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Fake Plates

Make a fake plate at a chop shop, fit it to your own car to dodge plate checks - and know what it leaves behind.

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A Fake Plate swaps your car's plate for a random made-up one. Run that plate and it comes back with no registration - nothing links it to you at first glance. The car underneath is still the same car, and it leaves a trail for anyone who looks closer.

Before you begin

1

Making one

  1. Stand at the chop shop spot. The floating text shows [E] Strip the nearest car [G] Make a fake plate.
  2. Press G. A progress bar runs, then a hard skill check.
  3. Pass it and you get a clean-looking fake plate. The blank plate and plastic are used.
  4. Fail it and it "came out crooked" - you keep your materials, try again.
2

Fitting it

  1. Stand next to your own car.
  2. Use the Fake Plate from your inventory. The plate changes and your keys still work.
  3. To put the real plate back, stand by the car and type /realplate.
  • Fitting a fake plate is written into the car's history - police who look up your real plate in the MDT see "Fake plate fitted".
  • A plate with no registration is suspicious in itself, and the VIN tells the truth whatever the plate says.
  • Police treat a fake plate as contraband. Don't keep a spare in your pockets.
  • If you sell the car, the history report shows a WARNING about the fake plate.

Blank plates don't grow on trees - keep your eyes open and ask around in RP. Put the real plate back before you pull into anywhere official; a fake plate helps against a quick check, not a proper stop.

Common problems

  • "Need more mechanic skill" - you are below mechanic level 8.
  • "It came out crooked" - you failed the skill check. Your materials are kept.
  • It won't fit on this car - it only goes on a car registered to you.
  • I want my real plate back - stand by the car and type /realplate.
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