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Old Jul 26, 2007 | 04:14 PM
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I just sold my SS and bought an 03 vette. It came with the front license plate on it and I cant stand it. I want to buy one of the fill ins that everyone but me seems to have and I cannot find them anywhere. maybe im not typing the correct term in when i search but i have had no luck. Also if someone wants to sell one medium spiral grey so I dont have to paint it that would be great. Im sure I wont be that lucky though. Any help finding this piece would be greatly appreciated. Thanks -Jeff
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Old Jul 26, 2007 | 05:12 PM
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I just sold my SS and bought an 03 vette. It came with the front license plate on it and I cant stand it. I want to buy one of the fill ins that everyone but me seems to have and I cannot find them anywhere. maybe im not typing the correct term in when i search but i have had no luck. Also if someone wants to sell one medium spiral grey so I dont have to paint it that would be great. Im sure I wont be that lucky though. Any help finding this piece would be greatly appreciated. Thanks -Jeff
you talking about the stock one thats on their so you dont run a plate, or the filler that makes running the front plate look better?
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Old Jul 26, 2007 | 05:17 PM
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The stock one that replaces the plate. I dont want to run a fromt plate.
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Old Jul 26, 2007 | 06:33 PM
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....on that note,...anyone have one of those that have a screen in place?...For FI
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....on that note,...anyone have one of those that have a screen in place?...For FI
Unfortunately those are no longer made. I ended up making one myself. It took about 4 hours total and $15 in parts.

Front Plate Screen

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Old Jul 27, 2007 | 11:07 AM
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Unfortunately those are no longer made. I ended up making one myself. It took about 4 hours total and $15 in parts.

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yeah, I hear that. That sucks. Your piece looks pretty good though.

I notice you moved your coil packs, they're up front?.... any more pictures of that? thanks.

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Originally Posted by V-seriesTech
yeah, I hear that. That sucks. Your piece looks pretty good though.

I notice you moved your coil packs, they're up front?.... any more pictures of that? thanks.

Coil Relocation Pics Here

They start on this page and go to the next.

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Coil Relocation Pics Here

They start on this page and go to the next.

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Sweet, thanks. I'll hyper link on over.
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That stuff comes up for sale on CF but you have to be fast. That section gets a lot of traffic.
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They are not that hard to make yourself. Since I did mine I have found some molding that will look a lot cleaner than the first attempt. I am keeping my eyes open for another Pewter cover to give it a second go around. When I find another one, I will make a write up on the procedure.

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Old Jul 27, 2007 | 01:48 PM
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You can still buy the ones with screens in them from Halltech. Be warned though, they are crazy expensive.
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You can still buy the ones with screens in them from Halltech. Be warned though, they are crazy expensive.
They still have a few left from their last production run. 'crazy expensive' is an understatement at $250 unpainted.

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So no one knows where I can buy one? Someone has to have one out there. I hate this front plate!!
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Originally Posted by blackandblue69
So no one knows where I can buy one? Someone has to have one out there. I hate this front plate!!


Would you like me to get a price from the dealership?

As you know, it would need to be painted.
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That would be awesome. I see you work at one so if it isnt much trouble. I cant come across any for sale online. Im not so big on appearance as much as performance but that front plate looks bad on these cars in my opinion
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That would be awesome. I see you work at one so if it isnt much trouble. I cant come across any for sale online. Im not so big on appearance as much as performance but that front plate looks bad on these cars in my opinion


Werd.

No problem...i'm not scheduled to work this weekend.....but,..I may go in to change my HVAC unit,... if I do,...I'll see what the deal is.

Worse case...monday.

jwells@veracadillac.com if you wanna email me so I don't forget.

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