Fold-away front license plate
03-20-2018, 03:54 PM
#1
Fold-away front license plate
To avoid drilling holes in to the front bumper, because our state requires a front plate, has anyone had any experience with those motorized front plate holders that fold away at the push of a button and fold back out?
Not just for the Q7 but if you've used them on other cars as well/instead. A lot of them seem to fold parallel to the road and even though they're tucked away under the bumper, I do worry about highway speeds causing air to get trapped and then rip the plate downwards and away when folded away.
Not just for the Q7 but if you've used them on other cars as well/instead. A lot of them seem to fold parallel to the road and even though they're tucked away under the bumper, I do worry about highway speeds causing air to get trapped and then rip the plate downwards and away when folded away.
03-20-2018, 04:17 PM
#2
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To avoid drilling holes in to the front bumper, because our state requires a front plate, has anyone had any experience with those motorized front plate holders that fold away at the push of a button and fold back out?
Not just for the Q7 but if you've used them on other cars as well/instead. A lot of them seem to fold parallel to the road and even though they're tucked away under the bumper, I do worry about highway speeds causing air to get trapped and then rip the plate downwards and away when folded away.
Not just for the Q7 but if you've used them on other cars as well/instead. A lot of them seem to fold parallel to the road and even though they're tucked away under the bumper, I do worry about highway speeds causing air to get trapped and then rip the plate downwards and away when folded away.
03-20-2018, 06:50 PM
#3
You should not need to drill holes for a front plate. Holes are there. If your Q7 came with the Plate Delete option (check window sticker if you still have it) you have to remove two filler strips in the lower part if the grill to expose them. You may want to order the plate holder to mount the actual plate to but you could always just screw the plate directly into the holes but it might not look great.
03-20-2018, 07:27 PM
#4
You should not need to drill holes for a front plate. Holes are there. If your Q7 came with the Plate Delete option (check window sticker if you still have it) you have to remove two filler strips in the lower part if the grill to expose them. You may want to order the plate holder to mount the actual plate to but you could always just screw the plate directly into the holes but it might not look great.
Yes, our Q7 came with the holder so the "Delete" option was not on the order. So removing the front plate, which is already on our car, would leave the spot for the frame that came from the factory exposed and it wouldn't just be a "flush" bumper because the holder came from factory?
03-20-2018, 08:05 PM
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I left the front plate off one car for several years and never got a ticket EXCEPT when I parked at LAX airport parking lot ($30 per day) which is patrolled by LA City police. CA requires front plates. I didn’t fight it. Just paid the ticket and never parked that car at LAX again.
03-21-2018, 02:00 PM
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Yes, our Q7 came with the holder so the "Delete" option was not on the order. So removing the front plate, which is already on our car, would leave the spot for the frame that came from the factory exposed and it wouldn't just be a "flush" bumper because the holder came from factory?
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