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Old 05-16-2009, 02:30 AM
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Front Plate Success!!
I've had a retractable plate for quite some time now, but had originally installed it on the bottom of the bumper. This was fine until I lowered the car and scraped it to hell and back. Eventually I took it off as it didn't operate smoothly any longer.

Finally I had the idea to locate the retractable plate in a safer location. Plus the plate wouldn't fit on the bottom of the front bumper with the TS-P lip...

See below for the pics and an animated GIF.

Animated GIF of the retractable plate in action



Plate out



Plate retracted



Closeup of modification needed to fit plate.

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Old 05-16-2009, 02:34 AM
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looks good.

that would be great...get pulled over for no front plate...as the cop is standing next to you saying i pulled you over for no front plate you flip the switch with out him knowing and be like "officer i think you might have missed it...its right there in the front" haha
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Old 05-16-2009, 02:46 AM
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lol. unfortunately mine's manual operation. Wezbian left my house earlier... we installed a motorized one on his car. It's effing sweet! he'll post a vid sooner or later.
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Wow nice! Where can I get myself one of these?
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wow... that is pimp!.. you'll make a grip doing installs! =P
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Originally Posted by EVO-to-G
looks good.

that would be great...get pulled over for no front plate...as the cop is standing next to you saying i pulled you over for no front plate you flip the switch with out him knowing and be like "officer i think you might have missed it...its right there in the front" haha
ha ha, thats what I would do. He'll be like "WTF?!", while scratching his head.
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Old 05-16-2009, 05:55 AM
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very nice mod! Would be nice to evade all those speed cameras too.. I wouldn't wanna get caught though coz it won't be just the G that's going to be impounded this time haha
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Old 05-16-2009, 07:09 AM
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Looks good.

More info on your headlights please!
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Old 05-16-2009, 07:39 AM
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not only is that the coolest mod yet to legalize things, but your front end looks mean as ****..love your car now....for real
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thats sick... Time to make the rear one retractable too. haha
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oh, that's nice, looks sick!
would you mind to make a diy for the motorized version?
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That's cool! Mayb now I can get some bumper plug and graduate to the retractable plate. you'll have to do a DIY on this one when you get a chance.
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Dude that is great engineering right there, you might wanna sell them!!!
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i want one!
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Nice. I would do that in a heartbeat if the dealers hadn't pre-drilled every bumper on the lot when I got mine.
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