DIY: 'Free' front license plate relocation

[black05ep]

I wasn't sure wheter to put this in the DIY or exterior mods. But, I put it here as i didn't intend it to be a diy at first. So please move this to the correct forum if needed please.

Okay, I don't have any pics at this time. However, I was bored sunday waiting to go to band practice and i was trying to think of something to do to my car. I was sick of the plate blocking the whole front bumper, and i couldn't remove it because I had received a ticket for not having it presented on the front of my Ep3. I didn't want to waste the money on a jdm relocator or some other brand, so I decided to use the existing bracket.

Here is my DIY license plate relocator:

Tools required:

-drill(optional)
-plate screws,and
-10mm socket i believe
-stock ep plate bracket
-zipties or something similar

1. Take the bracket off from the car and remove the plate from the bracket.

2. Flip the bracket upside down and decide where you want your holes. Then with a drill or do what I did, (I used the plate screws since the bracket is soft plastic) and then drill a small hole in each extention of the bracket.

3. Next decide where you want you bracket to be (I put mine on the right side of the bumper).

4. Slide you zipties through each hole and then around the back of the grill in the bumper and secure them tight (the hard part for me because I put the ziptie in where I had a hard time fitting my hand).

5. Finally, put your plate back on and enjoy the better looking view.

Sorry for the $hitty pics, they are from my cam phone. It's the best I can do for now. I'll try to take some tomorrow up close with the bracket. It'll be with my phone again, but i suppose it'll get the point through.













This also leaves room for you to keep your foglights if you have the plate offset. At least it looks that way on my car, even though I don't have the fogs. IMO, it looks way better than before.

[SinisterCivicSi]

get some pics and this is sticky worthy.

[trogdor48430]

yes pics please

[ohdamngetit]

pics now pls or ban....... <-- just playin, pics pls!!!

[black05ep]

pics are up.let me kno if theyre not working.they arent on my comp idk wuts wrong but its late so im outa here.ill figure it out tomorrow

[kokopuffs405]

Not working :-(

[thinkricky]

Right click the [X]. Copy URL. Put into address bar.

IMHO. I think its better centered.

[JTilly]

Right click the [X]. Copy URL. Put into address bar.

IMHO. I think its better centered.

I don't even see the [X]

[kokopuffs405]

Yea.... that doesnt work either....

[v1c10us]

anyone who is seeing x's must be on freakin netscape or something
if you want to see the pictures I believe you can press the quote button and take the url from the original post and put it in your addy box

[black05ep]

i took the pics off of my cardomain,idk y theyre not working,anyone got any suggestions on how to make it work? btw ill take some closer pics today and post them whenever i figure this crap out.

[black05ep]

bump ..anyone kno how i can make these pics work,i took them off my cardomain.i have more closer pics but i dont wana put them up til i figure this thing out.

[smoody]

photobucket maybe?

[MugenReplica]

Just added the pics to my photobucket as a fix. Now moving thread to the DIY section. Thanks for the good write up.

*Btw, great write up! I hope you didn't mind, but I went through and changed some stuff to make it easier to read and keep it better organized.

[jimmy`]

Not a bad idea, band you what do you play? I played trumpet.


well.. anyways, you just did it a few days ago?
few questions
Hows it holding up?
And you didn't use any screws?

thats pretty sweet, I live in a desert so I'm just wondering how long those zipties will hold up.

great write up btw.