Hi all, I've been hanging around these forums for years, and finally had the opportunity to become an owner a few months ago. I bought a new '08 Chicane Silver with the black interior, and have been having a ball with it!

Like many here, I wondered what I'd do when it came time to mount a front plate. I live in California, and they really are cracking down on people not having a front plate. I wanted to mount it to the lower lip, but didn't want to block air flow to the radiator, so I built a hinged mount, that is weighted at the bottom. When I'm stopped, it stands up fairly straight, but at speed, it lays down (hopefully not enough to get me cited!)

Here's a link to video I shot of it, hope you enjoy.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ToINfqwH4es

Barry

 

Very creative idea

 

Pics from the front?

 

oh wow nice, can ya make me one?

 

on a very cool idea.

 

that thing is legit!

 

wow, that's awesome man. More pics on how it looks from the outside please!

 

patient that thing asap! got any more pics of it?

 

I did something similar on my miata. Where did you mount the hinge on the S? did you drill new holes?

 

I hate to burst your bubble but California law says it must be fixed and non movable.