I just got my new vanity plate today. I went out to install it, only to discover there isn't a obvious bracket on the front. Do I try and align it with on the lower grill? The emblem is right in the way!! Suggestions??? I don't want to drill holes or use sticky back Velcro. I live in S. Florida and the humidity would melt it right off!
If its a 453 its just a thick plastic front, and you can use self tapper screws to put your plate on. These self taper screws make their own holes and thread in the plastic as you screw them in (though a 1mm drilled hole makes a good start for them to self tap, that's what I did). I have one screw on each side of the plate, and plastic caps that go over the screw heads. As seen in picture below.
Here are the self tapers I got in a UK car parts store, but you should get the same screws easily enough in the USA (we have white plates front and yellow at the back)...
I just got my new vanity plate today. I went out to install it, only to discover there isn't a obvious bracket on the front. Do I try and align it with on the lower grill? The emblem is right in the way!! Suggestions??? I don't want to drill holes or use sticky back Velcro. I live in S. Florida and the humidity would melt it right off!
You are so vain LOL, Here in the UK I also have a personal plate on my 453 Cabrio. A personal plate here makes the car 'ageless' as you cannot tell the date of the car from the plate. I bought it for £200 thirty years ago (three letters followed by three numbers), and its now worth £1800 in todays money, although that fluctuates, Mind you, every time I change the plate onto another car it costs £80 to transfer, and I had done that 12 times so far, so I never bought it to make money, just hide the cars age
It's more expensive that the others shown, but as it's centered and has plenty of ways to attach the plate, it might offer fewer headaches than the ones that tilt after awhile.
You are so vain LOL, Here in the UK I also have a personal plate on my 453 Cabrio. A personal plate here makes the car 'ageless' as you cannot tell the date of the car from the plate. I bought it for £200 thirty years ago (three letters followed by three numbers), and its now worth £1800 in todays money, although that fluctuates, Mind you, every time I change the plate onto another car it costs £80 to transfer, and I had done that 12 times so far, so I never bought it to make money, just hide the cars age
Hehehehehehee!! I also have a personalized plate on my Mazda van and will be replacing the plate that came with my Smart's purchase. Gotta wait until 90 days before it expires, so have a bit of time for that. The 'vanity' plate I put on my Smart is her name.
While on the subject of license plates, I've discovered something interesting... American license plate screws are larger than the plate screws that came with my smart. It only had 2 screws holding the 'required' rear plate. I went to add the other 2 and realized (after removing the originals..), they were different. Any suggestions from others that found out the hard way, who might sell the right size license plate screw?? (And, maybe what size to ask for?????) Thanks!!
Home Depot has loads of screws to pick from. You could even do bolts with nuts behind the trunk panel. It comes off real easy. Or mount a license plate frame.
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I made these decals originally for the MINI toggle switches. But I wanted to show them to you as well. ]I had a smart in the shop last week and got quite a few templates done for it so I will have graphics for you guys very soon.
As I was going the car looking for cool decals I...
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I have to admit we named this car. We have never named a car before, but this vehicle seems to beg a moniker.
Because it is very blue, we ended up naming her the blueberry. After 2 days, we added a second nickname, Beauregard.
Why Beauregard?
A friend...
I bought my 2008 Smart used, old owner only had 1 key. I want to get a replacement key just in case I lose the only key I have.
I called Smart/Mercedes and they said to order key and program it will cost about $320. Is there another way than paying this outrageous price?
After saying that Hambach would be producing a Mercedes EQ model, it appears Daimler has reversed course: “They abandon us …” Mercedes-Benz wants to sell its factory in Hambach :eek:
"The management of the site announced on Friday Daimler’s intention to sell the factory, which was to begin...
It is with a very heavy heart that I must inform our community of the death of Terry Robinson on June 13.
I have not known Terry very long but we discussed his tribulations getting his smashed fender repaired.
I bought parts from him and we periodically phoned; since he was recovering from a...
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