Number plate location
Just saw this pic and it looks like the number plate mount will be in front of the grill. Its a shame because it will block quite alot of the grill reducing air flow.:(
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Ahhhh! That's terrible. :mad: In California, it's they're pretty strict about having a front license plate since they have all of the cameras that automatically take pictures of your front end if you run a red light. I think I'll have to put mine on the dashboard....
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check here for other discussions about this problem
and here and here and here and here and here and these are just the threads about this subject. do a search and you will find just as many threads that started on a different topic but include posts about the plate positioning. mazdaman since your in scotland can you just get stick on numbers or something like that? |
i've already said this (possibly in every post zoomy linked to), but maybe there could be a braket which would allow relocation of the plate to the side (right or left, depending on whether the car is LHD or RHD) of the grill, below the headlight and above the oil cooler ducts??
Aftermarket, aftermarket, repeat after me, aftermarket, aftermarket, and just hope for the best, after market... ;) |
if you are just going to throw it on the dash, remember to move it once in awhile so you dont have to figure out how to explain the not faded area to the nice policeman. "really officer, it just broke yesterday and i have the part on order with my dealer!"
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or make sure you're vigilant with your silicone vinyl sealer of choice. ;)
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Im sorry zoom44 for bringing up this topic yet again but this pic was the first I have seen of the new 8 with a license plate. Yes I can stick on a number plate e-type styli but even so where do I stick it? :confused:
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Originally posted by Mazda man so where do I stick it? :confused: |
Not sure what the big deal is...
Neither my 93 Rx7 nor my 99 Isuzu have front plates and I've never been hassled about it, not by CHP nor meter maids, and I live in California. If the looks of the front plate bothers you...leave it off.
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Re: Not sure what the big deal is...
Originally posted by Ozone Neither my 93 Rx7 nor my 99 Isuzu have front plates and I've never been hassled about it, not by CHP nor meter maids, and I live in California. |
Re: Re: Not sure what the big deal is...
Originally posted by Puppy1 I have never had a front plate on my current car, and was only ticketed once in conjunction with a parking ticket. |
Here is the somwhat unusual plate location of the last 7. It does leave most of the intake area open but messes up the curves.
http://www.rx8forum.com/attachment.php?s=&postid=16932 Brian |
Is it legal to put some tiny holes on the plate that the cold air able to get through?:confused:
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just drop it below the grill :)
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I've seen some cars in California with their front plates cut at the top and bottom, to resemble the European "short and wide" license plates. This allows a lot more options for cleanly mounting the plate as it doesn't take up so much space. Dunno if it's legal but I don't see why not since you don't need registration tags on the front plate.
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Originally posted by Buger Here is the somwhat unusual plate location of the last 7. It does leave most of the intake area open but messes up the curves. http://www.rx8forum.com/attachment.php?s=&postid=16932 Brian Cheers |
Originally posted by max_stirling Actually, the front end and the air intake of that model RX-7 was designed with the placement of the plate. Supposedly, the plate causes turbulance and a venturi effect directly behind the lower edge of the plate. As the air is squirling behind the plate, it squirls directly into air intake and intercooler ducts. Mazda used to have a nice graphic for it on their Japanese website. Cheers This is the company that used mathmatical equations, computer modelling etc. to ergonomically design the "freestyle" doors on the Rx-8. :) Brian |
GOD BLESS CANADA
Here atleast we don't have to worry about that front lisence plate at all. So we are in the clear. If you Yankees want to keep complaining about the front air damm to lisence prolem, send all of those pretty RX-8 up north, trust me we don't mind ;) :D
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Re: GOD BLESS CANADA
Originally posted by Canuck69 Here atleast we don't have to worry about that front lisence plate at all. So we are in the clear. If you Yankees want to keep complaining about the front air damm to lisence prolem, send all of those pretty RX-8 up north, trust me we don't mind ;) :D |
Yeah what are you talking about.. Ontario (the most important province in Canada :p ) requires them.. :(
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Re: Number plate location
Originally posted by Mazda man Just saw this pic and it looks like the number plate mount will be in front of the grill. Its a shame because it will block quite alot of the grill reducing air flow.:( |
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