Number Plate Mounting

[ecenshu]

How does everyone mount their rear plates? I just got my replacement plates and only just noticed that my rears have the sides bent to fit. No idea how I'm gonna get the new plates to bend like it is currently and I've heard cutting them are a no-no as well...

Ideas?

[*flick*]

cutting is a defect as is having it bent, ive had a cop warn me over mine being bent.. theres just no other way tho.. cop was stumped as to what i should do, thus why he let me off with a warning.

As for if u do go ahead and bend it, pretty sure mine were just hit with a hammer to bend them lol

[ecenshu]

Funny about the defect for cut or bent plates...

mmmm looks like Hammertime!

[R32oNate]

yeah i bent mine. just place the ends in between a closed door and bend them.. that way they will be nice and straight!

[Evil34]

A vice is your friend when bending plates

[MissR34]

a shite mine are cut..........................

[heslo]

You'd need an anally retentive cop to do you for cutting plates... but then again, we do drive Skylines

[Matty 31]

i had to cut mine to fit in the import garnish. Bending would have been worse on mine as it would have blocked the side mounted number plate lights. if you bend with a vice, remember to put a cloth or something over them so the reflective crap doesnt peel off on the sharp edges

[Turbz_13]

i have bent mine and havnt had an probs at all, where my engine had the rebuild that also bent the front plate to fit without rubbing and causing paint to rub off

[ecenshu]

I've heard that some imports have slots cut out of the rear bar so that you don't need to cut/bend the plates to fit, wonder how hard it would be to do. I know my bar is plastic so at least it'd be easy to cut. Anyone out there have slots? If so, how was it done?

[jurule]

Mine fit snugly at the rear. Is it only a problem for certain models? Mines a S2 96 R33 GTST.

[haunts]

yeah i bent mine with a vice.. looks 10x better than cutting IMO

[ecenshu]

Just realised the slots won't work with an R32 rear bar...they're reverse lights!

[MissR34]

mine wouldnt bend enough to get it to fit in the back, so had to cut them

[SUR33L]

My rear plates fit perfectly on mine (S2 R33), the front, i had to cut...

[MissR34]

front one fit fine

funnny how its different on the cars

[Turbz_13]

ya could find an aussie spec 32GTR and borrow his rear bar for umm like ever. im sure they are designed to fint the aussie number plates

[ecenshu]

I hate the rear bar from the aus spec R32, twin hotplate brakes FTW!

[MissR34]

i rekon that all jap imports should be allowed to have the square plates for the back so they fit better

[kalel]

I had an issue with my front plate. The car yard a bought it from fixed it by snipping the top two corners out. I thought that I could get defected so I contacted a friend who has a friend who is a Senior Sargeant in SA Police and he said as long as the plate is visible and the rego number is clearly visible and not defaced in any way then it is ok. So I don't know. I have driven past a few police cars now close enough for them to see my plate and they haven't stopped me.

You can make a decision on that I guess