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    C5 Front plate

    C% Front Plate First, I do not have a cover for the plate, just a frame, which is a very thin, very narrow chrome one. Holding the plate and the frame close together, I managed to slip the pair of them up and into the narrow slit at the top of the recess in the front bumper. Methinks, had I...
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    C5 Front plate

    Problem solved! Taking a closer look at the front bumper, still trying to decide how to mount the big plate in a small space, I discovered a long, narrow slit inside, at the top of the mounting spot; it was wide enough to slip both the narrow frame and the plate into it, thereby giving me enough...
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    C5 Front plate

    Thanks for your input. I tried this once with my other fun car, a home built Shelby Cobra, but got pulled over and had the riot act read to me by a very young cop who quoted the law, chapter and verse. It seems that "the front plate must be properly and securely affixed to the front of all...
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    C5 Front plate

    Corvette Central has only an expensive fold-up-fold-down frame. Looks like I'll have to make something for myself or just run the plate without a frame. Thanks for your help.
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    C5 Front plate

    Hi: I'm the proud new owner of my first Vette, a 2004 convertible. Here in BC, we must run a front plate, but I would like to have it in a proper frame. All the standard size frames are too big to fit in the indentation in the front bumper, although one frame fit the rear alright. (As well...
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