Any unusual ideas for number plate fitting.......

[markizok]

Hi Guys

Just been walking around North London and i saw a Elise with its number plate between the two driving lights on the grill - is this a thing a few of you have done, if not, have you had ideas for putting the front plate somewhere other than in the standard place (My drive is a nightmare with all the speed bumps and pot holes etc) - Any pics?

Also, if i was to replace the orange indicators (Not repeators) with clear lenses, would i need to change the bulbs behind the glass?

Cheers

[tja]

Woudln't that cause a problem with cooling? I thought radiator was behind that grill.

[markizok]

Thats a good point, maybe it would make it hard to tow as well?

[leeread07]

Older lotuses like the original Elan and Europa used to have individual white didgits that would clip onto the intake grills at the front of the car to make up the number plate. As the numbers where indiviual items they caused little obsruction to the incoming air but back then number plates where white didgits on a black background so I doubt it would be legal to do it on a post 1973 car.

[Gfun]

I use the numberplate as a hight indicator setting it as the lowest bit of the car if that hits I know not to continue and its cheep to replace.

The smaller number plates look very neat so was considering ...

[bogie]

I wouldnt stick anything in front of the grille - you need all the airflow you can get over the rad ...Ive heard of peoples cars running hotter jsut from having a full size plate in the std place covering a couple of inches of the grille...not good

[Captain Muppet]

markizok said:

...Also, if i was to replace the orange indicators (Not repeators) with clear lenses, would i need to change the bulbs behind the glass?

Yes - you'd need orange bulbs. The bayonet fitting for orange bulbs is slightly different so you'd need to file off one of the spikes to make the new bulbs fit.

[TheLemming]

Captain Muppet said:

markizok said: ...Also, if i was to replace the orange indicators (Not repeators) with clear lenses, would i need to change the bulbs behind the glass? Yes - you'd need orange bulbs. The bayonet fitting for orange bulbs is slightly different so you'd need to file off one of the spikes to make the new bulbs fit.

And the repeaters are a GM part IIRC so you should have no trouble getting hold of some at Halfords, rather than paying the silly prices a Lotus dealer will try and charge you!

Nova / Corsa sourced IIRC.