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Thu Oct 24, 2019 10:55 am

calilove1 wrote: I just wanted to give you guys a recent update for California YOM plates....

I went to the DMV today to register my blue and yellow YOM plates and it was a fairly easy process in big part to all of the information that I found here.

Here is what I brought with me:

YOM plates with correct year sticker (1970)
color photocopies of the YOM plates
my original plates
my registration
my pink slip
$45 cash
a filled out YOM application form
https://www.dmv.ca.gov/portal/wcm/connect/8e00c021...OD=AJPERES

I made an appointment a few weeks back and brought all of that stuff in today and was out of there within 20 minutes or so

They kept my old plates and said I could start using the YOM plates and issued me a temporary driving pass (pink / red form to be stuck on rear window) until Jan 2020.

I am still awaiting approval from Sacramento and the metal tab. I will keep you guys updated.

Looks good, nice Westy as well.

They didn't used to let you run the plates until they had been approved so that's a nice change. I still cringe a bit when I see the new/reproduction black/yellow plates on new cars (and more so on vintage cars). Almost as bad as running the current white plates on a vintage car.

Thu Oct 24, 2019 11:28 am

Does this program apply to trailers as well?

Thu Oct 24, 2019 11:32 am

Thu Oct 24, 2019 4:39 pm

House wrote: Cool, hopefully Sacramento won't bitch about the extra holes in your front plate. They can be pretty picky, depends on the inspector.

The last two pairs of yom plates I've registered both had very rough front plates (paint missing, tough to read from any distance).. I was worried on both but they surprisingly passed! :D

Thu Oct 24, 2019 4:48 pm

srfndoc wrote: I still cringe a bit when I see the new/reproduction black/yellow plates on new cars (and more so on vintage cars). Almost as bad as running the current white plates on a vintage car.

Snob. Some of us had no choice, either run white plates or "black" plates to look a bit more OG.

Thu Oct 24, 2019 4:52 pm

turbo_g wrote: srfndoc wrote: I still cringe a bit when I see the new/reproduction black/yellow plates on new cars (and more so on vintage cars). Almost as bad as running the current white plates on a vintage car.

Snob. Some of us had no choice, either run white plates or "black" plates to look a bit more OG.

Hah. First world problems.

Mon Oct 28, 2019 7:44 am

turbo_g wrote: srfndoc wrote: I still cringe a bit when I see the new/reproduction black/yellow plates on new cars (and more so on vintage cars). Almost as bad as running the current white plates on a vintage car.

Snob. Some of us had no choice, either run white plates or "black" plates to look a bit more OG.

You could remedy that problem now though, right?

Thu Aug 06, 2020 11:56 pm

srfndoc wrote: calilove1 wrote: I just wanted to give you guys a recent update for California YOM plates....

I went to the DMV today to register my blue and yellow YOM plates and it was a fairly easy process in big part to all of the information that I found here.

Here is what I brought with me:

YOM plates with correct year sticker (1970)
color photocopies of the YOM plates
my original plates
my registration
my pink slip
$45 cash
a filled out YOM application form
https://www.dmv.ca.gov/portal/wcm/connect/8e00c021...OD=AJPERES

I made an appointment a few weeks back and brought all of that stuff in today and was out of there within 20 minutes or so

They kept my old plates and said I could start using the YOM plates and issued me a temporary driving pass (pink / red form to be stuck on rear window) until Jan 2020.

I am still awaiting approval from Sacramento and the metal tab. I will keep you guys updated.

Looks good, nice Westy as well.

They didn't used to let you run the plates until they had been approved so that's a nice change. I still cringe a bit when I see the new/reproduction black/yellow plates on new cars (and more so on vintage cars). Almost as bad as running the current white plates on a vintage car.

Thanks. Oh and they did send the metal tabs for the plates that hold the year and month. I painted them black and will add a photo tomorrow.

Just bought another bus, a 1970 dormobile that I am going to do the same thing with

Tue Sep 08, 2020 8:30 pm

scored these brand new never been used plates on eBay!

they are going on my Dormobile

Tue Sep 08, 2020 9:11 pm

Nice Commercial plates!

