Gt-12

[gwaii]

this is the law as written in the bcmva;

3.03 A number plate must be kept entirely unobstructed and free from dirt or foreign material, so that the numbers and letters on it may be plainly seen and read at all times and so that the numbers and letters may be accurately photographed using a speed monitoring device prescribed under section 83.1 of the Act.

this is the take on that law by a local group that defends against photo radar tickets;

Currently, if you challenge a ticket issued under Regulation 3.03, the court will likely find you guilty if the device had the intent to obscure the plate (such as a piece of lenticular plastic). If you had a cover of only clear plastic, you might have your ticket either withdrawn or dismissed.

 

[JoshT]

Pity about having to put a front plate on there. not good for aerodynamics.

I thought the same thing, though it was more about the lines of the air dam than about aerodynamics. For some reason I don't think that aerodynamics on this car are very important.

He could always make a clear cover to elimminate the pocket.

I was thinking the same thing here as well. Since you are playing with molding plastic anyway for the head light covers, why not form a flush fit cover that matches the contours of the air dam. I have no doubt that you could do it.

this is the law as written in the bcmva;

3.03 A number plate must be kept entirely unobstructed and free from dirt or foreign material, so that the numbers and letters on it may be plainly seen and read at all times and so that the numbers and letters may be accurately photographed using a speed monitoring device prescribed under section 83.1 of the Act.

this is the take on that law by a local group that defends against photo radar tickets;

Currently, if you challenge a ticket issued under Regulation 3.03, the court will likely find you guilty if the device had the intent to obscure the plate (such as a piece of lenticular plastic). If you had a cover of only clear plastic, you might have your ticket either withdrawn or dismissed.

If you make such a cover and bring the pate as close to said cover as possible there is no way that it would be obstructed by said lens. At least so long as the lens were kept clean. For the plainly seen and read at all times could be easily be handled by some recessed tag lights that weren't to bright and came on when ever the parking lights were turned on.

I say go for it. What's the worst they can do, tell you to take it off?

 

[gwaii]

I thought the same thing, though it was more about the lines of the air dam than about aerodynamics. For some reason I don't think that aerodynamics on this car are very important.
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this is exactly the case.

I was thinking the same thing here as well. Since you are playing with molding plastic anyway for the head light covers, why not form a flush fit cover that matches the contours of the air dam. I have no doubt that you could do it.?

this is also what my plan was.

If you make such a cover and bring the pate as close to said cover as possible there is no way that it would be obstructed by said lens. At least so long as the lens were kept clean. For the plainly seen and read at all times could be easily be handled by some recessed tag lights that weren't to bright and came on when ever the parking lights were turned on.

I say go for it. What's the worst they can do, tell you to take it off?

this is the grey area....they could make me take it off,or i could get hit with a $150 ticket....and have to take it off.

 

[gwaii]

after giving it some consideration,i'm having second thoughts about making the airdam out of steel.while on the one hand it would be super cool to make a large complex piece like this out of metal,i keep looking at how close it sits to the ground.

if i do strike a speedbump or pebble or whatever with it,it will do some very difficult to repair damage.if it's made from fiberglass it would be easier to repair,and less likely to do damage to other parts of the car(like the hood).also,if it got destroyed i could just mold another one.


so that's my dilemna....steel or fiberglass?

 

[alwaysFlOoReD]

My vote - fiberglass.

Richard

 

[COPPERHEAD85]

Glass it doc.......You have the technoligy..........You can rebuild it....and it wont cost 6 million bucks!

 

[TheTopher]

Glass it doc.......You have the technoligy..........You can rebuild it....and it wont cost 6 million bucks!

Until that first piece of gravel from his driveway whacks it and ruins it.

 

[escort_gts]

fiberglass definitely

 

[kris97ranger]

Steel.
with a car that low I wouldn't want glass. One pothole and it'd be ruined

 

[gwaii]

My vote - fiberglass.

Richard

Glass it doc.......You have the technoligy..........You can rebuild it....and it wont cost 6 million bucks!

fiberglass definitely

this is what i'm thinking.i'd hate to put that effort into a metal one and have it get wrecked right away....at least with f/g i can have spares.

Until that first piece of gravel from his driveway whacks it and ruins it.

uh,dude....that's why i was thinking glass.

 

[TheTopher]

uh,dude....that's why i was thinking glass.

Isn't fiberglass what all those f-ed up and cracked body kits I see rolling around are made out of?

 

[gwaii]

Isn't fiberglass what all those f-ed up and cracked body kits I see rolling around are made out of?

yup....but most are garbage to start with.....and they generally get cracked up by hitting things.

a metal panel hitting the same thing would suffer heavy damage as well,but is a fairly cheap part to replace on a production vehicle.a custom made item would be much harder to replace,and repairing would be difficult as well.

fiberglass is fairly easy to repair damage to(it will crack,but not deform)and since i will be making a mold to produce this item,i can mold a new one easilly should this be needed.with metal i would have to start from scratch.

also,since a metal air dam would be more rigid than a glass one,it would have more of a chance of being driven up into the hood if it caught hard on the bottom.this could cause even more hard to repair damage.

 

[TheTopher]

yup....but most are garbage to start with.....and they generally get cracked up by hitting things.

a metal panel hitting the same thing would suffer heavy damage as well,but is a fairly cheap part to replace on a production vehicle.a custom made item would be much harder to replace,and repairing would be difficult as well.

fiberglass is fairly easy to repair damage to(it will crack,but not deform)and since i will be making a mold to produce this item,i can mold a new one easilly should this be needed.with metal i would have to start from scratch.

also,since a metal air dam would be more rigid than a glass one,it would have more of a chance of being driven up into the hood if it caught hard on the bottom.this could cause even more hard to repair damage.

Thanks for the lesson!

 

[gwaii]

Thanks for the lesson!

any time


while i realized as soon as i thought of it i would have to go with glass,i was still thinking as a purist that the risk of steel may be worth it.


i think the realist won out over the purist.

 

[TheTopher]

So there's nothing that could simply hold up to it?