so since ive been getting alot of PM's lately regarding my license plate mount i decided to post up a quick DIY!

i know it sucks for anyone that requires a front plate cause the stock mounting position is awful, and im from NJ which makes it not fun for me either

so basically you can go from this....



to this with one trip to home depot.



the way i did it was by using two metal L brackets. like these below



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next i drilled out holes on one side of the L brackets so i could bolt the license plate flush with them, having the other side of the L bracket on the bottom of the plate, facing backwards behind the plate.

then i took the license plate / bracket combo and found the spot where i wanted it the sit on my bumper, marked two holes on each side under the front lip and drilled out the nessacary holes in the bracket.

next i predrilled all 4 holes, then had a friend hold the assembly as i used two small tapping screws on each side to bolt it down.

i mounted it so the plate was pretty much flush with the front of the bumper...or all the way back...because of this i adding some 3M double sided tape between the back of the plate and the bumper to reduce vibrating and scratching

BTW jacking the front end up a little helps alot

more pictures below.... hope this helps someone!









NOTE: this was done on my car which has the front lip from the appearance package. This provides a great surface to mount on. I cannot speak on how well this will work on 8's w/o the front lip

 

Link isn't working for me.

 

http://www.mcwoods.com/catalog/_L_Bracket.jpg

try this one, same idea

 

Interesting...