I live in TX, where a front plate is required. I haven't done that in over 30 years, and no tickets yet. I have 4 main reasons not to do that. First, most plates block air to the intake, which is no good when several months of the year is over 100F. The second is you get zapped with radar over 2 miles away; without a plate, less than 1. Third, most cars just look like crap with it. And fourth, most vehicles require drilling the freaking bumper, which is irreversible.
Anyway, my solution to the front plate problem is one I saw once, but couldn't catch the guy to ask him where he got it done. And it was a sticker of his license plate, in euro mode, so it fits perfectly on basically all bumpers. THAT is exactly what I'd like to do. Does anybody know where you can get one done? I imagine a creative sticker place could do it, no? Thx.