front bumper license plate mount hardware?
02-22-2004, 12:41 PM
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Re: front bumper license plate mount hardware?
> >
> > Yeah, I ended up using 8mm by 25mm screws with some washers to space the
> > plate out a bit. Put it dead center.
> >
> > I had been intending to use bolts secured from behind with nuts, but
> > there is a tubular reinforcment in the center of the bumper that makes
> > that difficult or impossible. So I just used the screws themselves.
> >
> > Mounting on the left or right side would require drilling the plate, as
> > the rubber bumper guards don't allow the plate to fit over the holes
> > properly.
I put mine on the front left with a cheapo kit from NAPA..but even
their cheap kit was solid black stainless steel, for $5.99, unlike the
dealer's plastic one for $40 or whatever. It fit on the side by
putting one screw in a high hole and one in a low. 2 screws seemed
like enough.
Matt
> > Yeah, I ended up using 8mm by 25mm screws with some washers to space the
> > plate out a bit. Put it dead center.
> >
> > I had been intending to use bolts secured from behind with nuts, but
> > there is a tubular reinforcment in the center of the bumper that makes
> > that difficult or impossible. So I just used the screws themselves.
> >
> > Mounting on the left or right side would require drilling the plate, as
> > the rubber bumper guards don't allow the plate to fit over the holes
> > properly.
I put mine on the front left with a cheapo kit from NAPA..but even
their cheap kit was solid black stainless steel, for $5.99, unlike the
dealer's plastic one for $40 or whatever. It fit on the side by
putting one screw in a high hole and one in a low. 2 screws seemed
like enough.
Matt
02-22-2004, 12:41 PM
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Re: front bumper license plate mount hardware?
> >
> > Yeah, I ended up using 8mm by 25mm screws with some washers to space the
> > plate out a bit. Put it dead center.
> >
> > I had been intending to use bolts secured from behind with nuts, but
> > there is a tubular reinforcment in the center of the bumper that makes
> > that difficult or impossible. So I just used the screws themselves.
> >
> > Mounting on the left or right side would require drilling the plate, as
> > the rubber bumper guards don't allow the plate to fit over the holes
> > properly.
I put mine on the front left with a cheapo kit from NAPA..but even
their cheap kit was solid black stainless steel, for $5.99, unlike the
dealer's plastic one for $40 or whatever. It fit on the side by
putting one screw in a high hole and one in a low. 2 screws seemed
like enough.
Matt
> > Yeah, I ended up using 8mm by 25mm screws with some washers to space the
> > plate out a bit. Put it dead center.
> >
> > I had been intending to use bolts secured from behind with nuts, but
> > there is a tubular reinforcment in the center of the bumper that makes
> > that difficult or impossible. So I just used the screws themselves.
> >
> > Mounting on the left or right side would require drilling the plate, as
> > the rubber bumper guards don't allow the plate to fit over the holes
> > properly.
I put mine on the front left with a cheapo kit from NAPA..but even
their cheap kit was solid black stainless steel, for $5.99, unlike the
dealer's plastic one for $40 or whatever. It fit on the side by
putting one screw in a high hole and one in a low. 2 screws seemed
like enough.
Matt
02-22-2004, 12:41 PM
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Re: front bumper license plate mount hardware?
> >
> > Yeah, I ended up using 8mm by 25mm screws with some washers to space the
> > plate out a bit. Put it dead center.
> >
> > I had been intending to use bolts secured from behind with nuts, but
> > there is a tubular reinforcment in the center of the bumper that makes
> > that difficult or impossible. So I just used the screws themselves.
> >
> > Mounting on the left or right side would require drilling the plate, as
> > the rubber bumper guards don't allow the plate to fit over the holes
> > properly.
I put mine on the front left with a cheapo kit from NAPA..but even
their cheap kit was solid black stainless steel, for $5.99, unlike the
dealer's plastic one for $40 or whatever. It fit on the side by
putting one screw in a high hole and one in a low. 2 screws seemed
like enough.
Matt
> > Yeah, I ended up using 8mm by 25mm screws with some washers to space the
> > plate out a bit. Put it dead center.
> >
> > I had been intending to use bolts secured from behind with nuts, but
> > there is a tubular reinforcment in the center of the bumper that makes
> > that difficult or impossible. So I just used the screws themselves.
> >
> > Mounting on the left or right side would require drilling the plate, as
> > the rubber bumper guards don't allow the plate to fit over the holes
> > properly.
I put mine on the front left with a cheapo kit from NAPA..but even
their cheap kit was solid black stainless steel, for $5.99, unlike the
dealer's plastic one for $40 or whatever. It fit on the side by
putting one screw in a high hole and one in a low. 2 screws seemed
like enough.
Matt
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