Fold Away License Plates

[chinkeboi]

Hi, I've recently just been wondering about a product i found on Ebay:

^^ it looks as though its only able to be angled downwards a little. probably to hide the plates from speed camera's etc. I want it so that its like the pic below!

I was wondering if anyone had this installed on their car? Do you think the ebay product will be able to be angled as much as the one on the S15? I've got a stock front bar.. im not sure if it'l work as well as the one on the S15. Anyone with this product, feedback and pictures will be much appreciated..

And before anyone starts dissing it.. hey.. there are things you just want to have on your own car.. it looks so cool LOL.. plus it'l be practical for track use as it moves the plate out of the intercoolers face.

Ben.

Edited August 13, 2006 by chinkeboi

[Bluprint]

I reckon if your car got looked at by vehicle inspectors/police they might look at you with a sparkle in their eye and decide to lighten your wallet a bit over the matter

plus it'l be practical for track use as it moves the plate out of the intercoolers face.

what ever happened to taking the numberplate off when you go on a track when you're worried about airflow to the intercooler?

[siddr20]

It only be useful if you know you are speeding and going past a camera.

Otherwise whats the point of having it?

The number of times you speed etc etc, you wont have enough time to quickly press a button and make the number plate go up b efore the flash goes off. Also half the time you wont even know there is a camera. most of the people get done un-expected!!

but none-the less a fancy thing to have.

Edited August 13, 2006 by siddr20

[chinkeboi]

i dont think thers an incabin control to whether or not it folds up or down..

im sure you could rig one up.. but yeh.. wank factor i guess..

we all wank.. who are we kidding LOL

[P-S-I]

i actually had one where with the weight of the wind, would push the plate back into that position. mind you this only happend once i removed a stopper but yeah same diff

Edited August 13, 2006 by P-S-I

[hanyou]

Also half the time you wont even know there is a camera. most of the people get done un-expected!!

you'd be suprised lol

[Abo Bob]

Hmm I wonder how many white R34 4 doors there are in NSW...

[TokyoTaxi]

Hi, I've recently just been wondering about a product i found on Ebay:

^^ it looks as though its only able to be angled downwards a little. probably to hide the plates from speed camera's etc. I want it so that its like the pic below!

I was wondering if anyone had this installed on their car? Do you think the ebay product will be able to be angled as much as the one on the S15? I've got a stock front bar.. im not sure if it'l work as well as the one on the S15. Anyone with this product, feedback and pictures will be much appreciated..

And before anyone starts dissing it.. hey.. there are things you just want to have on your own car.. it looks so cool LOL.. plus it'l be practical for track use as it moves the plate out of the intercoolers face.

Ben.

I saw one of these on the front of a GT-R when I was in Osaka and it looked like a great idea ! The one I saw was spring loaded so the at a speed of like 80kph or over, it would fold back/flat and then return to the normal position when the speed dropped again. I looked everywhere for one but never got my hands on one

Is this one spring loaded ?

[Beer Baron]

you realise the idea of it is to allow airflow to the intercooler when at speed, not to subvert speed cameras. Speed cameras in NSW take your photo from BEHIND so how would flipping down your front plate help that? also, unless you have a big and deep opening on your front bar like the one in the pic then your number plate wont be folding anywhere...

i also fail to understand why you cant just floor it to your chosen 160kph cruising speed, then slam on the brakes and drive past the camera at 55kmh then accelerate back up to 160kmh. if you can't see 3 2 meter wide signs on the road side then you have bigger problems than speeding fines.

if you want to be able to speed through cameras then just take your plates off and drive around with out them.

[TokyoTaxi]

Yeah, it's got nothing to do with speed camera's etc ( AFAIK ) but moreso for uninhibited airflow to the cooler etc. Be interested to know about the laws regarding these things........

[mad082]

well the law states that the number plate has to visible from 45 degrees in any direction, so if it folds it so it can't be seen from looking down at 45 degrees then it would be illegal.

just like the factory alloy tray on a nissan patrol. you can't see the number plate looking down from 45 degrees so technically its illegal.

[TokyoTaxi]

well the law states that the number plate has to visible from 45 degrees in any direction, so if it folds it so it can't be seen from looking down at 45 degrees then it would be illegal.

just like the factory alloy tray on a nissan patrol. you can't see the number plate looking down from 45 degrees so technically its illegal.

NUTS !! There goes that idea.......

[paulmac]

hey does this thing hide the rear plate?? coz thats what i need

[Medium Dave]

Hmm, I wonder how difficult it would be to use the factory drop down spoiler motor to drop a panel infront of the plate, you would only need to obscure part of the number so its difficult to tell what it is... covers up the plate above 80 then disappears when you pull up... ah mischef

[xRHETTx]

If the cops caught you with one of these you'd better have a tub o' lube handy...

And I'd very much doubt that it would fold up by itself at high speed.

[Haines]

My mate has one on his GTR

cop was in front of him ,pulled him over and asked him to push on it

he was more impressed at the whole thing rather then wanting to book him

he asked my mate what its purpose was and when my mate told him he said what if you go thru a red light

he made him put the screw back in it so it couldnt flip under

problem solved

top idea i say

[chinkeboi]

yeah.. nsw speed camera's take photo's from the back anyways..

i only like it because i rekon it looks cool and would be a cheap little "i've got a free weekend mod"

for all you people thinking this is a good idea to do illegal things with... why dont you just take ur plates off...

[jantolis]

That would be too easy though

[crofte]

speed kills! race on the track.

[Cardiff]

try steve at newera parts or neweraimports.com, thats their white s15