Tue Sep 08, 2020 9:52 pm

westcalia wrote: <snip> They kept my old plates and said I could start using the YOM plates and issued me a temporary driving pass (pink / red form to be stuck on rear window) until Jan 2020.
I am still awaiting approval from Sacramento and the metal tab. <snip>
I had a very similar experience, however:
Even though they confiscate your old plates, give you metal tabs and send you on your way, they can still reject your request. I received a letter from Sacramento, including a check refunding my $45, voiding the registration on the plates and an explanation that a correct YOM tag had to be installed on one of the plates.

Well, I brought the proper YOM tag with me, which I bought at the Sac Bugorama. However, the ignorant clerk I dealt with apparently didn't know that it had to be stuck to a plate, and she photocopied the plates without the sticker and sent it on its way. I get it, that was fine, I stuck it down and went back and repeated the process with another clerk and it was successful the second time around.

The reason I tried to slip by without adhering the sticker to a plate was because that sticker (orange 1965) was nearly flawless, I didn't want to ruin it by sticking it down and then covering it up the next year...because here's the thing: once you're out of there, no law enforcement officer is going to care (and most probably won't know the policy) that you tossed the cheesy metal tabs and began sticking your renewal stickers directly to the YOM plates, you're going to look just like every other one of the millions of cars on California roads, and they won't ever know (nor probably ever care) that you participated in the YOM plate program. Most of us will probably just stick the new YEAR sricker down on our rear plate just like we've done with every other car we've owned.

I guess my point is, even though a set of plates have been cleared and given conditional pre-approval by a field office, Sacramento ultimately holds the cards, and they do have a process and specific paperwork with a multiple-choice checkbox type form for the person in Sac to use when rejecting the request, specifying the reason(s) for denial. Of course, the sucky part is, if you are ultimately unsuccessful, you'd ultimately have to go get another set of new plates, because as you pointed out, they confiscate your original set early on in the process.

Tue Sep 08, 2020 10:20 pm

There are lots of sellers now selling the correct year on eBay

I just ordered another 1970 sticker since it must match the year of the vehicle

The cool thing about these plates I bought they actually have the original DMV stickers as well but they are from Nov 1986

So I’ll put the Nov sticker on with the 1970 sticker from eBay and it should pass like my last ones

Tue Sep 08, 2020 10:37 pm

westcalia wrote: There are lots of sellers now selling the correct year on eBay

I just ordered another 1970 sticker since it must match the year of the vehicle

The cool thing about these plates I bought they actually have the original DMV stickers as well but they are from Nov 1986

So I’ll put the Nov sticker on with the 1970 sticker from eBay and it should pass like my last ones
I'm sure they will too, I was just pointing out one of the nuances of the process based on real-world experience and, maybe, just save someone else the headache that I went through.

Tue Sep 08, 2020 10:45 pm

Great idea

Busstom wrote: westcalia wrote: There are lots of sellers now selling the correct year on eBay

I just ordered another 1970 sticker since it must match the year of the vehicle

The cool thing about these plates I bought they actually have the original DMV stickers as well but they are from Nov 1986

So I’ll put the Nov sticker on with the 1970 sticker from eBay and it should pass like my last ones
I'm sure they will too, I was just pointing out one of the nuances of the process based on real-world experience and, maybe, just save someone else the headache that I went through.

Wed Sep 09, 2020 7:13 am

FYI- CA DMV is now accepting walk-ins for YOM. I tried to get my YOM registered to my bus since May, and I was having no luck until about two weeks ago.

They told me that due to COVID, it will take at least two months before I get the new registration paperwork showing the plates registered to the bus.

Even though you need to present both plates to DMV, they only photocopied one plate which is the one that had the correct year sticker.

I hope this helps.

Wed Sep 09, 2020 7:32 am

Is there now a YOM program for blues? Didn’t used to be.

Wed Sep 09, 2020 7:35 am

Braukuche wrote: Is there now a YOM program for blues? Didn’t used to be.

Yep... it was added a year or so ago.

Wed Sep 09, 2020 12:17 pm

Braukuche wrote: Is there now a YOM program for blues? Didn’t used to be.

Its true, but they dont make the blue plates. You have to find blue plates in the aftermarket and then take them to DMV for approval and paperwork.

