Angled rear plate on old jap cars - why?

azibux1 · 29 May 2019 at 11:02

Been wondering about this for a while but can never find an answer.

Skip to 12:08 and compare it with 12:13

What's the reason behind the oddly angled plate? Always seems to be on Skylines/S15s/those kind of cars

Anyone?

Lashout_UK · 29 May 2019 at 11:07

My gut reaction: it's a crummy attempt at making the plate less visible to anyone (police/cameras/etc.) viewing the car from behind.

Hyburnate · 29 May 2019 at 11:13

That just looks **** and breaking the law at the same time.

I mean if you're going to break the law with plates, at least make it look good

Diddums · 29 May 2019 at 11:15

It originates from Bosozoku and is the textbook JDM scene rubbish that just makes you look a prat.

Diddums · 29 May 2019 at 11:16

Lashout_UK said:
My gut reaction: it's a crummy attempt at making the plate less visible to anyone (police/cameras/etc.) viewing the car from behind.

^this. It’s why the Bosozoku did it.

Diddums · 29 May 2019 at 11:16

Here:

azibux1 · 29 May 2019 at 11:39

Haha brilliant.

Yeah I just think it looks stupid to be honest.

Clarkey · 29 May 2019 at 11:45

It isn't really a mod, the plate bracket on these cars tilts from the factory.

azibux1 · 29 May 2019 at 12:06

Clarkey said:
It isn't really a mod, the plate bracket on these cars tilts from the factory.

Oh really? Bizarre considering there seems to be no legal reason to want this.

Clarkey · 29 May 2019 at 12:14

It has to tilt to get the bumper off, the plate is chassis mounted and it goes through the bumper. Driving with it at a jaunty angle is obviously just a style/camera evasion thing. Handy if you are doing street drifting, allegedly.

Django x2 · 29 May 2019 at 14:25

Interesting. I was going to start a thread the other day about what happened to those homoerotic massive touring car style sun visor strips you used to see everywhere back in the late 90s. This thread has delivered. Thanks

Diddums · 29 May 2019 at 15:09

Django x2 said:
Interesting. I was going to start a thread the other day about what happened to those homoerotic massive touring car style sun visor strips you used to see everywhere back in the late 90s. This thread has delivered. Thanks

JDM innit. Gets people frothing at the mouth and jacking off in a sock because they have exactly the same stuff as here but it's been blessed by Japan for some reason. Wooooo, japan.

azibux1 · 29 May 2019 at 15:22

Clarkey said:
It has to tilt to get the bumper off, the plate is chassis mounted and it goes through the bumper. Driving with it at a jaunty angle is obviously just a style/camera evasion thing. Handy if you are doing street drifting, allegedly.

Now this makes sense.

Clarkey said:
the plate is chassis mounted and it goes through the bumper.

This is a bit random though, any particular reason for it that you know of?

Django x2 said:
Interesting. I was going to start a thread the other day about what happened to those homoerotic massive touring car style sun visor strips you used to see everywhere back in the late 90s. This thread has delivered. Thanks

Still see those from time to time too

Diddums said:
JDM innit. Gets people frothing at the mouth and jacking off in a sock because they have exactly the same stuff as here but it's been blessed by Japan for some reason. Wooooo, japan.

HAHAHA

Dogbreath · 29 May 2019 at 15:55

Clarkey said:
It has to tilt to get the bumper off, the plate is chassis mounted and it goes through the bumper. Driving with it at a jaunty angle is obviously just a style/camera evasion thing. Handy if you are doing street drifting, allegedly.

This initially sounded ridiculous; given that bumper removal is hardly a regular job, why couldn't the plate just be unscrewed rather than hinge up? The reason is that Japanese rear reg plates are permanently attached to the car via a tamper-proof seal on one of the bolts. Most JDM cars have the plate mounted to the bumper, so presumably Nissan thought that the GTR was more likely to be going backwards into the scenery...

Clarkey · 29 May 2019 at 16:13

I mean it is legitimately handy if you rip the bumper off drifting, can still drive home with the number plate attached. Who knows why they really mounted it like that.

azibux1 · 29 May 2019 at 16:20

Dogbreath said:
This initially sounded ridiculous; given that bumper removal is hardly a regular job, why couldn't the plate just be unscrewed rather than hinge up? The reason is that Japanese rear reg plates are permanently attached to the car via a tamper-proof seal on one of the bolts. Most JDM cars have the plate mounted to the bumper, so presumably Nissan thought that the GTR was more likely to be going backwards into the scenery...

Ahh right!

Clarkey said:
I mean it is legitimately handy if you rip the bumper off drifting, can still drive home with the number plate attached. Who knows why they really mounted it like that.

Lol I thought about this too... but then thought if they're drifting about in the mountain roads they probably don't care much for the legality aspect ha

Maccapacca · 29 May 2019 at 16:25

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azibux1 · 29 May 2019 at 16:45

Maccapacca said:
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Nasher · 29 May 2019 at 17:11

Lowers the radar cross-section slightly?

I've seen a few bikes where people have mounted the plate on a hinge so it lifts up at speed lol

Tee Hee Johnson · 29 May 2019 at 17:54

Lol, what is Naffco?

Angled rear plate on old jap cars - why?

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