The hobbiest plates are a great thing here in Wisconsin. The regulations for them are almost identical to the collector plates, except that hobbiest plates allow for major customizing as they may be used "where the vehicle has undergone modifications and some parts may or may not resemble original to that particular year or model." I am paraphrasing and I am not a lawyer but it does seem to give us a lot of leeway to customize our rides. Caution, I think you may not be able to operate a hobby plate vehicle in January, similiar to the collector plate rules. Grub, you know that cop was just harrassing your boy 'cuz they got nothing better to do up here than set 'em straight when they're young! It was amazing how often Wisconsin's finest were teaching me lessons when I was just startin out.