xShinka666x

so someone backed into the front of my car scrapping off the license plate and made the bottom of bumper where the rotary accent is bend down, unfortunately its illegal in texas to not have a front license plate displayed and i cant seem to find a frame bracket now, i thought i saw a license plate relocation kit that moved it down near the oil cooler but cant find that now either. any suggestions to replace it?

Grog

iTrader: (5)

Autozone sells a universal license plate bracket that happens to fit perfectly on our car. It costs about $10. You don't have to drill any holes or anything; all you have to do is remove two of the bolts that hold in the bumper, slide this over the holes, and put the bolts back in. I would definitely buy some foam tape, though, and line the top edge of your plate with it so it doesn't scratch the bumper.

Here's my car with the Autozone bracket on:

xShinka666x

sounds perfect to me ill be stopping there to pick one up, i like it in the bottom corner more than dead center in the grill, seems it blocked some air intake there now i just have to find some touch up paint for the bumper =\

blakem2008

i made the same thing with two metal brackets i had in my garage... no damage to bumper either...
looks good though

xShinka666x

well autozone here doesnt stock the front plate so i just ordered one online, now just need to find touch up paint for where it scrapped up

phrenetiK

iTrader: (6)

i live in texas. zip tied mine to the passenger visor.

blakem2008

phrenetiK cops have not messed with you about it not being on the front bumper?

phrenetiK

iTrader: (6)

not since june when i got the car. heres a pic.

blakem2008

looks good very noticable. i like the new red plates im thinking of getting the black one...

phrenetiK

iTrader: (6)

if you get a personalized plate make sure to test a few noobs to make sure ppl understand it. no one gets mine but it gets old answering what it means every day

J8635621

iTrader: (10)

I'm pretty sure there was a court case that stated it had to be on the front bumper and not the dash. I've always thought cops used this more as something to add onto your ticket and not a reason to pull you over (unless they are just an ******* of course).

jrx13

You could get one of these:


http://www.swiftmotorsports.com/prod...oducts_id=3922


Actually, I got the non-motorized one for about $50.

http://www.swiftmotorsports.com/prod...u1iottb67ug4g3

Sifu

iTrader: (34)

I ran no plate for a really long time. I gotten pulled over but I had good reasons why I never had it on. My car got vandalized and backed into so I just told them that (It really did, but I already had my plate off). If you like it off just have that plate in your car and if they pull you over...tell them you got backed into and they wouldn't do anything more generally.

I never liked running the plate on the dash/in the car. In case of an accident that thing would be like a flying blade

Plus the plates on the dash draw more attention in my opinion.

xShinka666x

sadly the area i live in (canyon tx) has a relatively small police force, plus the university has only 10 police officers, they remember you and giving the same excuse weeks apart doesnt work...they have literally nothing better to do than pull you over for doing 32 in a 30 and take 20 minutes to write up a warning, ive been pulled over once this week so far and it was monday so the cop understood that its difficult to get that fixed over a weekend

xShinka666x

ok maybe im just retarded but i can only see one bolt in the bottom corner of bumper area that i could attach the bracket to, theres some screws in the plastic skid piece but they are recessed and not long enough to attach the bracket, then theres 1 bolt to the right of that piece and another hole for one but nothing in it on either side of the car

Grog

iTrader: (5)

The screws that are in the plastic piece are the ones you'll be using. I know they look recessed, but you've got to mess around with the bracket until you've got it adjusted right. I remember thinking "There's no way this could possibly work" at first, but it ended up working just fine.

If you want I can tell you which bolts I used specifically; I could even take a picture for you. I'll try to get around to it tomorrow.

mar10

superhypered

nice steel wheels

mar10

You are an Idiot , obviously u have never driven in the snow .

alnielsen

iTrader: (4)

I didn't know steel wheels were available for the car.

He's from SoCal. Snow is something that exists in far off mountains that you never quite get to.
I'm surprised that you can run your plate that low in the winter. I would be afraid that it would be torn off.

terch1

iTrader: (2)

^ +1 This is the direction I'll be heading this Spring. I am going to have my front bumper customized somewhat. (A little fiberglass work to my mint style front bumper) In the process I am going to have the universal license plate mount removed and replace it with the one mentioned above. Best of both worlds.

Domenico

iTrader: (6)

Its illegal in ohio too. But i dont want to drill into my car so i wont put it on.

superhypered

Campbell is NorCal, I HATE socal. Regardless, no snow here either

9krpmrx8

iTrader: (46)

Front plate? What is that? I have been pulled over many, many times and always get a warning for the plate. But if you get pulled over and mouth off or are doing something stupid you can probably count on getting a ticket.

http://www.flickr.com/photos/9krpmrx8/5213544104/http://www.flickr.com/photos/9krpmrx8/5213544104/ by http://www.flickr.com/people/9krpmrx8/, on Flickr

superhypered

actually, I thought you didn't need fronts in Texas? is there a new law over there?