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Posted: Sat May 17, 2003 11:39 am
by micheles_bad_vibe
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Re: that damn front plate bracket (micheles_bad_vibe)
Posted: Sat May 17, 2003 4:19 pm
by ragingfish
I honestly think it looks good where it is. but that's just my feeling on it. Anyway, I don't think it can be lower per US DOT regulations. Then again, maybe we just need to get our states to drop the front plate requirement.
Re: that damn front plate bracket (ragingfish)
Posted: Sat May 17, 2003 5:50 pm
by Lancer
I don't agree with the State laws pertaining to the front license plates either. It doesn't make sense that it's OK in some states but not in others. What good is having a front license plate for anyway? Any law enforcment people care to explain this?
Re: that damn front plate bracket (micheles_bad_vibe)
Posted: Sat May 17, 2003 11:02 pm
by OlDood
My solution was to drill two small pilot holes in the fascia just below the horizontal break in the front bumper. I then slightly crimped the license plate in the middle to conform to the "V" shaped front end, and screwed it directly to the lower fascia.See my avatar at left for how it looks.
Re: that damn front plate bracket (OlDood)
Posted: Sun May 18, 2003 12:28 pm
by micheles_bad_vibe
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Re: that damn front plate bracket (micheles_bad_vibe)
Posted: Sun May 18, 2003 12:32 pm
by ragingfish
i can't really tell.
Re: that damn front plate bracket (micheles_bad_vibe)
Posted: Sun May 18, 2003 1:06 pm
by Herb
You could always move to Alberta, Canada. Vehicles there do not have a front plate.
Re: that damn front plate bracket (Herb)
Posted: Sun May 18, 2003 1:31 pm
by ragingfish
Or Pennsylvania is a bit closer. But my plans do include moving to Canada in the future! I was thinking Halifax...
Re: that damn front plate bracket (ragingfish)
Posted: Sun May 18, 2003 9:40 pm
by VibeSalsa
quote:But my plans do include moving to Canada in the future! I was thinking Halifax...Halifax is a beautiful city. I went there for vacations in the summer of 2001. But, in Nova Scotia, they have to put a front license plate too...Why not consider Québec? There is no front license plate here.
Re: that damn front plate bracket (ragingfish)
Posted: Sun May 18, 2003 11:09 pm
by OlDood
quote:i can't really tell. Here's the full-size picture.
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Re: that damn front plate bracket (OlDood)
Posted: Sun May 18, 2003 11:31 pm
by ragingfish
Thanks for the closeup...that does look good there!quote:Why not consider Québec? There is no front license plate here.Well, A, I don't speak French. And B, isn't it true there are a lot of Québecans that strongly dislike us Americans "infiltrating" their turf?
Re: that damn front plate bracket (OlDood)
Posted: Mon May 19, 2003 12:58 am
by KSNeptune
I like the look, but with the plate whited out in your picture it makes your Vibe look a little like it's got buck teeth. My state only required a rear plate, and I've got mine behind a smoke plastic cover to minimize the look even more. Plates, parking tags, and all the other crap we are "required" to have in/on our cars contribute to eye clutter and ruin any attempt at a "clean" car design. I predict that at some point in time all visible information we must keep on our cars will become electronic and scannable. When a police officer approaches your car, and gets within 10 feet or so, he'll have a PDA or similar electronic device that will scan a data chip in your car for the license, registration, inspection report, etc., and display it all on the screen. And for identification at a distance, the officer can point a coded laser light beam anywhere on the sensitive surface of your car, triggering it to "call" his PDA with the info using cell-phone technology.Wait and see.KSNeptune