Shave or no shave?

[Kreukishot]

Just got a S14 Kouki JDM front bumper....hmmmm....was just wondering if i should shave the license plate rectangular piece off before I paint it. I've heard people doing this but only problem is that SoCal cops require your front license =\...anyone else have ideas?

(BTW..off subject but if anyone has S14 JDM fogs LMK! :o)

Thanks
Chris

[Brian]

keep it.
don't waste time on stupid shit.

[Andrew Bohan]

socal cops don't require it... state law requires it


so keep it

[revat619]

eh, i'll probably smooth mine when i have the extra money to waste. I'll mount my front plate on the bottom corner near my turnsignal or something. Not that i'm trying to emulate our japanese counterparts but i've always hated the way front plates look in the middle of the frickin bumper. And that goes for any car. To me it just throws of the lines of car with it all in the middle like that.

But in reality, i probably wont get around to doing it for another 2 years or so. haha

[machoonthetop]

OH......i thought this topic was about girls :bash:

[Kreukishot]

i prob could get it done cheap...but yea...thx for the correction drift...only prob is that i'm not quite sure where i'd mount it if i shave it off...bro said beneath that part...using zip ties...ehhh...anyone else got any suggestions?

[slideyourride]

OH......i thought this topic was about girls :bash:


lololol :jerkit:

[91CRXsiR]

socal cops don't require it... state law requires it


so keep it


you know i've always wondered why the C5 corvette doesnt have a front plate stock...

but then agian ive never seen a america muscle car pulled over before in my life...

[MakotoS13]

you know i've always wondered why the C5 corvette doesnt have a front plate stock...

but then agian ive never seen a america muscle car pulled over before in my life...

HAHAHAHA...BWAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA

[Andrew Bohan]

my stock chuuki bumper doesn't have holes for a plate, so i keep mine in my windshield (illegal). i got stopped for it by chp once but he let me go with warning.
i'm planning on eventually putting it under the passenger side blinker, with some sort of home made bracket.

[mike13]

depends on how "cheap" you can get someone to graft new polyurethane onto the bumper.
This isnt something you can successfully do with fiberglass.

[HyperTek]

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v72/streetphase/frontv.jpg

Its JDM TYTE YO!

[Tygma]

That's where mine was when i had my chuki front end, but its dumb because it blocks the brake duct thing... whatever, depends on the driving you do i guess. It looks good, but i see no problem with putting it where it belongs...

[exitspeed]

Fuck the COPS, SHAVE it! But don't blame me when u get pulled over. The front plate law is such BS anyway. The only reason it's required is so they have something to bounce their radar off of.

[RBS14]

but he let me go with warning.

that's not much different than if he'd actually cited you for it. then you would have had to put it on. big deal. then you get it signed off and you are on your way.

[RedlineRacer]

How do you shave it and make it look right? Its urethane and bondo won't stick well to it.

[HyperTek]

That's where mine was when i had my chuki front end, but its dumb because it blocks the brake duct thing... whatever, depends on the driving you do i guess. It looks good, but i see no problem with putting it where it belongs...


Riddle me this... how are those functional brake ducts when you got fender lining in there?? hehehe

[AKADriver]

Yeah, on US cars those side grilles are useless. Pignoses don't have them. They're there for the SMIC on turbocharged cars in other markets.

Do what you want... don't let us dictate your opinion. Personally, I'd leave it on and mount the front plate. Your whole car is a radar target, the front plate has nothing to do with that. Corvettes can run front plates, that center panel pops out and there's a plate bracket behind it. I see Corvettes with front plates all the time.

[Andrew Bohan]

i see corvettes without a plate way more often than with a plate.


when i got stopped for my plate, it was also for speeding, exhaust, and no seatbelt. so warning only is good for me! maybe having a cute girl in the car helps some.

[1sikgti]

I like em shaved,hehe.My old s13,I just zip tied it to the side!http://memimage.cardomain.net/member_images/3/web/303000-303999/303325_13_full.jpg

[MakotoS13]

How do you shave it and make it look right? Its urethane and bondo won't stick well to it.

that's why you don't use bondo to fix it :)

i used some kinda purple stuff to cure my bumper of front license plate holes.

"i just got it back from the body shop and i never had a front plate anyhow"

the joys of buying used :)

[SoCalS14]

Yea, I have been pulled over for the front plate...now that I have a SR I take no chances...hence the clean, angled down, Bomex bumper...

http://memimage.cardomain.net/member_images/1/web/541000-541999/541422_12_full.jpg

[Marty]

we dont need front plates in PA, yay

[nismo2491]

on the c5 there is a removable piece in the front bumper. you know, right in the front, the piece that says corvette and is obviously seperate from the rest of the bumper and is the size of a tag, yeah thats for front tags. its held in by 2 screws. same type of thing as on like grand am and shit.
KEvin

[shinhed]

I like em shaved,hehe.My old s13,I just zip tied it to the side!http://memimage.cardomain.net/member_images/3/web/303000-303999/303325_13_full.jpg
A brown car in this day and age?

[old_s13]

I like em shaved,hehe.My old s13,I just zip tied it to the

im... the ONLY.... old_s13, thank you much.

ps: that brwn car looks like poo.

[240niz]

Shave it..

[rainier]

jus shave it and put some custom brackets.