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Question in mounting College License Plate Frame on Front of Tacoma

Discussion in '3rd Gen. Tacomas (2016-2023)' started by gormdragan, Feb 21, 2023.

  1. Feb 21, 2023 at 6:58 PM
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    gormdragan

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    Thank you all for your comments. I am the idiot.
     
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  2. Feb 21, 2023 at 7:02 PM
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    vivid02

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    I guess MIT does not teach students how to use a drill.
    Install it upside down.

    :anonymous:
     
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  3. Feb 21, 2023 at 7:05 PM
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    Cushmaat

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    A few additions to make me feel cool.
    Could always make a drop bracket that hangs from the top mounting holes that sit behind the plate and frame and secure them at the bottom. MIT might not want you to rep them if you are struggling with this though.
     
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  5. Feb 21, 2023 at 7:13 PM
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    This person is trolling the forum.
     
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    Apologies, I am not a handy person, and I freely admit that I am not a smart person. But I am really humbly asking for help, as I suspect the frame maker had it the wrong way around.
     
  7. Feb 21, 2023 at 7:34 PM
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    Thank you, sir. I appreciate your suggestion.
     
  8. Feb 21, 2023 at 7:46 PM
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  9. Feb 21, 2023 at 7:51 PM
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    Just flip it the other way around
     
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    Just_A_Guy

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    Return and purchase a frame with the correctly cut holes.

    And ship that diploma back to MIT. Clearly you failed common sense 101 :D
     
  11. Feb 21, 2023 at 8:02 PM
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    get a ridgeline........really the frame is made wrong/bad
     
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    Well played! My dad actually went to MIT, but he also had a gift for politely answering questions like this. It was not an inherited trait.
     
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    i dunno, given how much prestige MIT is associated with for very technical topics, a simple bolt setup confuddling an alumni is almost too easy to pass up.

    too many MIT grad's love rubbing everyone else's noses in the fact that "THEY GRADUATED FROM MIT". it's nice to rub at least one of their noses in something back.
     
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  14. Feb 24, 2023 at 6:28 PM
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    toss that plate on the dash, and call it good
     
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    Just some stuff...
    Why is it always the third gens…. Lol!!
     
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    Forget the frame. See if the license plate “MIT TRD” is available in your state.
     
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    A few additions to make me feel cool.
    In the case TRD being short for tard.
     
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    Cause we special !!!

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    That's the exact reason God invented velcro..
     
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