Mounting front license plates

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  • Kruzen
    R3V Elite
    • Mar 2004
    • 5603

    #1

    Mounting front license plates

    Whelp, the time has come. I just got my Cali plates yesterday, only took me six months :p

    I realized promptly that apparantly my washington plates were just drilled through and screwed right in to the Euro Mount, is there a better/cleaner way of modifying a plate or mounting a plate with euro trim?
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  • Kruzen
    R3V Elite
    • Mar 2004
    • 5603

    #2
    bump, I know there's 24 of you with front license plates.
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    • JamesE30
      R3VLimited
      • Feb 2007
      • 2092

      #3
      Just buy a plate frame. The frame screws onto the car, and the plate clips into the frame. No drilling, and no screws showing.

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      • kid325e
        R3V OG
        • Sep 2007
        • 6421

        #4
        Man up and rock that shit in your windshield. Pay the tickets.

        Sorry I know this isn't the answer you want to hear.
        Last edited by kid325e; 04-13-2009, 07:54 PM. Reason: bump for ignorance.
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        • MR 325
          Moderator
          • Oct 2003
          • 37825

          #5
          There is no difference in how the plate mounts with or without Euro trim...

          The metal bracket bolts to the bumper and the plate screws on to the bracket.
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          • Rockinlittle325i
            Grease Monkey
            • Sep 2008
            • 341

            #6
            I think I have one on mine that I will sell to you,
            cause I live in SC, and we dont have to have any of that bull on our cars

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            • ThePotsy
              Wrencher
              • Jul 2008
              • 210

              #7
              You're supposed to have them here in Illinois, but I've never put them on.

              Just tell the cop you've just finished some bodywork or something, usually works. I've yet to get a ticket for it.
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              • cabin
                E30 Addict
                • Dec 2006
                • 552

                #8
                I just got a ticket for no front plate in IL, after not having one on any of my cars for about the past 4 years.

                On the E30, I just drilled some new holes into the plate to line up with the ones already on the bumper. Took all of 5 minutes and works perfectly.
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                • TwoJ's
                  R3V Elite
                  • Oct 2005
                  • 4908

                  #9
                  Originally posted by kid325e
                  Man up and rock that shit in your windshield. Pay the tickets.

                  Sorry I know this isn't the answer you want to hear.
                  That is retarded. I would think that a person would be more likely to get a ticket if it were in the windshield than if they didn't have one at all. It looks like shit and draws attention.

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                  • Kruzen
                    R3V Elite
                    • Mar 2004
                    • 5603

                    #10
                    Originally posted by MR 325
                    There is no difference in how the plate mounts with or without Euro trim...

                    The metal bracket bolts to the bumper and the plate screws on to the bracket.
                    I dont have a metal bracket :p

                    Guess i'll just drill it.
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