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Old Nov 25, 2019 | 06:30 PM
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Hey yall, I'm looking for this front license plate that garline14on the forums here have. I've been searching for this exact cover but have not found anything similar. I would message him about it but he's not active.
It looks like a cover that you can screw onto the predrilled holes that you would attach the filler cover onto.

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Old Nov 25, 2019 | 06:59 PM
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Can't help with your actual question, but is there a reason you wouldn't want to use the factory front cover?

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Old Nov 25, 2019 | 07:09 PM
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When I bought the car the factory front cover is all dinged up along with scratches. Instead of trying to fix it or replace it, I saw the one posted above and liked the aesthetics of it a lot more.
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Old Nov 25, 2019 | 08:01 PM
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When I bought the car the factory front cover is all dinged up along with scratches. Instead of trying to fix it or replace it, I saw the one posted above and liked the aesthetics of it a lot more.
Given that it does not match the shape of the front bumper, and looks like a piece of flat plastic, it should be easy enough to make.
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Old Nov 25, 2019 | 10:07 PM
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Originally Posted by jackthelad
Given that it does not match the shape of the front bumper, and looks like a piece of flat plastic, it should be easy enough to make.
True!
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Old Nov 25, 2019 | 11:23 PM
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Originally Posted by immense
Hey yall, I'm looking for this front license plate that garline14on the forums here have. I've been searching for this exact cover but have not found anything similar. I would message him about it but he's not active.
It looks like a cover that you can screw onto the predrilled holes that you would attach the filler cover onto.

Thanks a lot

Regrettably, my recently acquired 2000 DBGM did not have the body-color front license surround cover so I have this redundant logo plate which I think looks silly. It’s about $230 for me to acquire a new filler cover. Which I plan on doing. I’ve seen multiple Vette supply places offering various logoed front plates. Look around. You can surely find or have one made - perhaps even more customized to your liking.


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Regrettably, my recently acquired 2000 DBGM did not have the body-color front license surround cover so I have this redundant logo plate which I think looks silly. It’s about $230 for me to acquire a new filler cover. Which I plan on doing. I’ve seen multiple Vette supply places offering various logoed front plates. Look around. You can surely find or have one made - perhaps even more customized to your liking.
I'll sell you one a lot cheaper than that but you would have to paint it.
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I'll sell you one a lot cheaper than that but you would have to paint it.
Mmmm, that's an option. I just ordered some spray touch up from Automotive Touchup in - I trust - DBGM. It took a bit of cross reference and this forum, to figure out the right code. I'm thinking of painting the red calipers and a rear plate mod that's faded. Let me see how the paint matches first. Question: is yours OEM, need primer and defect free? Thanks.
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Mmmm, that's an option. I just ordered some spray touch up from Automotive Touchup in - I trust - DBGM. It took a bit of cross reference and this forum, to figure out the right code. I'm thinking of painting the red calipers and a rear plate mod that's faded. Let me see how the paint matches first. Question: is yours OEM, need primer and defect free? Thanks.

OEM, would need a little sanding.
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