Rear surround & License plate OPINIONS

[ATrom]

I have always wanted to make a change to the back end of my LS.

I have really wanted to relocate the license plate to the rear bumper. I am not sure where I would put the reverse lights?

Orr my second choice was to save some money and just to paint the chrome license plate surround to match my car.

2000 Lincoln LS V8 Sport

 

[FASTLLS]

What's the question here?

 

[Villalta]

He wants to know if he should put the license plate on the bumper.

It doesnt look good on this car.

 

[FASTLLS]

Ehh.. If done right it doesn't look too bad.. I like the no plate on the trunk deck.. But again, it has to be done right.. You would have to do a bunch of custom work with bondo/glass on both the bumper and the trunk.. Very involved process..

Painted surround:

 

[Villalta]

had to get into a really nice pose for that shot huh, lol

 

[Villalta]

If the trunk is done right... then ya i looks good and if the plate is in the middle of the bumper too. some have done it with it on the sides, crooked. not a fan, but its your car do what you think looks good.

 

[pektel]

I too prefer the painted surround. shop here did mine for $100. I customized the emblem (sanding the back to remobe stock black paint, then repainting the backside of the emblem)

 

[FASTLLS]

Pete.. Do you know the thread with the guy that moved it to his bumper.. Like bondoed the whole car.. I think he was overseas..

 

[Villalta]

are you talking about the one where the pics are in like an alley or a small space?

 

[FASTLLS]

AFAIK, they were in his driveway..

 

[Villalta]

found it
http://www.lincolnvscadillac.com/showthread.php?t=57345&highlight=custom+bumper

 

[Villalta]

but its not what i was thinking of though.

 

[FASTLLS]

That's what I was thinking about but I thought he moved the plate to the bumper.. I was wrong..

 

[Villalta]

Yeah i though he moved it too. Someone did though and posted it

 

[FASTLLS]

http://www.lincolnvscadillac.com/showthread.php?t=71622&highlight=custom+LS

That one?

 

[Villalta]

No, that one looks good. the one im thinking of was crooked.... if not crooked off to the side anyway.

 

[jtammerine]

i think i found what your talking about

http://www.lincolnvscadillac.com/showthread.php?t=71622

 

[Villalta]

No he posted that already.

 

[jtammerine]

well..i guess we are all in Left field somewhere with you idea lol...

 

[FASTLLS]

I found it but I'm pretty sure it was an eBay listing and now it doesn't show up.. Look for Tastefully Modded LS

 

[Villalta]

yeah i saw that. fck, the more i think about it its possible that i saw it on car domain but i thought it was here. FASTLLS, you know what im talking about though right?

 

[Bullschmidt]

Keep the plate where it is....paint the surround and buy new tips/exhaust

 

[jtammerine]

how big are the tips?

 

[pektel]

Pete.. Do you know the thread with the guy that moved it to his bumper.. Like bondoed the whole car.. I think he was overseas..

I have no idea. Sounds kinda familiar, but I wouldn't know where to start looking.

 

[Villalta]

could have been just a pic someone posted in a random thread