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Old May 15, 2009 | 12:10 AM
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Mariah actually used to sell the hinge kit for theirs. It you were above 20 mph, it would flip up. A cop could pull you over for no front plate, just play ignorant and tell him it's there. He walked around to take a look and viola, a plate! Since you arelady have the Mariah front end, call them to see if they still have the kit.
Meh not worth the hassle to wait 2 weeks or so for something that I can fabricate. I already bought all the parts needed (including a dual bearing bearing hinge but would still be interesting to see what Mariah made for them.
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Old May 15, 2009 | 12:18 AM
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Or you could just bolt it to the bumper offset towards the drivers side and be done with it. You won't have to worry about airflow or getting pulled over.
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Old May 15, 2009 | 01:03 AM
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i made a hing mount for mine. It swings up at about 35mph. works perfectly took me about 30 minutes and I spend $20 at homedepot.
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Old May 15, 2009 | 02:09 AM
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Very nice hyper .. but you really need a better camera lol ... that should be the next thing for you to buy :P

Orion, the driver side area hole will be used as an intake later down the road ... hopefully sometime this summer. The other side might feed to the intake manifold to cool the outside of it.
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Old May 15, 2009 | 09:40 AM
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I wonder if there's a rule about mounting it backwards....
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Old May 15, 2009 | 08:23 PM
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http://www.sigmaautomotive.com/SeikoSangyo/brackets.php
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Old Jun 3, 2009 | 02:35 AM
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Hey look it actually works!!
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Old Jun 3, 2009 | 11:42 AM
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Very Nice!

I got pulled over yesterday again ... so I should be doing it sometime really soon lol.
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Old Jun 4, 2009 | 01:08 AM
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Originally Posted by dj55b
Very Nice!

I got pulled over yesterday again ... so I should be doing it sometime really soon lol.
You could also make a mount/bracket that mounts it off of center so it wont block your airflow. I notice that alot of Subaru guys do this.


For California, FYI, putting the plate in the window just screams "my front plate is not mounted to my bumper". If you want to run with no front plate, don't advertise that its not on. I can guarantee you that the officer won't think "ok, at least he's trying" if you put it in your window. Putting it in your window is a sure way to get a ticket.
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Old Jun 4, 2009 | 10:53 AM
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Originally Posted by RotaryRevn
You could also make a mount/bracket that mounts it off of center so it wont block your airflow. I notice that alot of Subaru guys do this.


For California, FYI, putting the plate in the window just screams "my front plate is not mounted to my bumper". If you want to run with no front plate, don't advertise that its not on. I can guarantee you that the officer won't think "ok, at least he's trying" if you put it in your window. Putting it in your window is a sure way to get a ticket.
But its not in the windows, its inside the bumper so a little differently.
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Old Jun 4, 2009 | 02:11 PM
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Originally Posted by dj55b
But its not in the windows, its inside the bumper so a little differently.

I know, that part of my responce was ment to be directed towards the person that said they have their plate in the window and for others who might be considering that. take care
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Old Jun 4, 2009 | 07:57 PM
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u live in CA..just SOL.

You have to have one...period. Plus if you park on the city street w/o one you will get a ticket.

remember us CA peeps NEED MONEY badly...we are in major trouble. So any reason they gonna ticket you.
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