frenching a lisence plate

[cgscivic]

hey i was wanting to know how hard it is to french a licence plate on a 96-00 civc and civic hatchback. i know you buy that plate that holds the lisence plate but do you weld it or is there other methods. also does any one have pics of it done on a 96-00 civic hatchback.

[snowman2005]

wtf french a licence plate?

[Miataracer]

no espeaka de ingleis?

[GScivic7]

Originally Posted by snowman2005

wtf french a licence plate?

especially on a hatch (edit: we do have a gay smiley ).

You have been looking at way too many Lowrider mags.
However, I'll help you out, you have to weld it in there.

[Jas_M]

So what is "frenching a license plate"? Just welding it onto the back/front of the car instead of bolting it on?

[Beastiek2]

i am glad somone else didnt kno what frenching ment i was gonna say WTF yesterday ..i thought it ment like cutting the trunk and molding the plate in sideways.

[GScivic7]

frenching a plate means that you cut a hole in wherever you want to mount your plate. Then you weld in this license plate holder and mount your plate in it. Basically so it sits flush or recessed with whatever body panel you stick it in.

[MTBguy]

I am supprised nobody before GScivic7 knew what frenching was. You can do it to more than just plates, it can be done to headlights, tailights, etc.

[lkailburn]

i love the look of frenched door handles. it looks very clean. haven't seen a rear liscence plate holder frenched in yet.. that is to say like the stock one thats back there.

[Beastiek2]

i am stil lost on what this means can someone post pics of a civic with this done or any car for that matter

[GScivic7]

see how the license plate is mounted IN the tailgate instead of on the bumper where it would normally be. Actually, this truck has a roll pan instead of a bumper, but you get the idea.

[Beastiek2]

alright awesome - thats what i thought thanks bro

[lkailburn]

i was thinking it would be something more like this on the civic.

i just frenched in the factory plate holder thing. looks sweet imo
i did this in photoshop

http://www.rit.edu/~ltk6260/frenchPlate.html

[snowman2005]

that is tight. now i wana do that

[Beastiek2]

Originally Posted by lkailburn

i was thinking it would be something more like this on the civic.

i just frenched in the factory plate holder thing. looks sweet imo
i did this in photoshop

http://www.rit.edu/~ltk6260/frenchPlate.html

is that your car? i like that lip spoiler on the trunk? if thats yours where did you get that do they have it in carbon fiber?

thanks -