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Old Jun 8, 2008 | 04:19 AM
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i want to put a hide away licence plate on my car
an ideas on how to make one and does anyone have pics of one

some thing that flips or rotates or something to where another licence plate shows up

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Old Jun 8, 2008 | 04:41 AM
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Old Jun 8, 2008 | 09:46 AM
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my friend is working on one right now, I told him to make me one! Sorry I don't have any pictures. Basically it slides down on tracks and when it hits the end it will flip up. Just needs to figure out the electonics. flips from right under the nose of the car.
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Old Jun 8, 2008 | 09:56 AM
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there is a company that makes a clear cover that goes over the plate then when you flip a switch it turns opaque and you can no longer read it. i don't remember the name of the company but there is a video on youtube do a search for bull run license plate test someone put one on the back of a lambo, then check out the first related vid
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Old Jun 8, 2008 | 03:32 PM
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there is a company that makes a clear cover that goes over the plate then when you flip a switch it turns opaque and you can no longer read it. i don't remember the name of the company but there is a video on youtube do a search for bull run license plate test someone put one on the back of a lambo, then check out the first related vid
You wouldn't happen to know where a person could get one of those do you I couldn't find anything on google.
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Old Jun 8, 2008 | 03:51 PM
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Just installed my Altec plate yesterday, got it from ninosport.com. Mustang website, but plates universal and only place i could really find it for sale. This company also has em for sale on ebay. Here's some quick pics i took with my camera phone, dont mind it being dirty, whole car is dirty. Rained lastnight and looks as if its going to rain again today.....

Here's the plate itself...


Here it is in the up postion...


Now in the down position (from here you just slide it right back under the car)



Now hidden (kind of hard to view, shitty camera phone pic)


I was gonna position it in the middle, but regardless of where you put it. It's still gonna look shitty lol But ay, when you need it. you need it...would like to get this motorized sometime, hopefully someone will write something up on how to do this.

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Old Jun 8, 2008 | 05:37 PM
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Just installed my Altec plate yesterday, got it from ninosport.com. Mustang website, but plates universal and only place i could really find it for sale. This company also has em for sale on ebay. Here's some quick pics i took with my camera phone, dont mind it being dirty, whole car is dirty. Rained lastnight and looks as if its going to rain again today.....

Here's the plate itself...


Here it is in the up postion...


Now in the down position (from here you just slide it right back under the car)



Now hidden (kind of hard to view, shitty camera phone pic)


I was gonna position it in the middle, but regardless of where you put it. It's still gonna look shitty lol But ay, when you need it. you need it...would like to get this motorized sometime, hopefully someone will write something up on how to do this.
that's real nice but there has to be a way you can fabricate it where you have a button that releases pressure and pops it out.
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Old Jun 8, 2008 | 08:44 PM
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yep that's it look over to the right the first "RELATED VIDEO" has the company that makes them...
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Old Jun 9, 2008 | 09:33 PM
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well i wanted something along the lines of james bond.... some thing that flips or rotates or something to where another licence plate shows up
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Old Jun 11, 2008 | 04:54 PM
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hideaplate.com sells the same ones you see on that lambo. flip a switch and it turns black... pretty bad ***... of course no one would use them for any illegal reasons.. ha
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Old Jun 11, 2008 | 09:46 PM
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not bad--doesn't seem like you'd notice it that much when it's folded away
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