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NC Front Rego Plate Bracket

Postby JBT » Sat Sep 01, 2007 7:54 pm

Check it out. Perfect fit and finish. No drilling.

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Postby PUR157 » Sat Sep 01, 2007 11:39 pm

Very Neat!
Are those suction cups on the side...?
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Postby Boags » Sat Sep 01, 2007 11:52 pm

PUR157 wrote:Very Neat!
Are those suction cups on the side...?


No, those are bolts. They use the same holes that Mazda butchered into the front bar...

The factory number plate mount is fugly, this is a much better way of getting the job done. Even if AJ doesn't agree. :wink: :mrgreen: :P :lol:

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Postby Bevan » Sun Sep 02, 2007 12:10 am

I know what he means. There's that circuler swirl in the bumper. Is that from the original bracket?

That new bracket looks sooooo good! Nice one JBT! :D
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Postby JBT » Sun Sep 02, 2007 6:27 am

The bracket is attached with PK screws at the bottom (same as the cr@p bracket supplied by Mazda) and by peeled back rivets (rather than cr@p mushroom rivets as supplied by Mazda) using the original holes in the bar.

The circular mark (didn't see that except in the photo :roll: ) is from the abomination fitted to the car by Mazda as shown in the photos below.

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Postby PUR157 » Sun Sep 02, 2007 5:02 pm

You sound very very bitter JBT :lol:
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Postby JBT » Sun Sep 02, 2007 7:38 pm

Not bitter, just astounded that Mazda Australia would allow a 45 cent cr@p bracket to be fitted to the front of a $45,000 car. I think it's abysmal. Even worse is that dealers allow them to go out like that.
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Postby AJ » Sun Sep 02, 2007 7:49 pm

not all of 'em JBT :wink:
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Postby Craig » Sun Sep 02, 2007 9:18 pm

JBT wrote:Not bitter, just astounded that Mazda Australia would allow a 45 cent cr@p bracket to be fitted to the front of a $45,000 car. I think it's abysmal. Even worse is that dealers allow them to go out like that.


They come that way from Japan, not Mazda Oz's doing, but yeh it's pretty dumb that all the other models bolt on AOK and the MX-5's look crap. Re the dealers letting them out that way it's not really our job to tidy up Mazda HQ's phuck ups. Sure it'd be nice but if we scratched it or damaged the bumper removing it, the new owners wouldn't be happy campers.
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Postby AJ » Sun Sep 02, 2007 9:20 pm

you play \"pass the buck\" quite well craig :P
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Postby Craig » Sun Sep 02, 2007 9:22 pm

:lol: Thanks AJ...hey wanna buy another Black LE...got one at work, even comes with a dodgy front number plate mount! :P
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Postby AJ » Sun Sep 02, 2007 9:31 pm

nope........been trawling the net looking for a realistically priced NA8 actually :P :mrgreen:
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Postby Craig » Sun Sep 02, 2007 9:33 pm

Ewww not one of the forgotten generation! :P :shock:
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Postby sabretooth » Sun Sep 02, 2007 9:42 pm

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OK now, JBT. There's a red one in the background. And you still chose the bluergh! *shakes head*

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Postby Craig » Sun Sep 02, 2007 9:50 pm

sabretooth wrote:OK now, JBT. There's a red one in the background. And you still chose the bluergh! *shakes head*


IF that was Velocity Red you'd have a fair point, but not True Red...bleh! :P
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