Front License Plate Horror
#21
I have the Skene mount arriving today and I'll "mock" fit it to my 2010XFR and post a photo here for you - I suspect it will look like the "stock position" with the advantage of the holes being on the unseen underside of the bumper. I think my dislike of the tow hook fitting (apart from the slight ricer mod feel) is that they stick out from the bumper line on the wheel side meaning I'm sure I would be scraping shins on it and cursing when I wasn't paying attention ;-)
Maybe we could get one of those change.org petitions going to ratify a Euro front plate (not just Jags but all the other Euro wagons too) ? Oh wait, I live in Texas....they're automatically going to nix anything at a federal level ;-)
So I think for now I'm just going to be uncompliant....
Maybe we could get one of those change.org petitions going to ratify a Euro front plate (not just Jags but all the other Euro wagons too) ? Oh wait, I live in Texas....they're automatically going to nix anything at a federal level ;-)
So I think for now I'm just going to be uncompliant....
#23
And I love the mock ups you did for the Euro plates. Just don't understand why it's not possible.
#24
I got the towhook plate holder for 40$ on ebay. couple of issues with it are the backside is too close to the bumper (no real fix, used some extra plastic washers that came extra from a projector mount). It gets loose over time and is easily turnable (i have fixed it by over tightening with the same plastic washers as above). If you have the parking assist the position has to be spot on like i have, else it beeps all the time when in reverse.(took me a good hour to get to the sweetspot as the bracket moves in all directions)
#25
I got the towhook plate holder for 40$ on ebay. couple of issues with it are the backside is too close to the bumper (no real fix, used some extra plastic washers that came extra from a projector mount). It gets loose over time and is easily turnable (i have fixed it by over tightening with the same plastic washers as above). If you have the parking assist the position has to be spot on like i have, else it beeps all the time when in reverse.(took me a good hour to get to the sweetspot as the bracket moves in all directions)
I am curious about how the Skene product looks mounted. That will help me make my decision. How do you like the non-symmetric look? Or maybe a better way to ask is whether you like it more or less than when you first put it on?
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Personally I think the offset of the tow hook plate holders is what probably stirs some latent OCD. But that's just me. You pays your money and you makes your choice as they say.
Last edited by stmcknig; 05-19-2016 at 10:33 PM.
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Front License Plate Horror
This is what I like about forums. Someone does the same exhaust mod I did because someone else posted it before me. Never would have known to do what I did without it. And my positive experience influences others.
Been putting off the respray as I wasn't totally sold on the tow hook option and this reappears and now looks like the frontrunner...and it's cheaper! Thanks for trail blazing.
Been putting off the respray as I wasn't totally sold on the tow hook option and this reappears and now looks like the frontrunner...and it's cheaper! Thanks for trail blazing.
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