Curious, are these also "quick release" like the snapplates and quick bandits or once they're on, they're on?
Nearly a month later, I finally received the one I purchased from eBay. The printed instructions are terrible, but I found a
listing from Aliexpress that shows you how to put it together.
To answer
@Suspendmix's question, no, these are not quick release like Snapplate or Quick Bandit, but it only takes a few minutes to install and remove it. As
@Spam2Yam mentioned, the top hooks on the more expensive Slipstream actually swivel from side-to-side, and this is how the top hooks secure to the vent.
On the Aliexpress/eBay ones, the top hooks don't swivel at all. Instead, there is a screw that secures the top and bottom hooks. If you keep that screw loose, the bottom hooks will swivel. You then secure the top hooks by just pushing it in, and hooking it around a vertical piece of the vent. Once you've done that, you swivel the bottom piece into place, and then you need an allen wrench to tighten, so that the bottom piece will no longer swivel. At this point, the license plate frame is quite secure.
To remove the license plate frame, all you need to do is loosen that bolt holding the top and bottom hooks in place, at which point the bottom hook will swivel, allowing you to unhook the top hooks (and remove the license plate frame). Takes me a minute or two to put on and take off.
I'm guessing this product is nowhere as refined as the Slipstream (or the Snapplate and Quick Bandit), but it's decent for $20-25.
One other thing I noticed - this may not be the kind of license plate frame you want to repeatedly put on and remove. Maybe I’m just clumsy, but I noticed the black plastic vents are already scratched/scraped from the hooks.
