Andrew Karam

Anyone knows what this is and where to get one?

MicVelo

What would be the purpose on a Z?

Back in the day..... gas filler. 😆

Andrew Karam

For show

MicVelo

Uhhh.... not sure what it shows but OK.

travlee

iTrader: (8)

Rice swag points

Andrew Karam

Do you know the name or not

Andrew Karam

How is this rice lol it’s for car shows I don’t want my plate shown

coletrickle74

iTrader: (1)

I think James Bond had something similar, didn't he? I'd ask him.

MicVelo

Nope, why would I ask what it’s for if I knew what it was?

WYZIWYG

Pic of OP???

mr. sparco

iTrader: (13)

Pics of said show car 350z.

Andrew Karam

It says it on the name, it’s to flip the plate up

813_350Z

From a law enforcement standpoint, I can tell you EXACTLY what it's for....

813_350Z

Yep, confirms my suspicion. Your plate is shown every single time you drive the car on public roads. Why should you hide it at a show? Even looking at this pic, how is it hidden? All it does is rotate it 90 degrees. I can walk up to it, look down at it and see the plate.

Everyone is so paranoid to show their plates. I laugh when I see pictures with it blurred out or with a finger over it. Like I said, you drive with it out in the open every day, why try to hide it? I don't know of any case of someone's information being discovered from their plate number. In actuality, the only people who have access to that resource (or, at least, should) are law enforcement officers.

So, again, I'm certain that OP does not just want this for car shows.

MicVelo

Well duh, so why are you asking if I know the name of it then? It’s a license plate flipper upper thingamabob.

So, you decided to keep the hard starting drifter Z instead of trading your show car in for a “real” Initial D car OR that restored AE86? Good choice.

travlee

iTrader: (8)

last i checked, most drift cars arent show quality

travlee

iTrader: (8)

something tells me this is op and his little "special" friends

813_350Z

This was my initial suspicion, which is on the lighter side of what I could have suspected.

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/crime...lls/ar-BBVT88g

Just an FYI OP, if you do want it for "car shows", you may want to confirm it's legal to possess in your state. Notice I said "possess", and not "use". Certain states, such as MD, and places such as DC outright ban them.

This is the penal code for TX:

Sec. 504.9465. LICENSE PLATE FLIPPER; OFFENSE. (a) In this section, "license plate flipper" means a manual, electronic, or mechanical device designed or adapted to be installed on a motor vehicle and:

(1) switch between two or more license plates for the purpose of allowing a motor vehicle operator to change the license plate displayed on the operator's vehicle; or

(2) hide a license plate from view by flipping the license plate so that the license plate number is not visible.

(b) A person commits an offense if the person with criminal negligence purchases or possesses a license plate flipper. An offense under this subsection is a Class B misdemeanor.

(c) A person commits an offense if the person with criminal negligence manufactures, sells, offers to sell, or otherwise distributes a license plate flipper. An offense under this subsection is a Class A misdemeanor.

travlee

iTrader: (8)

well he is in your home state

813_350Z

Of course he is. Well, luckily for you, it won't be much more than a moving violation. This would be pushing the envelope under the statute, but I'm sure you'd give plenty of other reasons to be stopped and cited, judging by the video sourced by Detective Travlee. Even if challenged in court and thrown out, who cares, you'd have to take time out of your day and I'd be getting overtime. Just the inconvenience on your part would be worth it.

320.061 Unlawful to alter motor vehicle registration certificates, license plates, temporary license plates, mobile home stickers, or validation stickers or to obscure license plates; penalty.

—A person may not alter the original appearance of a vehicle registration certificate, license plate, temporary license plate, mobile home sticker, or validation sticker issued for and assigned to a motor vehicle or mobile home, whether by mutilation, alteration, defacement, or change of color or in any other manner. A person may not apply or attach a substance, reflective matter, illuminated device, spray, coating, covering, or other material onto or around any license plate which interferes with the legibility, angular visibility, or detectability of any feature or detail on the license plate or interferes with the ability to record any feature or detail on the license plate. A person who violates this section commits a noncriminal traffic infraction, punishable as a moving violation as provided in chapter 318.