Alternative to Front Plate?
Mar 29, 2012, 09:12 AM
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Alternative to Front Plate?
Hi guys, i'm looking for some advice on a front License plate issue. When I bought my IX, there were no holes drilled in the front bumper. Here in california it's required to have a front plate. I don't want to drill into tho bumper to ruin the clean look, has anyone faced this issue and what would you recommend that I do? Thanks in advance fellas 
Mar 29, 2012, 12:48 PM
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Took me a while to figure this out, as I was in the same situation. I bought this bracket from Autozone
http://www.autozone.com/autozone/acc...questid=153880 ,
a bag of zip ties, and some weatherstripping:
http://www.autozone.com/autozone/acc...er=191113_0_0_
Then I set the bracket how I wanted it while holding the license plate to it and screwed the screws tight. Then, all you have to do is hold it in place on the mesh on the driver side of the car and zip tie it to the mesh. I recommend zip tying the ends first to hold it in place, and then adding a bunch of zip ties in the middle, I used like 10 just to be safe. Then, I taped the weatherstripping to the back of the plate so it wouldn't scratch the paint if it contacted, and to give it something additional to rest on when pushed back by wind at highway speeds. If you do it carefully, it fits in that spot perfectly and looks really clean. And no holes! Let me know if you need some pics, but its pretty self explanatory once you have the bracket. I should probably do a writeup on this with pics sometime. I've had this setup for a couple months, it's super secure and won't budge an inch.
http://www.autozone.com/autozone/acc...questid=153880 ,
a bag of zip ties, and some weatherstripping:
http://www.autozone.com/autozone/acc...er=191113_0_0_
Then I set the bracket how I wanted it while holding the license plate to it and screwed the screws tight. Then, all you have to do is hold it in place on the mesh on the driver side of the car and zip tie it to the mesh. I recommend zip tying the ends first to hold it in place, and then adding a bunch of zip ties in the middle, I used like 10 just to be safe. Then, I taped the weatherstripping to the back of the plate so it wouldn't scratch the paint if it contacted, and to give it something additional to rest on when pushed back by wind at highway speeds. If you do it carefully, it fits in that spot perfectly and looks really clean. And no holes! Let me know if you need some pics, but its pretty self explanatory once you have the bracket. I should probably do a writeup on this with pics sometime. I've had this setup for a couple months, it's super secure and won't budge an inch.
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I mounted similar to Kapex.
There wasn't a bracket on mine I bought the car and I didn't want to drill either. So I took a stock bracket trimmed off the back a little bit and zip tied it to the grill in the same area as Kapex used.
You can't see the ziptie either, so it looks good enough for me. And avoid getting pulled over.
Car is apart. So best pic I have right now.
There wasn't a bracket on mine I bought the car and I didn't want to drill either. So I took a stock bracket trimmed off the back a little bit and zip tied it to the grill in the same area as Kapex used.
You can't see the ziptie either, so it looks good enough for me. And avoid getting pulled over.
Car is apart. So best pic I have right now.