front numberplate custom mount

Matty · Postby **Matty** » Tue Oct 28, 2008 10:37 pm

you want cheap? how about no bracket at all?

double sided tape: http://mattysmx5.blogspot.com/2008/07/b ... black.html

Adam_NAclubman · Postby **Adam_NAclubman** » Tue Oct 28, 2008 11:13 pm

yakob wrote:
Adam_NAclubman wrote:When a design works amazingly well do you keep the details to yourself?

no, unless its worth a potential 12mil through patenting and marketing..

i love to give my share of advice when it comes to diy.

What about intercooler piping designs? I need to get mine sorted

SuperMazdaKart · Postby **SuperMazdaKart** » Tue Oct 28, 2008 11:26 pm

i nominate Adam for the first season of Aussie made Scrapheap Challenge! :lol:

Adam_NAclubman · Postby **Adam_NAclubman** » Wed Oct 29, 2008 8:06 pm

Looks buck-toothed like Bugs Bunny, see if you can get it back in the hole a bit

bensale · Postby **bensale** » Wed Oct 29, 2008 8:09 pm

Hey mate, you do know that you can get a replacement slimline plate from vic roads for about $30. I think that'd look much better! Other wise good work, i'd do similar if it wasn't for the damage behind my plate due to the brilliant OEM design :roll:

Ben,

bensale · Postby **bensale** » Wed Oct 29, 2008 8:13 pm

I recently purchased a slimline for the front of my car, I left the rear one standard. It was only $30- something for the one.

bensale · Postby **bensale** » Wed Oct 29, 2008 8:47 pm

The way the rear of the na6 rear panel is designed the slim line would look silly as you'll be able to see pic below. I haven't really thought about it in relation to a nb, I think the rear one looks fine in the photos, though a slimline would probebly look a little better. However, the front would make the most difference.

bensale · Postby **bensale** » Wed Oct 29, 2008 9:06 pm

Awesome

They are in my opinion the best looking mx5 oem wheel, although thats a somewhat biased opinion :wink:

You'll probebly be one of the few people that I know of to run them on a nb8a.

PUR157 · Postby **PUR157** » Thu Oct 30, 2008 12:38 am

yakob wrote: they are probably the most asthetically pleasing rims i have ever seen and i dont know why.

Because you like 'em! no need to explain it...
I mean some people like NCs! Go figure... *hightails it
:mrgreen:

Slimlines definitely if you can do them!

bruce · Postby **bruce** » Thu Oct 30, 2008 2:26 pm

bensale wrote:

And I reckon if you could mount the plate a little deeper, or make something which obscures the first letter, we could have something to avoid unwanted spud camera shots.

bensale · Postby **bensale** » Thu Oct 30, 2008 4:34 pm

bruce wrote:And I reckon if you could mount the plate a little deeper, or make something which obscures the first letter, we could have something to avoid unwanted spud camera shots.

hmm... I may have to look into that. I never thought of that, although I think you could do something reasonably quite easily to obscure one letter from an angle yet remain visable from straight behind.

PUR157 · Postby **PUR157** » Thu Oct 30, 2008 11:30 pm

Be careful with this one though...!
In NSW at least the plate has to be visible from 45degrees left and right of the front
and a certain number of degrees from above and below

Someone made a very good pic of this back when there was discussion about offset plates... but hopefully you get my drift...

bensale · Postby **bensale** » Fri Oct 31, 2008 2:06 pm

PUR157 wrote:Be careful with this one though...!
In NSW at least the plate has to be visible from 45degrees left and right of the front
and a certain number of degrees from above and below

Fine point, that is the law, and I guess the easiest was not to get photgraphed is to stay within the speed limit...

Smacca · Postby **Smacca** » Fri Oct 31, 2008 4:38 pm

Hey,

Has anyone here got an NB8C or SE and tried a side mount for their front plate? Or does anyone have some photos or links?

I'm sick and tired of getting the front bar hole-punched by the standard plate bracket thanks to the scum of society who touch-park and then flee without leaving details. I was thinking the side mount would look cool, like Evo cool, so I'm keen to see how it looks.

Smacca