Aluminum Year of Manufacture plates illegal

There was one guy that made "display only" plates for all states. You could not buy them from CA. They would only ship CA plates to a non CA state. They were cheaper that paying someone to restore your original plates.

Technically you couldn't use those plates by the letter of the law. But they were just replacing a bent old orginal plate or a missing front plate that the numbers and color were the same.

But now CA is selling black and yellow plates and forced that guy not to even make them.

The CA plates are not as accurate as that repro guy. And the yearly fees are much more $$$ than the one time fee to by a repro plate just to replace a missing front plate.

That stinks for the hobbiest.

Bill Crowell, did you just give this plate maker a fictitious plate number and expect CA DMV to accept it???