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shiumai

11-12-2015 11:35 AM

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Originally Posted by Luftwaffel (Post 2449013)

or that silly ass magnetic system some people rig up.

i like the silly ass magnetic system i came up with. no holes in the bumper and the plate is in the middle. plus, i can go from plate to no plate in less time it takes you to type 'silly'.

For those who don't know about the magnet system - here it is: http://www.ft86club.com/forums/showthread.php?t=35261

Gringosteve

11-12-2015 11:37 AM

Looks amazing!

Andrew025

11-12-2015 11:39 AM

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Originally Posted by olsonpg (Post 2449265)

Lol I say we unleash him upon the stance forums. :popcorn: Now that I would quite enjoy.

I gave him a link in another thread.
Not sure if he went there but he never responded.

Breeeep

11-12-2015 11:47 AM

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Originally Posted by maybebrz (Post 2449043)

Cheaper? You spend 10s of thousands on a beautiful car and then make it look like crap by just having something hanging off to the side? Can no one voice an opinion without being called a troll? I'm actually saddened to see these cars with hideous flaps of skin hanging off. You know damn well it's ugly so obviously I'm not trolling.

Hanging off the side??... Mine is attached with machined aluminum and a custom 3D printed bracket.... yours is screw'd into the bumper. Clearly you're the one that does not care about your investment !

Obviously you have no knowledge of aerodynamics. Lets take a slow ass car and put a large flat metal plate right in front. I bet my mileage and 0-60 times are improved !

bcj	11-12-2015 11:55 AM

I got the tow mount specifically to mess with your OCD

Gringosteve

11-12-2015 11:57 AM

When you buy the car does it not come with a plate fitted? Licensing is very different in the UK

kch	11-12-2015 12:10 PM

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Originally Posted by Gringosteve (Post 2449331)

When you buy the car does it not come with a plate fitted? Licensing is very different in the UK

A lot of dealerships here don't install the plate mount until the car is sold, for whatever reason. It's just a part of their pre-delivery process.

Some of us who purchased the car before it was delivered specifically requested them not to drill the bumper.

Luftwaffel

11-12-2015 12:24 PM

I'm not denying the magnet system is the cleanest, but I don't like the thought of shit happening and having it fly off in a freak accident. :p

e1_griego

11-12-2015 12:30 PM

I'm running this one so I didn't have to put obvious holes.

http://www.skenedesign.com/FPBracket/index.shtml

Found the link on here a few months ago and like it a lot!

kch	11-12-2015 12:38 PM

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Originally Posted by Luftwaffel (Post 2449363)

I'm not denying the magnet system is the cleanest, but I don't like the thought of shit happening and having it fly off in a freak accident. :p

It's a lot stronger than you think, especially combined with the little hooks on the bottom that latch onto the grille. Driving at speed will pin the plate even harder to your bumper.

Basically, if something happens that pulls off your front plate, you've got bigger problems to worry about.

Andrew025

11-12-2015 12:45 PM

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Originally Posted by Breeeep (Post 2449318)

!

Obviously you have no knowledge of aerodynamics. Lets take a slow ass car and put a large flat metal plate right in front. I bet my mileage and 0-60 times are improved !

Ehhh...I wouldn't go that far.

jawn	11-12-2015 12:46 PM

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Originally Posted by Andrew025 (Post 2449388)

Ehhh...I wouldn't go that far.

I poop before I hit the track to save weight, bro.

swarb

11-12-2015 12:48 PM

Jdm street cred.

Tcoat

11-12-2015 12:49 PM

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Originally Posted by jawn (Post 2449390)

I poop before I hit the track to save weight, bro.

I would poop on the track. Sort of a Mario Cart kind of thing.

strat61caster

11-12-2015 01:09 PM

I wish I could come up with something witty and antagonizing, but instead I'll post a picture of someone who spent a lot of money on their 86's looks and 'messed it all up' by putting the license plate in the wrong place.

http://shwainc.com/wp-content/upload..._anguloko2.jpg

Justin.b

11-12-2015 01:12 PM

The license plate is fine. It's the stance that makes it look messed up.

