FMIC Owner's, how do you mount your front plate?

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Old Jun 25, 2007 | 01:31 PM
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I think you can cut down your license plate. The only thing I have heard about this is fro Justin, the dent guy. His front plate was cut way down.
Old Jun 25, 2007 | 01:58 PM
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off to the side looks the best IMO. i dont like this cut your front plate, or bending the plate look. either be baller about it and create a mounting bracket or just use ziptie like wrxguy. zipties will hold!
Old Jun 25, 2007 | 02:11 PM
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There's this magical fastening material called velcro.
Form the plate to the foglight cover.
Clean backside of plate and foglight cover very well.
After removing the shipping plastic, apply the hook side of the velcro to the backside of the plate.
Attach the loop side of the velcro to the hook side.
Remove the shipping plastic from the hook side of the velcro & align the plate to the foglight cover.
Press plate onto foglight cover.

Very clean and can tolerate very high speeds.
Old Jun 25, 2007 | 02:16 PM
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Old Jun 25, 2007 | 02:18 PM
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Originally Posted by wrxguy
doesnt seem lopsided to me this **** is so stuck on there it wont budge. Zip tied and double sided taped ha.
Not lopsided, I mean not symetrical. Meaning no plate on the other side. I wish the govenator would just abolish the whole front plate thing.

PS your car is tioght!
Old Jun 25, 2007 | 02:23 PM
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Originally Posted by Paul@dbtuned
There's this magical fastening material called velcro.
Form the plate to the foglight cover.
Clean backside of plate and foglight cover very well.
After removing the shipping plastic, apply the hook side of the velcro to the backside of the plate.
Attach the loop side of the velcro to the hook side.
Remove the shipping plastic from the hook side of the velcro & align the plate to the foglight cover.
Press plate onto foglight cover.

Very clean and can tolerate very high speeds.
Hahaha you crack me up (in a good way). With all the rain and moisture in slumboldt Velcro (even the best stuff) doesn't hold through the wet season. I am surprised Velcro holds up with the 115-120 heat Roseville can see in mid July. I tried with my back plate so it would flop around on the bottom where it's not screwed in. It only lasted a few rains. I even tried shoe gooing the Velcro, same results.
Old Jun 25, 2007 | 02:25 PM
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Originally Posted by yoshi8me
I always wondered if that would get you pulled over as it points down and they could say they can't read the plate. Also it is still in from of you FMIC somewhat right? It looks baller though, like the rest of your ride! :RockOn - not mine:
Old Jun 25, 2007 | 02:30 PM
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those flip ones have always looked cool to me...
Old Jun 25, 2007 | 02:30 PM
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i was pulled over once w/ my front plate pointing down. The cop said he didn't see my front license plate and just let me go on a "warning".
Old Jun 25, 2007 | 02:36 PM
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couldn't you in theory leave it untightened, and put some oil or something on it, so when you leave it flips up, when you come to a stop it comes back down...
Old Jun 25, 2007 | 02:43 PM
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Originally Posted by SubyN00by
couldn't you in theory leave it untightened, and put some oil or something on it, so when you leave it flips up, when you come to a stop it comes back down...
yea but it would bend the fins on the intercooler.

plus the bolt will eventually back out.
Old Jun 25, 2007 | 02:43 PM
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Originally Posted by yoshi8me
i was pulled over once w/ my front plate pointing down. The cop said he didn't see my front license plate and just let me go on a "warning".
see that's what I was wondering. They look baller but I think a cop would cry foul. With mine it's even more visible because it's higher. With the one that props down you still do block a portion of the FMIC still. It would be fun to see the different configs and if they even netted any differences on a dyno.
Old Jun 25, 2007 | 02:45 PM
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yea but it would bend the fins on the intercooler.

plus the bolt will eventually back out.
not if you do a FMIC grill like I did
Old Jun 25, 2007 | 03:09 PM
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Originally Posted by STiYLIN
not if you do a FMIC grill like I did
yea looks good
Old Jun 25, 2007 | 03:37 PM
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Originally Posted by STiYLIN
not if you do a FMIC grill like I did
my fins are all facked up haha



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