Number Plates don't fit

[flex]

I just got a pair of new number plates for my line. The plates are smaller.. according to VICROADS there are only two types of plates.. "big" and "small". They are both same in length but different in height. My plates are 37 cm.. but my line can only fit sumthing about ~32cm (in front). How do you guys fit the plates? Do you guys just bend them? If so, what or where do u go to get them bent without scratching it... or are there other alternative methods you guys reccommend?

[druzilla32]

i just bent my rear one.

put it in a vice with a bit of timber and cloth either side so it doesnt scratch, and hit it with a mallet I think its bent about 1cm each side

[ABuSD]

I did the same on my 180sx, bent just the rear one, dunno why u ould have to bend the front one!?!?

[Sumo]

for the series 2 front bar I just used a pair of tin snips.... just cut out little bits and it fits and looks great. coppers have pulled me over heaps and never had a problem with it.

[flex]

thanks druzilla32, your advice worked.... even though i wasn't equiped with professional utilities.. i got the bend with a cloth, hammer and a pair of scissors hehe. (plz dun laugh )

I used the scissors to cut the top and bottom abit.. so it can bend easier, then i used a hammer to bend the sides, by laying it on a hard concrete corner and a cloth covering it so my plates don't get scratch. Now... it fits perfectly on my line.. and i'm very happy

[druzilla32]

good to hear

[Black33]

some people bend them - I made up 2 small brackets that bring the plates out so that they are flush with the bar, looks really good

[unwritten law]

thats a good idea

I got mine with personalised plates, but they were a different style (i think LA style) they are more square looking (not as long) and they fit nicely on a 32 gtst....

[CGB_R32]

Just add a few washers on the back of the plate so it fits flush across the front bar dunno about the back one thou... might need a few washers....

Peace

Michael

[Flaps]

I had to cut mine up, to fit on my R32

[red17]

A drop saw is handy for chopping off excess. Or what i did on the front of my line was to space it out from the bumper with two short lengths of ally pipe.

http://www.arach.net.au/~n12a1/line3web.jpg

Like so

Red17

[Messiah]

and this thing is useful for all sorts of stuff.... and it is a

DREMEL!!!

Good for cutting grinding polishing etc etc

Although i didnt use it on mine (i kinda made them fit by bending, but the rear was tensed so when i tapped it with my foot one day *crump* big bend line.

I'll be getting myself a new set and dremeling down the edges to make em fit sometime soonish....

If anyone in the northern parts of syd wants me to do theirs let me know...

if yr in south syd, let me know anyway just give me a chance to find time to get down there.

[Black33]

and this thing is useful for all sorts of stuff.... and it is a  

DREMEL!!!

Good for cutting grinding polishing etc etc.

but wait............there's more

[raz0r$harP.UK]

I didn't want to cut my coloured plate..so I just bought some long threaded bolts and some washers to mount it in front of the bumpers. Have to tighten it occasionally but it's still intact, and no bending / cutting required.

I read in a previous post that BD4s sells a mounting kit for the Aussie plates?