Pictures with my new Wheels
01-24-2010, 09:10 PM
#11
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Join Date: Jun 2009
Location: CA
Posts: 750
^^ I know what you mean about the plates. I only lucked out once when I bought my 91 Accord and the dealer had not put on any front plates. After that they have all been drilled through. What I do is get some small screw that will fit the space, and paint them to match the body. Once you install them it makes it almost disappear. I did that on my wife's Rav and looks great since the Rav has a smooth front bumper (like the GT) for my V6 I did the same thing but then I saw 10GTSTANG's front plate many moons back and it was my inspiration. Since the V6 has that stupid plate indentation it never looked quite right to me, and when I got a free "NO FEAR" skull with wings sticker, I made my own front plate. Put the sticker on a flat black piece of plastic and made it look like 10GTSTANG's front plate, but with wings. You can't see it in my sig cause I added it after I took that pic.
BTW 10GTSTANG you car looks good as usual. Still loving that front plate, and the wheels are nice.
BTW 10GTSTANG you car looks good as usual. Still loving that front plate, and the wheels are nice.
01-24-2010, 10:00 PM
#14
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Join Date: Jul 2009
Location: South Florida
Posts: 566
The rears are 285/40 and the fronts are 255/45 rear weels are 18x10s. I had no choice on the plate, the dealer that I got it DXed from in Dunn NC already had the plate holder installed. I looked at getting the holes filled, but opted to wait and see if an aftermarket facia comes out that I like better. I tried to find this image on a plate:
I had no luck, so I designed it online with buildasign.com, but to get a decent price, i had to order a minimum quantity, and I did not want to get stuck with a stack of them, so I saw the Jolly Roger plate, so I made it mine. I have Jolly roger plates on my other cars too.
I had no luck, so I designed it online with buildasign.com, but to get a decent price, i had to order a minimum quantity, and I did not want to get stuck with a stack of them, so I saw the Jolly Roger plate, so I made it mine. I have Jolly roger plates on my other cars too.
01-24-2010, 10:31 PM
#16
10GTStang... last I checked, the Carolinas didn't require front license plates. Did you drill holes in your front bumper?
I only bring this up because out here in crappy California (and about 30 other states) they make you do that for their front license plate laws.
I received mine from the dealer with it already DRILLED in. Ugh. At least give me the option to mount it myself via an underside bracket.
There's (at least) one other California forum member I know of who never had his front license plate installed by the dealer. I'm green with envy, lol. Screw the fix it ticket, I'd have gone that route if I could've.
BTW, very nice pictures of the car & new wheels. Approval +1 !
I only bring this up because out here in crappy California (and about 30 other states) they make you do that for their front license plate laws.
I received mine from the dealer with it already DRILLED in. Ugh. At least give me the option to mount it myself via an underside bracket.
There's (at least) one other California forum member I know of who never had his front license plate installed by the dealer. I'm green with envy, lol. Screw the fix it ticket, I'd have gone that route if I could've.
BTW, very nice pictures of the car & new wheels. Approval +1 !
The phone camera did pick up the deeper blue. Your digital camera put a little too much white in that grabber blue like you mentioned.
As for the license plate, I told the body shop that's putting on my new Roush front fascias NOT to drill holes in it. I am going to either A. mount it via motorized underside bracket (if possible) or B. just try living without mounting my front plate lol.
