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California98Civic · 11-22-2017, 04:34 PM

I have not tested, but here is a pic of your model car with front plate. Given that there are open grills above and below, I think the plate's effect has to be minimal, because the grill opening will have a bigger effect.

But you could relocate it downward to create part of a lower grill block. That is what I did with mine.

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