Anyone have a front plate bracket they want to part with?
08-04-2008, 03:41 PM
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Anyone have a front plate bracket they want to part with?
After 6 years without a front plate, I am giving in and putting front plates on my cars. I moved from Texas to Illinois this spring and enforcement seems a little stiffer here than it was in Dallas.
I have a front plate bracket for my Cayenne S. I need a front plate bracket for my 2003 996 Turbo.
Anybody have one they don't need?
I have a front plate bracket for my Cayenne S. I need a front plate bracket for my 2003 996 Turbo.
Anybody have one they don't need?
08-04-2008, 06:04 PM
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Another possible solution:
http://www.moweraxle.com/licenseplatebrackets.html
(no affiliation, yadayada)
Fortunately here in MA, if you have an 'older' plate (green letters/numbers) that they ran back when there was only one plate, you do not need a front plate.....I lucked out and got an 'older' plate on the 996TT.
http://www.moweraxle.com/licenseplatebrackets.html
(no affiliation, yadayada)
Fortunately here in MA, if you have an 'older' plate (green letters/numbers) that they ran back when there was only one plate, you do not need a front plate.....I lucked out and got an 'older' plate on the 996TT.
08-05-2008, 01:44 AM
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If I was forced to put on a front plate....that one made by MowerAxle is probably one of the most professionally made ones I've seen. They have designed it so that you can move the plate either to the side or more towards the center...but I've never been stopped for this issue.
08-05-2008, 11:24 PM
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I can't do it. If or when I get a ticket...I will think about it. The Porsche Dealers in VA don't even put them on the new cars!
Also that MowerAxle makes the front look like it was "rigged" (it looks ridiculous) . Get the correct centered one if you have to. Just my two cents.
Also that MowerAxle makes the front look like it was "rigged" (it looks ridiculous) . Get the correct centered one if you have to. Just my two cents.
08-06-2008, 12:14 AM
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Another option, if you prefer the centered look, is to fabricate something similar to the Inventiva front license plate bracket (NLA, but was made for the 993's)
Post #11 in this link shows one:
https://rennlist.com/forums/993-forum/388440-front-license-plate.html
FWIW, I put one on my wife's 993 Targa (she has newer plates so we have to run front/rear). Nicely centered, but down lower (again, as shown in #11 above). Much nicer look than at the middle center of the bumper cover IMHO.
Post #11 in this link shows one:
https://rennlist.com/forums/993-forum/388440-front-license-plate.html
FWIW, I put one on my wife's 993 Targa (she has newer plates so we have to run front/rear). Nicely centered, but down lower (again, as shown in #11 above). Much nicer look than at the middle center of the bumper cover IMHO.
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08-07-2008, 12:26 AM
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slant911, thanks for checking.
ltc, I like the Inventiva concept but can't find a place on the 996 front bumper that looks natural. No matter where you place the plate it messes with the lines of the car.
I think this thread has convinced me to tempt fate a bit longer.
ltc, I like the Inventiva concept but can't find a place on the 996 front bumper that looks natural. No matter where you place the plate it messes with the lines of the car.
I think this thread has convinced me to tempt fate a bit longer.