Toyarzee

11-12-2015 01:18 PM

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Street legal to tow hook on track in 30 sec, no damage to body, and I'm the dumbass?

mav1178

11-12-2015 01:19 PM

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Originally Posted by maybebrz (Post 2449006)

I'm sorry I have to say this, this looks HIDEOUS and it's like some kind of 'trend' on FT86 cars. Why are people doing this? This looks like someone who has a piece of food stuck below their right side of their mouth.

This isn't a FT86 trend and it didn't happen recently.

Why are people doing this?

1) tow hooks are now screwed into the chassis instead of being integrated on the bottom of cars in the past
2) Lancer Evolution

-alex

brzsubarusti13

11-12-2015 01:20 PM

i personally have the tow hook on because the previous owner used it and somehow it managed to scratch up the bumper area behind it. So as much as id like my car to be symmetrical im stuck with grimmspeed license relocation kit. I wouldnt even mind using the magnetic option especially that because i should be getting my black and yellow california legacy plates soon and i like how it looks in those pics. If only i could remove the scratch marks though.

Tcoat

11-12-2015 01:23 PM

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Originally Posted by mav1178 (Post 2449424)

This isn't a FT86 trend and it didn't happen recently.

-alex

Exactly and things have been even worse in the past.

http://pic20.picturetrail.com/VOL126.../138132613.jpg

Tcoat

11-12-2015 01:26 PM

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Originally Posted by strat61caster (Post 2449410)

See... That is what happens when you put it off center. That excessive weight all on one side broke the poor dude's axles and forced his wheels up into the body. Wouldn't happen if in the middle and the weight is distributed equally.

Special_K

11-12-2015 01:45 PM

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Originally Posted by Tcoat (Post 2449428)

Exactly and things have been even worse in the past.

http://pic20.picturetrail.com/VOL126.../138132613.jpg

God how I wish I could do that, and then slowly drive by OP's house. The amount of rage produced might be enough to finally cause that aneurysm.

DaJo	11-12-2015 01:55 PM

I have the Grimmspeed adapter kit and the reason for it is so I can take the plate off without holes visible during a car show if I feel like it. Simple as that.

shiumai

11-12-2015 02:00 PM

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Originally Posted by Luftwaffel (Post 2449363)

I'm not denying the magnet system is the cleanest, but I don't like the thought of shit happening and having it fly off in a freak accident. :p

losing or damaging the front license plate would be the least of my worries in any kind of accident since it's being mounted under protest :)
it'd be a great excuse to use if you get pulled over though... 'i lost my front plate in a freak accident, officer'.

Shedd22

11-12-2015 02:00 PM

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Originally Posted by maybebrz (Post 2449006)

Your face is asymmetrical and therefore ugly. Same logic. I win.

I personally bought my car to drive it and where I put my license plate shouldn't matter to someone who drives "Don't know yet"

Special_K

11-12-2015 02:03 PM

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Originally Posted by Shedd22 (Post 2449470)

Your face is asymmetrical and therefore ugly. Same logic. I win.

I personally bought my car to drive it and where I put my license plate shouldn't matter to someone who drives "Don't know yet"

Boom! So many perfectly aimed shots fired.

Justin.b

11-12-2015 02:12 PM

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Originally Posted by shiumai (Post 2449469)

That actually works around here in the winter and early spring. Lots of front plates end up in snow banks over the winter here. I assume most of them happen when people are parking nose-in and either mis-judge the snow or slide into the snow pile that then eats their front plate.

-Justin

Shedd22

11-12-2015 02:13 PM

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Originally Posted by Special_K (Post 2449473)

Boom! So many perfectly aimed shots fired.

Aw thanks. :wub:

Tcoat

11-12-2015 02:14 PM

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Originally Posted by Justin.b (Post 2449482)

I suspect I have lost 3 that way over the decades. Mind you most of those were on cars so old the bracket rotted off and let go when I lightly touched snow banks.

