DJE's Exterior Mods

DJE624 · December 22, 2013, 07:01:54 PM

LOL There really is a white SHO under there!

EcoBrick Bob · December 22, 2013, 07:04:23 PM

Quote from: DJE624 on December 22, 2013, 06:38:29 PM
This really isn't a "mod".

HEY... you copied my look!

SHOdded · December 22, 2013, 07:20:33 PM

Carried that "white-out tint" a little TOO far, Dave! Are you working on the invisible car trick by any chance?

BiGMaC · December 22, 2013, 07:52:09 PM

Dave... Like EB, I tried this mod too... Thought I wanted a white truck... It was easier to get off than film, LOL This is my old 2003 F150SC a couple of years ago in the driveway at our house in the mountains of AZ......

DJE624 · December 23, 2013, 08:46:54 PM

Took my front plate frame off today and ordered the bumper plugs. Many thanks to Lanson for turning me on to the plugs! http://www.bumperplugs.com/index.php?route=product/category&path=1_11_78

BiGMaC · December 23, 2013, 08:52:18 PM

It should look great Dave. Funny how we notice the small things....

DJE624 · December 23, 2013, 09:05:52 PM

Thanks! Just like this with a couple little nipples. Those front plates really take away from the looks!

dalum · December 23, 2013, 11:48:23 PM

Quote from: DJE624 on December 23, 2013, 09:05:52 PM
Those front plates really take away from the looks!

That they do! In Ohio they're required, we even tried to get the requirement off the books but the FOP cried. I guess the cops in every other state with no front plates are just better then our cops.

It's rarely enforced but I just know I'd be the one. I also have a CHL so I'd rather not deal with that during a stop as well.

DJE624 · December 24, 2013, 01:15:37 AM

We are required in WI.. I'm hoping to get away with it. None of the corvettes have them. Pardon my ignorance but what is CHL? I'll probably go "Oh yeah" when you tell me.

BiGMaC · December 24, 2013, 01:23:29 AM

Quote from: DJE624 on December 24, 2013, 01:15:37 AM
We are required in WI.. I'm hoping to get away with it. None of the corvettes have them. Pardon my ignorance but what is CHL? I'll probably go "Oh yeah" when you tell me.

Concealed Handgun License

BiGMaC · December 24, 2013, 01:25:52 AM

Quote from: DJE624 on December 23, 2013, 09:05:52 PM
Thanks! Just like this with a couple little nipples. Those front plates really take away from the looks!

They did away with the certification in AZ..... so everyone is just carrying..... I guess

DJE624 · December 24, 2013, 01:27:12 AM

Quote from: BiGMaC on December 24, 2013, 01:23:29 AM
Quote from: DJE624 on December 24, 2013, 01:15:37 AM
We are required in WI.. I'm hoping to get away with it. None of the corvettes have them. Pardon my ignorance but what is CHL? I'll probably go "Oh yeah" when you tell me.

Concealed Handgun License

"Oh yeah"

dalum · December 24, 2013, 08:43:52 AM

Yea concealed handgun license. It's been almost 10 years since OH started issuing licenses so it's probably ok now. When it first came out cops didn't know wtf to do and couldn't handle "normals" being armed. It was also implemented poorly in the in car and dispatchers computer. They didn't have anywhere to put the flag so they put it in the felony warrant section! Cops that ran the plates would have a giant red felony warrant alert pop up on their screens and go into super cop mode without reading it. There were accounts of cops approaching the car with gun drawn and aimed at the driver to calling multiple backup units commanding the driver out of vehicles with AR's aimed at them like gang members.

There was also the ridiculous section in the law that the gun had to be unconcealed in plain site while you were driving leading to the phrase "Buckeye Tuck". Before you got in the car you had to unconceal your firearm and tuck your shirt in behind it. If it was cold enough for a coat just forget about it. People were getting felony charges if the cop couldn't see the whole gun but a plastic baggy corner hanging out of a pocket was in plain sight to search for drugs.

I've always been very pro law enforcement but all of the stuff that happened irritated me to no end. So it was best not to ask to get pulled over by not having a front plate.

SHOdded · December 24, 2013, 09:08:54 AM

Yeah, it IS a delicate balance between police & public, no right answer for every situation. Best you can do is be err on the side of safety/conservatism.

DJE624 · December 24, 2013, 11:06:15 AM

<--- Still hoping to get away with it. Worst comes to worst, I'd have to have the dealer put the bracket back on.

EDIT- Wow! They must have some of these bumper plugs already painted. I got a shipping notice already. That's great! I didn't want to order them util I had my bracket off. I would have waited until the plugs came to take the bracket off so I could just pop them in. But, they say you can't have larger than a 1/4" hole. I found that I did have 1/4" holes, then ordered. I'm glad I won't be driving around too long without the plugs!