Cynic-al Posted October 16, 2015 Share Posted October 16, 2015 We all know it's a pain to mount your front numberplate when you have a winch and comply with the letter of the law. I'm in the process of getting my play day rrc mot'd for the first time since I bought it and want a way to clip a 100% legal numberplate on for the mot so printed these. 5 minutes to draw and 4 hours to print :/ Only bad points i van think of is will it effect cooling and will it spin around? Neither matter to me but comments welcomed Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
miketomcat Posted October 16, 2015 Share Posted October 16, 2015 Could you do it so it picked up on the rear bar as well it wouldn't move then. I reckon you could sell these there a great idea. Mike Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cynic-al Posted October 16, 2015 Author Share Posted October 16, 2015 Guess you could although I don't know how winch specific it would make it? Or even if the current design would be bumper specific? Not sure it would be cost effective to do on a 3d printer but I can get a cost price off the machine next week if people wanted one. I could always stick it in the cad archive for people with their own 3d printer or mill or whatever. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cynic-al Posted October 16, 2015 Author Share Posted October 16, 2015 Maybe making them with an lip that hooked around the front of the drum support would've been a better idea to stop rotation? Either way it's 1 of 20 items ticked off the mot failure sheet Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lewis Posted October 16, 2015 Share Posted October 16, 2015 There's loads more clearance on the tie bars on your tds compared to my ep9, is it a large drum variant? Your number plate mount looks very professional Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cynic-al Posted October 16, 2015 Author Share Posted October 16, 2015 No its a stock champion tds. I don't know what rope you have but the steel wire used to be much closer. It was a pain to prevent it bunching up and fouling at one end but the synthetic rope takes up much less drum space. Not sure what diameter or length my rope is to be honest. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lewis Posted October 16, 2015 Share Posted October 16, 2015 33m of 11mm plasma or dyneema seems to completely fill the drum on the ep9. I've got a 20m 12mm plasma I might put on at next rope change, I'll just have to remember to carry the extension rope Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cynic-al Posted October 16, 2015 Author Share Posted October 16, 2015 I think mines thinner than that. Someone gave it to me as they were uprating their winch which called for a stronger line. Don't know the length but it's always been long enough Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mad_pete Posted October 17, 2015 Share Posted October 17, 2015 Air will get round that no problem for cooling and yes I think it will spin. Imagine trying to hold a number plate out the window at 70 its a fair bit of push on it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GW8IZR Posted October 17, 2015 Share Posted October 17, 2015 Its a really good idea, if you had extended the bottom of the bracket with a lip to slip behind the bumper that would stop it spinning in the wind. I'd probably attach with a short lanyard clipped to the vehicle as well to stop it being lost as buying plates legally is such a faff. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CwazyWabbit Posted October 17, 2015 Share Posted October 17, 2015 You could cnc plasma something very similar from stainless and put a few folds in it, would be quicker to make, just need to fix the spinning in the wind issue. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CwazyWabbit Posted October 17, 2015 Share Posted October 17, 2015 If you extended it forward more you could drop the height so the bottom rested on the fairlead, that might stop it spinning. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cynic-al Posted October 17, 2015 Author Share Posted October 17, 2015 70mph...? I wish!!! I have these on my trailer, http://www.amazon.co.uk/TRAILER-NUMBER-PLATE-HOLDER-Pair/dp/B001PPO34I I guess someone with appropriate equipment could go into production of a version of the idea. I think making it longer and hanging down in front of the fairlead is a good idea, Afterall the top bar is visible from the front on most bumpers and the front of the fairlead can't be more than say 100mm from the crossbar on most setups? Plus it would stop the rotation. If it was made from metal you could nut and bolt the plate to it to save the complexity of a top and bottom clip. Then it would just be a strip of metal with a couple of bends 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cynic-al Posted October 19, 2015 Author Share Posted October 19, 2015 So I checked the cost on the machine this morning, to print those 2 £17.31+vat in material and the machine claims to cover the cost of the machine, wear and tear and operator time I should sell for £119+vat... so how many takers? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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