OT - Alumni License Plate Touch Up

[Nitwit]

My alumni plate must be 15 years old by now and the paint is wearing off down to the bare metal. I don’t want to try to get it replaced because I like having the low number. Has anyone tried to use touch up paint or a marker to freshen up their plate? Is it legal to do this? Thanks

 

[PS7680]

Mine could use a refresher as well : ) Have the older “lion head” and don’t want to change

 

[BobPSU92]

Maybe time for a new school?

 

[JWB389]

My alumni plate must be 15 years old by now and the paint is wearing off down to the bare metal. I don’t want to try to get it replaced because I like having the low number. Has anyone tried to use touch up paint or a marker to freshen up their plate? Is it legal to do this? Thanks

Mine are wasted too. I originally applied for mine a long time ago and recall there being a lot of red tape. Maybe mis-remembering? I was going to try to replace them, but didn't want to pay to do it. I have no attachment to the plate number, but I do still have my old PA plates (blue plate, yellow numbers) with the same numbers. I was wondering if I could get away with just flipping them back and using the old plates, which still appear to be new. Curious to hear about other experiences.

 

[step.eng69]

My alumni plate must be 15 years old by now and the paint is wearing off down to the bare metal. I don’t want to try to get it replaced because I like having the low number. Has anyone tried to use touch up paint or a marker to freshen up their plate? Is it legal to do this? Thanks

Maybe time for a new school?

Mine are wasted too. I originally applied for mine a long time ago and recall there being a lot of red tape. Maybe mis-remembering? I was going to try to replace them, but didn't want to pay to do it. I have no attachment to the plate number, but I do still have my old PA plates (blue plate, yellow numbers) with the same numbers. I was wondering if I could get away with just flipping them back and using the old plates, which still appear to be new. Curious to hear about other experiences.

Your license plate frame is enough for police in Pa. to pull you over, court rules​

by Angela Couloumbis of Spotlight PA | Aug. 24, 2022​

Thousands of drivers in Pennsylvania could now be at greater risk of getting pulled over by police — all because of the frame around their license plate. A state appellate court ruling this week affirmed the right of police officers to stop drivers if any part of their license plate is obscured.

Your license plate frame is enough for police in Pa. to pull you over, court rules - LebTown

I WAS GOING TO GET THIS FOR MY NEW CAR ... PROBABLY WON'T FLY WITH THE COPS

 

[Bison13]

Your license plate frame is enough for police in Pa. to pull you over, court rules​

by Angela Couloumbis of Spotlight PA | Aug. 24, 2022​

Thousands of drivers in Pennsylvania could now be at greater risk of getting pulled over by police — all because of the frame around their license plate. A state appellate court ruling this week affirmed the right of police officers to stop drivers if any part of their license plate is obscured.

Your license plate frame is enough for police in Pa. to pull you over, court rules - LebTown

I WAS GOING TO GET THIS FOR MY NEW CAR ... PROBABLY WON'T FLY WITH THE COPS
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Good grief, doesn't the state have better things to do than this?

 

[PSU12046]

Good grief, doesn't the state have better things to do than this?

Good grief here also!! I have both also!!

 

[psuro]

My alumni plate must be 15 years old by now and the paint is wearing off down to the bare metal. I don’t want to try to get it replaced because I like having the low number. Has anyone tried to use touch up paint or a marker to freshen up their plate? Is it legal to do this? Thanks

I don't think most states allow that- it would probably be along the lines of altering the plate. Perhaps speak to the state (and not the Alum Association) and see if you can replace the plates with the same number, just newer plates. Since they are personalized plates you might be able to keep that.

 

[Nitwit]

I don't think most states allow that- it would probably be along the lines of altering the plate. Perhaps speak to the state (and not the Alum Association) and see if you can replace the plates with the same number, just newer plates. Since they are personalized plates you might be able to keep that.

I have looked into it. If I go to the police and they are willing to sign an affidavit saying my old plate is unreadable, which I am not sure they will do, I can send it to the state, and they will send me a new plate, but not with the old Lion Head and old number.

 

[Woodpecker]

I can get my kid to do it. What number do you want?

 

[CVLion]

I had a PSU plate when I lived in Northern Virginia after graduation. I still have it somewhere, and have been meaning to hang it up in my garage. And I’ve been meaning to get a Pennsylvania PSU plate instead of the random generic one I currently have.

I suppose I ought to get my a$$ in gear and do those things. Then again, it’s only been 19 years since I moved back to PA. A man gets busy and all that.

 

[91Joe95]

Good grief, doesn't the state have better things to do than this?

Yes, that’s why they do crap like this.

 

[PSU Mike]

I had a PSU plate when I lived in Northern Virginia after graduation. I still have it somewhere, and have been meaning to hang it up in my garage. And I’ve been meaning to get a Pennsylvania PSU plate instead of the random generic one I currently have.

I suppose I ought to get my a$$ in gear and do those things. Then again, it’s only been 19 years since I moved back to PA. A man gets busy and all that.

 

[CVLion]

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Awesome! Mine says HL2DLN

 

[PSU Mike]

Funny how VA’s alum plates >> PA’s.

 

[PSU87]

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When I lived in VA many years ago I had WERPNST

 

[Nitwit]

The best vanity plate I ever saw was OUIRPNST8

 

[PSU73]

Was in TX for 2 years, very good years for Penn St. I took no crap. Then, back to Ohio and for a couple years had the 2nd plate, An a-hole neighbor kept saying he didn't get it. Guess where he went to school! Then got lucky one year when someone gave up the 3rd plate. Had it for 4 years but dropped it when the State raised the specialty plate fee to more than I was willing to pay.

