is a rubicon but they didn't come with the sticker on the hood....and not that I needed to advertise but it looked bare without something there.

as for the actuall question. a roller fairlead would give a place to mount a plate at least. I have a flip up plate holder on my roller fairlead....I do however also have a winch, but hey if you have a work in progress there are some parts you will need anyway!!
 

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