This is a funny discussion. I have a front license plate holder -- when I first bought my car last year I got pulled over for not having a front plate, so someone on the DMCForum Yahoo group (I'm sorry, I forgot who you were!) was kind enough to send me one for free that wasn't being used anymore. I really had no idea how to mount it - it went into the existing bolt holes so no drilling, but other than that who knows which direction it's supposed to go? - so I put it in how it looked best: Hanging down right over the front of my radiator. When I went to my first club tech session a couple of months ago I received a bit of teasing over it, too, since it's apparently completely upside down. But I think it looks good and it's staying. It's not too low, I mounted the bottom of the plate to the bracket lip so the top of the plate just touches the bottom of my bumper. I've driven my car daily for almost a year now with this plate supposedly "blocking" the radiator. I've never overheated. I've sat in traffic in 105 degree weather with the A/C on full blast regularly and have never had a single problem. I would suggest that if such a thing really causes your car to overheat, you have a very fragile cooling system that probably needs some work. Oh, and I'm now running John Hervey's pancake fans. I've been in stop & go traffic up to 90 degrees with these fans, the A/C on max and the license plate bracket where it sits. No problems whatsoever. And yes, my temperature gauge works fine. -Ryan On 6/2/05, kjc <ckevinj@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > Hervey's looks the same as the one I got from DMCH, I haven't looked > at Rob's. The way the dam is shaped I think the fans will be able to > suck just like normal-- the plate isn't that close to the grill, and > at highway speeds there is more than enough air flowing that the fans > don't do anything. > To address comments privately to the moderating team, please address: moderators@xxxxxxxxxxx For more info on the list, tech articles, cars for sale see www.dmcnews.com To search the archives or view files, log in at http://groups.yahoo.com/group/dmcnews Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/dmcnews/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: dmcnews-unsubscribe@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/