 

[Nitt1300]

Your license plate frame is enough for police in Pa. to pull you over, court rules​

by Angela Couloumbis of Spotlight PA | Aug. 24, 2022​

Thousands of drivers in Pennsylvania could now be at greater risk of getting pulled over by police — all because of the frame around their license plate. A state appellate court ruling this week affirmed the right of police officers to stop drivers if any part of their license plate is obscured.

Your license plate frame is enough for police in Pa. to pull you over, court rules - LebTown

I WAS GOING TO GET THIS FOR MY NEW CAR ... PROBABLY WON'T FLY WITH THE COPS
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got one of these on my SUV

got one of these on my motorcycle

betting I don't get a ticket on either

 

[Yogiman71]

My old pewter one from 1998 is getting faded. I took the wife there in the fall, that was the last time I was in State College.

 

[PSUAlum]

Your license plate frame is enough for police in Pa. to pull you over, court rules​

by Angela Couloumbis of Spotlight PA | Aug. 24, 2022​

Thousands of drivers in Pennsylvania could now be at greater risk of getting pulled over by police — all because of the frame around their license plate. A state appellate court ruling this week affirmed the right of police officers to stop drivers if any part of their license plate is obscured.

Your license plate frame is enough for police in Pa. to pull you over, court rules - LebTown

I WAS GOING TO GET THIS FOR MY NEW CAR ... PROBABLY WON'T FLY WITH THE COPS
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PA State troopers have already said they won't pull anybody over for it and give them a ticket. You will get a ticket for it, if there is another reason to pull you over. I think you are more likely to get a ticket by some of the local police departments. You know the ones that pull people over for dark tinted windows.

 

[91Joe95]

PA State troopers have already said they won't pull anybody over for it and give them a ticket. You will get a ticket for it, if there is another reason to pull you over. I think you are more likely to get a ticket by some of the local police departments. You know the ones that pull people over for dark tinted windows.

What it does is give police a legally defensible excuse if they want to pull you over. Hey we noticed... now that we're here we noticed...

 

[Nitwit]

In investigating all this further, apparently the only thing you can do is actually order a new PSU plate to replace the old one. But first, it’s expensive to do that, and second for some reason the MVD isn’t currently equipped to issue them now anyway. So rather than take the risk of touching up my old plate with some blue paint, I decided to just clean the summbitch off with some household cleaner to at least make it look presentable and live with it as is. It’s just not worth the hassle or risk to start taking a paint brush to it. I guess at some point the automatic toll readers on bridges might not be able to read the number on the plate but I have easypass so I suppose they capture that instead. Who knows.

 

[AvgUser]

Your license plate frame is enough for police in Pa. to pull you over, court rules​

by Angela Couloumbis of Spotlight PA | Aug. 24, 2022​

Thousands of drivers in Pennsylvania could now be at greater risk of getting pulled over by police — all because of the frame around their license plate. A state appellate court ruling this week affirmed the right of police officers to stop drivers if any part of their license plate is obscured.

Your license plate frame is enough for police in Pa. to pull you over, court rules - LebTown

I WAS GOING TO GET THIS FOR MY NEW CAR ... PROBABLY WON'T FLY WITH THE COPS
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Festivals Pet peeve of mine. Why does it say alumni? I am an alumnus. Some are alumnae. Married couple might be alumni.

 

[PSU12046]

Festivals Pet peeve of mine. Why does it say alumni? I am an alumnus. Some are alumnae. Married couple might be alumni.

My came with a chrome metal pole

 

[Bison13]

My old pewter one from 1998 is getting faded. I took the wife there in the fall, that was the last time I was in State College.

I have the same frame, mines a little rougher shape. Was hoping to get one at a game this fall

 

[step.eng69]

got one of these on my SUV

got one of these on my motorcycle

betting I don't get a ticket on either

Unless you're riding with this pretty gal, she'll be turning a few views biking the roads.

 

[CVLion]

Festivals Pet peeve of mine. Why does it say alumni? I am an alumnus. Some are alumnae. Married couple might be alumni.

It bugs me too. I suppose one could make the weak argument that it’s a shout out honoring our alumni as a whole.

But when someone says, “I’m an alumni,” that really grates on me.

 

[Paruffus]

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I think you should wait and get your new plate when you move to Florida. LOL

 

[PhillyBillyReprise]

It bugs me too. I suppose one could make the weak argument that it’s a shout out honoring our alumni as a whole.

But when someone says, “I’m an alumni,” that really grates on me.

A solution is to use the shortened “Alum”.

 

[BW Lion]

In investigating all this further, apparently the only thing you can do is actually order a new PSU plate to replace the old one. But first, it’s expensive to do that, and second for some reason the MVD isn’t currently equipped to issue them now anyway. So rather than take the risk of touching up my old plate with some blue paint, I decided to just clean the summbitch off with some household cleaner to at least make it look presentable and live with it as is. It’s just not worth the hassle or risk to start taking a paint brush to it. I guess at some point the automatic toll readers on bridges might not be able to read the number on the plate but I have easypass so I suppose they capture that instead. Who knows.

Just use an enamel paint pen available from any arts supply store. After you're done with the numbers/letters, spray some clear coat over the plate.

 

[EPC FAN]

Your license plate frame is enough for police in Pa. to pull you over, court rules​

by Angela Couloumbis of Spotlight PA | Aug. 24, 2022​

Thousands of drivers in Pennsylvania could now be at greater risk of getting pulled over by police — all because of the frame around their license plate. A state appellate court ruling this week affirmed the right of police officers to stop drivers if any part of their license plate is obscured.

Your license plate frame is enough for police in Pa. to pull you over, court rules - LebTown

I WAS GOING TO GET THIS FOR MY NEW CAR ... PROBABLY WON'T FLY WITH THE COPS
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Which flippin’ moron judge made that ruling?