Wed Sep 09, 2020 12:22 pm

Busstom wrote: westcalia wrote: <snip> They kept my old plates and said I could start using the YOM plates and issued me a temporary driving pass (pink / red form to be stuck on rear window) until Jan 2020.
I am still awaiting approval from Sacramento and the metal tab. <snip>
I had a very similar experience, however:
Even though they confiscate your old plates, give you metal tabs and send you on your way, they can still reject your request. I received a letter from Sacramento, including a check refunding my $45, voiding the registration on the plates and an explanation that a correct YOM tag had to be installed on one of the plates.

Well, I brought the proper YOM tag with me, which I bought at the Sac Bugorama. However, the ignorant clerk I dealt with apparently didn't know that it had to be stuck to a plate, and she photocopied the plates without the sticker and sent it on its way. I get it, that was fine, I stuck it down and went back and repeated the process with another clerk and it was successful the second time around.

The reason I tried to slip by without adhering the sticker to a plate was because that sticker (orange 1965) was nearly flawless, I didn't want to ruin it by sticking it down and then covering it up the next year...because here's the thing: once you're out of there, no law enforcement officer is going to care (and most probably won't know the policy) that you tossed the cheesy metal tabs and began sticking your renewal stickers directly to the YOM plates, you're going to look just like every other one of the millions of cars on California roads, and they won't ever know (nor probably ever care) that you participated in the YOM plate program. Most of us will probably just stick the new YEAR sricker down on our rear plate just like we've done with every other car we've owned.

I guess my point is, even though a set of plates have been cleared and given conditional pre-approval by a field office, Sacramento ultimately holds the cards, and they do have a process and specific paperwork with a multiple-choice checkbox type form for the person in Sac to use when rejecting the request, specifying the reason(s) for denial. Of course, the sucky part is, if you are ultimately unsuccessful, you'd ultimately have to go get another set of new plates, because as you pointed out, they confiscate your original set early on in the process.

This. Exact same thing happened to me. Clerk failed to provide pic of my provided sticker. Same, i didnt want to stick it on permanent. Of course this required 2 visits to the DMV.

Wed Sep 09, 2020 1:09 pm

c21darrel wrote: Busstom wrote: westcalia wrote: <snip> They kept my old plates and said I could start using the YOM plates and issued me a temporary driving pass (pink / red form to be stuck on rear window) until Jan 2020.
I am still awaiting approval from Sacramento and the metal tab. <snip>
I had a very similar experience, however:
Even though they confiscate your old plates, give you metal tabs and send you on your way, they can still reject your request. I received a letter from Sacramento, including a check refunding my $45, voiding the registration on the plates and an explanation that a correct YOM tag had to be installed on one of the plates.

Well, I brought the proper YOM tag with me, which I bought at the Sac Bugorama. However, the ignorant clerk I dealt with apparently didn't know that it had to be stuck to a plate, and she photocopied the plates without the sticker and sent it on its way. I get it, that was fine, I stuck it down and went back and repeated the process with another clerk and it was successful the second time around.

The reason I tried to slip by without adhering the sticker to a plate was because that sticker (orange 1965) was nearly flawless, I didn't want to ruin it by sticking it down and then covering it up the next year...because here's the thing: once you're out of there, no law enforcement officer is going to care (and most probably won't know the policy) that you tossed the cheesy metal tabs and began sticking your renewal stickers directly to the YOM plates, you're going to look just like every other one of the millions of cars on California roads, and they won't ever know (nor probably ever care) that you participated in the YOM plate program. Most of us will probably just stick the new YEAR sricker down on our rear plate just like we've done with every other car we've owned.

I guess my point is, even though a set of plates have been cleared and given conditional pre-approval by a field office, Sacramento ultimately holds the cards, and they do have a process and specific paperwork with a multiple-choice checkbox type form for the person in Sac to use when rejecting the request, specifying the reason(s) for denial. Of course, the sucky part is, if you are ultimately unsuccessful, you'd ultimately have to go get another set of new plates, because as you pointed out, they confiscate your original set early on in the process.

This. Exact same thing happened to me. Clerk failed to provide pic of my provided sticker. Same, i didnt want to stick it on permanent. Of course this required 2 visits to the DMV.

I always just use a loop of scotch tape to attach the tag so I can remove it later. Worked for 3 separate YOM plates I've done over the years.