license plate positioning
08-28-2008, 04:41 PM
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license plate positioning
I searched and can't seem to find the old threads of different spots for the front plate. anyone have pics? I keep getting fix-it tickets is the reason I'm asking.
08-28-2008, 08:47 PM
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someone at the RJ meet (had an '03 NBP auto from Mass, sorry i can't remember his name) taught me how to use the stock bracket a different way: you flip it upside-down and use longer bolts to put it on using the stock holes, making it hang over the lower grille instead of the bumper. he pulled it off clean, so that's how i'll do it when i get home from school.
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08-29-2008, 09:01 AM
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08-29-2008, 09:03 AM
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I would say so. The bumper comes with no holes whatsoever in the face of the bumper. There's two holes inside and underneath the top part of the bumper with metal inserts/clips for the screws. Go check it out.
08-29-2008, 04:57 PM
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Acura carland has the bracket for $8.57...
71180-S3M-A00 BASE, FR. LICENSE PLATE 1 2003 CL 11.13 8.57
06-19-2009, 05:45 PM
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someone at the RJ meet (had an '03 NBP auto from Mass, sorry i can't remember his name) taught me how to use the stock bracket a different way: you flip it upside-down and use longer bolts to put it on using the stock holes, making it hang over the lower grille instead of the bumper. he pulled it off clean, so that's how i'll do it when i get home from school.
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06-21-2009, 02:53 PM
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I built I bracket for it when I drive to NY (I still have NY plates). It uses the factory holes under the bumper, but instead of mounting on the face of the bumper, it mounts below it. Its hard to explain. I may take some pics if I feel motivated enough.
06-21-2009, 04:24 PM
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MrFluffy- u need a drop.
go naked up front. i havent been hassled in either my tl-s or cl-s6 bc i dont have a front plate. if they stop u say that some jackass hit your car slightly and the license place got pulled out. ur waiting on a new holder.
go naked up front. i havent been hassled in either my tl-s or cl-s6 bc i dont have a front plate. if they stop u say that some jackass hit your car slightly and the license place got pulled out. ur waiting on a new holder.
06-21-2009, 07:46 PM
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Ottawa Canada=Lots of snow
Im thinking of dropping it but the thing is im going to have to switch back too stock every winter
I got stuck like 5 time last winter
I have a 03 rav4 but I hate driving it I would rather get stuck in my CL
Oh and I need to paint my bumper first LOL
Im thinking of dropping it but the thing is im going to have to switch back too stock every winter
I got stuck like 5 time last winter
I have a 03 rav4 but I hate driving it I would rather get stuck in my CL
Oh and I need to paint my bumper first LOL
11-01-2009, 04:48 PM
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I finally registered my car in VA (after 2.5 years
) so now I have to run a front plate. I scoured my pile-o-parts and found my homemade (read: not nice looking) plate bracket. Its made from 1/4" aluminum. Sorry for the cellphone pics.
Its made from 1/4" aluminum and I used some nuts, bolts, and washers from Home Depot. I sprayed it with PlastiCoat. Ive got large washers on the back of the mount, and smaller washers on the front behind the plate.
I put the washers behind the plate because the lip would press the plate up off the surface of the bracket and tightening the bolts would bend the plate. Im a stickler for uniformity and the washers happened to be the right thickness, so I put them underneath and the plate sits perfectly on the bracket.
I used the OEM bolts that hold the stock bracket to the bumper, and its bolted to the same stock location, no drilling required. It doesnt touch the bottom of the bumper at all, even though in the picture it looks like it does.
Its very ugly, but very sturdy. Im still trying to get used to having a front plate on the car though. It ruins the look IMO.
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11-01-2009, 05:23 PM
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this thread is OVER 4 MONTHS OLD
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11-01-2009, 10:55 PM
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Whats up with RDX owners?
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Hell, tint tickets cost more then 10mph over here
11-02-2009, 01:42 PM
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That's what I did with mine, took me about 5 minutes. I like the look and I get compliments all the time, and its legal. I got pulled over for tints and the cop checked to see if I had a front plate and told me it was fine as longs as the numbers are showing.