tow hook license plate mount

**MatteBlackCoupeDude** · 06-03-2009, 10:24 PM

Do these exist for our cars? I need a WA front plate, but have no holes in my bumper for them.

Or am I going to have to mangle my tow hook to fabricate one?

**IRPancake** · 06-03-2009, 10:26 PM

I'm pretty sure someone made a thread about one before...

**IslandS62** · 06-03-2009, 10:27 PM

Gominigo but be aware it is $55 for about $10 worth of Home Depot hardware.

**IRPancake** · 06-03-2009, 10:28 PM

and no offense, it looks pretty bad because it sticks out and hovers in front of your bumper

**Jeremy** · 06-03-2009, 10:35 PM

Couldn't you just take your tow hook to a hardware store and figure out what size bolt you need and make something, for $10 or so like Island said?

**IRPancake** · 06-03-2009, 10:40 PM

starreavers post in another thread

**MatteBlackCoupeDude** · 06-03-2009, 10:44 PM

I have nowhere to get a piece of sheet metal cut

$55 isn't too bad, and it's not a bad looking piece of kit.

to any future searchers, the link is here

http://www.gominigo.com/NHLPB-BMW.html

**IslandS62** · 06-03-2009, 10:47 PM

well the import crowd likes it, they keep asking me where I got it when its installed. Apparently offset plates are very "JDM".

I had to buy one, I am missing the OE mount for the Z3 and my M5 was never drilled at all. Hawaii requires an annual inspection and the front plate needs to be mounted, so I use this for convenience.

The state inspectors take a dim view when you show up with your plate stuck on your car with double sided tape.

**IRPancake** · 06-03-2009, 10:52 PM

island your bumper doesn't have the holes?

**IslandS62** · 06-03-2009, 11:00 PM

Z3 has painted plugs, M5 is the virgin.

**IRPancake** · 06-03-2009, 11:03 PM

I was going to say I have a plate mount for the front if you want it

**IslandS62** · 06-03-2009, 11:12 PM

Thanks, but I'm good without. The plastic mount leaves abrasion marks in the paint.

**IRPancake** · 06-03-2009, 11:25 PM

Originally Posted by IslandS62

Thanks, but I'm good without. The plastic mount leaves abrasion marks in the paint.

yes it does, PO used it. If I ever had to use it I'd put a little rubber on the back or something

**JBgotM** · 06-03-2009, 11:47 PM

I still want to do this...

[ame]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2s1Wrz2MZKk[/ame]

I got a ticket on Monday for not having a front plate.

**IslandS62** · 06-03-2009, 11:51 PM

I have seen LCD "shutters" too, but I can only find them for bikes, not cars.

**MC28REPSOL** · 06-04-2009, 02:41 AM

you can also purchase them from Jo @ Eurodyne.

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**toocool4657** · 06-04-2009, 11:22 AM

Originally Posted by JBgotM

I still want to do this...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2s1Wrz2MZKk

I got a ticket on Monday for not having a front plate.

thats pretty cool, luckily in florida we dont need front plates, even though i have the bracket, i dont have it in me do take it off becuase then i would need to get my bumper filled in and whatnot.

then again wtf, i did spend $50 on the shiney bmw plate

**Z3speed4me** · 06-04-2009, 12:12 PM

I have the one from gominigo... scott told me about it and I love it... for about the price of a no front plate ticket (which ive received about 5) it was totally worth it

**clintjg** · 06-04-2009, 12:44 PM

Originally Posted by JBgotM

I still want to do this...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2s1Wrz2MZKk

I got a ticket on Monday for not having a front plate.

I wish there was room for the motorized version. I have the plate mount on my Wagon and it's held up well.

I have another one in a box in my garage for the coupe. I got the first 'no front plate' ticket in 6 years last weekend. Cop was a complete douche about it.

**Z3speed4me** · 06-04-2009, 02:38 PM

Originally Posted by clintjg

Cop was a complete douche about it.

aren't they always, i mean cmon if they are pulling you over about a no front plate, they aren't a cool cop

on that note, i have never seen something like a vette or mustang or some type of american car pulled over in my entire life that has been missing a front plate, seems very suspect to me

**Finn** · 06-04-2009, 03:56 PM

i get pulled over quite often cause i run a euro tag with my CORRECT tag number on it. they wither give me a ticket or they dont. most let me slide cause i have the right info on the tag.
vanity plates with euro tags on a M Coupe... most think its imported from the Fatherland anyway and im not going to argue with the cop.

**JBgotM** · 06-04-2009, 06:26 PM

Originally Posted by clintjg

I wish there was room for the motorized version. I have the plate mount on my Wagon and it's held up well.

I have another one in a box in my garage for the coupe. I got the first 'no front plate' ticket in 6 years last weekend. Cop was a complete douche about it.

Where did you look to mount it on your coupe? Whats the fitment issue with the motorized version?

I was about to pull the trigger on the motorized version the other day.

**IslandS62** · 06-04-2009, 08:32 PM

Here is one is the classified today. Its for an E39, but its all the same, just the length differs a bit. I use mine on both.

http://forums.bimmerforums.com/forum....php?t=1245912

**ken_vs_ryu** · 06-04-2009, 08:49 PM

Jdm yoooooo!

**Z3speed4me** · 06-05-2009, 09:44 AM

I dont think it matters if you car is from europe or japan or australia for that matter, if its a state law that you need a front plate, they can give you one... unfortunately that argument will never hold up if you actually tried to pursue that argument and fight it

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