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Removed Rear Anchors
I removed those big black anchors off my rear bumper today. They weigh a ton. My question is this. What have some of you done to illuminate the rear license plate. I don't want to get pulled over for something so lame.
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Maybe a Neon License plate holder, or a holder that has a light installed on the top part of the plate holder.
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Did you replace them with anything (lightweight of course)? I'd wondered is they were a US only thing, but every Euro spec car I've seen has them too. Love to see a picture.
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I replaced them with air. In other words I plugged the holes and painted. This by the way is not an original idea of mine. There are quite a few guys here that did the same things with great results. But I don't recall anybody addressing the rear license plate illumination.
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Please let me (us) know what you work out with the license plate lighting...I've done the same thing, but have not found a lighted frame that "fits" yet.
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 Lots of econo boxes(Toyota, Nissan, Geo, Prism etc. ) used lights like these. Go to a salvage yard and walk around. They're everywhere. BMW 2002 also used similar setups but with external screw heads that are cosmeticly challenged.
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Thanks Bill. That's more along the line of what I'm looking for. I thought it was you who posted that before. When I looked at photos of your car I didn't see a rear shot.
Thanks Tom
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I took Bill up on another option he considered but didn't go with - the lighted licence plate frame, about $20. Just run a wire and your good to go. Also saves all that weight from the light housings.
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The light housings/ bulbs and wire weighs ~12 oz.
My first choice was the PMS lights from the original RS 3.0. PMS doles them out only after you provide the chassis # proving that they were oem for your car. A friend of mine that was on the early '70's factory race teams and still has solid contacts at the factory and w/ PMS wasn't able to obtain them for me either. 
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I dunno, when I got rear-ended on the LIE, I was pretty happy to have them, as ugly and heavy as they may be. They (well one specifically) saved me from a lot of damage.
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I did a search on license plate holders etc. I found license plate bolts that have lights in them. You don't even know there are lights until you turn them on. I think I'm going to give them a try.
Tom
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On the west coast....there are parts stores that have standard non-rice license plate brackets that have a 12volt ilumination that SHOULD survive the local Gendarme....UNLESS Y'ALL fail the attitude test.....
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Lol, I think we should put together a FAQ to direct people to certain topics:
Flares Rear license plate illumination Steering wheel bushing Big Reds 3.6 transplant Superchargers Turbochargers Wheel fitment Ride height blah, blah, blah Maybe it should go in the Owner's Gallery?
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I have the same rear lights as Bill Verberg. (I'm doing my best to reproduce his car!) The lights are from a 1995 Nissan Pathfinder. I know... I feel so ashamed.
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1976 Porsche Carrera 3.0
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1978 Porsche SC Targa 3.6
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