What are license plates made of?
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From: Oak Ridge, TN, USA
Re: What are license plates made of? (HT Chaplain)
<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by HT Chaplain »</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">I was just practicing with my welder and ran out of metal to play with and i was going to play with some plates? are they aluminum?</TD></TR></TABLE>
steel like a car door
steel like a car door
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From: b00sting my D16s, SoWis, USA
Re: What are license plates made of? (Super Chicken)
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steel like a car door</TD></TR></TABLE>
Maybe like a Lotus Elise's car door...they haven't used steel for a looong time.
The ones the state of Wisconsin have always supplied me (since I could drive) have always been aluminum. If you look, the rust stains are from using rusty bolts - if you use stainless like me (or nylon), you'll only get white powder.
steel like a car door</TD></TR></TABLE>
Maybe like a Lotus Elise's car door...they haven't used steel for a looong time.
The ones the state of Wisconsin have always supplied me (since I could drive) have always been aluminum. If you look, the rust stains are from using rusty bolts - if you use stainless like me (or nylon), you'll only get white powder.
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Re: What are license plates made of? (HiProfile)
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Maybe like a Lotus Elise's car door...they haven't used steel for a looong time.
The ones the state of Wisconsin have always supplied me (since I could drive) have always been aluminum. If you look, the rust stains are from using rusty bolts - if you use stainless like me (or nylon), you'll only get white powder.</TD></TR></TABLE>
You're right! I went out and put a magnet on it and it doesn't stick so aluminum it is?
BTW aluminum is 50 cents a pound scrap whereas steel is .05. Wouldn't it make more sense to make it out of Al as oppossed to steel? I get new ones every 2 years anyway so rust isn't really a problem as long as its coated/galvinized it should survive rustfreeish?
Maybe like a Lotus Elise's car door...they haven't used steel for a looong time.
The ones the state of Wisconsin have always supplied me (since I could drive) have always been aluminum. If you look, the rust stains are from using rusty bolts - if you use stainless like me (or nylon), you'll only get white powder.</TD></TR></TABLE>
You're right! I went out and put a magnet on it and it doesn't stick so aluminum it is?
BTW aluminum is 50 cents a pound scrap whereas steel is .05. Wouldn't it make more sense to make it out of Al as oppossed to steel? I get new ones every 2 years anyway so rust isn't really a problem as long as its coated/galvinized it should survive rustfreeish?
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Re: What are license plates made of? (HiProfile)
How long is long? I suspect it depends on the state. I have a couple of old plates from other states I used to live in; one is Al and one is steel. The steel one is probably 10 years old.
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