Tcoat

11-12-2015 02:17 PM

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Originally Posted by Shedd22 (Post 2449470)

I personally bought my car to drive it and where I put my license plate shouldn't matter to someone who drives "Don't know yet"

What time do the high schools let out in California anyway? OP should be back then (if ever).

ajaxthebetter

11-12-2015 02:31 PM

Overly passionate about something utterly banal--this must be a covenant of millenials, of which I am.

For shame.

Special_K

11-12-2015 02:43 PM

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Originally Posted by ajaxthebetter (Post 2449505)

Overly passionate about something utterly banal--this must be a covenant of millenials, of which I am.

For shame.

I fucking hate the term 'millenial!" So now I'm going to use social media to find as many people of similar mindset as possible. Then we will start a twitter campaign, which will ultimately lead to wristbands and FOX news coverage about how offensive calling us "millenials" is! #millengazi or #millenialgate haven't decided yet.

gled21

11-12-2015 03:15 PM

I have one, i think it looks swanky asf. Its like wearing a hat backwards, yeah its kinda silly but like its a style ya feel?

ajaxthebetter

11-12-2015 03:16 PM

^That would be great. Also, big fan of irony. I say go for it.

#MillenialMayhem #MillenialMisogny

Turn millenial into a hatespeech term. These are real problems.

D_Thissen

11-12-2015 03:19 PM

Where did you go? I'm waiting for you to tell everyone that their opinions are wrong. @maybebrz

ryoma

11-12-2015 03:26 PM

I'm surprised this thread got this many replies so fast... lol

strat61caster

11-12-2015 03:26 PM

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Originally Posted by Tcoat (Post 2449489)

What time do the high schools let out in California anyway? OP should be back then (if ever).

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Originally Posted by Special_K (Post 2449524)

I fucking hate the term 'millenial!"

I'll take it over 'Generation Y' so bland like a rejected X-games rapper. I feel bad for 'Generation X', like zero identifying qualities other than headbanging against the man before trying to carbon copy the baby boomers success without doing anything interesting with the exception of the handful of techies who are still beholden to the prior generation.

Tcoat

11-12-2015 03:34 PM

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Originally Posted by D_Thissen (Post 2449580)

Where did you go? I'm waiting for you to tell everyone that their opinions are wrong. @maybebrz

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Originally Posted by Tcoat (Post 2449489)

What time do the high schools let out in California anyway? OP should be back then (if ever).

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Originally Posted by strat61caster (Post 2449589)

About 3pm PST so right around the time you finish supper and put on your sleeping cap you can check up on the thread for fresh laughs.

But with cell phones he should be checking this thread at lunch time any minute now and furiously swyping a fresh response.

I'll take it over 'Generation Y' so bland like a rejected X-games rapper. I feel bad for 'Generation X', like zero identifying qualities other than headbanging against the man before trying to carbon copy the baby boomers success without doing anything interesting with the exception of the handful of techies who are still beholden to the prior generation.

Will have to check after dinner there D. Mind you he hasn't checked back since 7:45 this morning so maybe has given up the anti side plate crusade.

Tcoat

11-12-2015 03:36 PM

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Originally Posted by Special_K (Post 2449524)

I have never really enjoyed being called a "Baby Boomer" either though. Sounds like what happens in a diaper.

JohnBgon

11-12-2015 03:47 PM

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Originally Posted by gled21 (Post 2449574)

I have one, i think it looks swanky asf. Its like wearing a hat backwards, yeah its kinda silly but like its a style ya feel?

[ame="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D3hD9ZbguIg"]The Wire: Herc & Carver - The Sideways Hat - YouTube[/ame]

I planned on doing the tow mount once my car delivered. But the dealer drilled into my bumper, so they're ordering me a new car...

The horror:http://i.imgur.com/JBxA9XV.jpg
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D3hD9ZbguIg

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