AnotherFront Plate Alternative
 

As I begin to look at upgrading to a 370z, I've been looking for an alternative to drilling into the front bumper. Especially if you have the Nismo, you don't have that black piece of plastic to drill into. I know that Stillen makes one that screws into the tow hook, but the tow hook is off centered and having the plate to one side looks awkward to me.

After much digging around on the net I found this bracket. Looks like it doesn't drill into the front of the bumper but instead underneath the bumper. Also you can change the positioning to have positioned lower.

Skene Design License Plate Mount :happydance:

Thought I'd post it up for anyone else looking for an alternative.

looks good :tup:

Not bad.

+rep!

Good find! I'ii have to look and see if it can be mounted below the lower lip so that it sticks up vs hanging down. That way I could adjust it to be a little lower than the lip and be my "scrap" warning.

OH boy, not again!!!

Some of u guys know why. :mad:

IMHO, front license plates look like absolute crap on our cars, i dont care if no drilling is required or not, I just put mine in the window when a cop is around, no tickets in 8 years in this state. That is a good concept though.

That is exactly what I did to the wife's benz. Except I used cheap "L" brackets from Home depot.

http://www.skenedesign.com/FPBracket...B-side-low.jpg

^^WOW, are those off road fog lights...

Enlighten us! I'm seriously considering this purchase :)

Here you go resuscitating a dead thread, this is why:

http://i92.photobucket.com/albums/l2...Z/101_0604.jpg

Still requires drilling into the bumper cover. Gominigo makes an offset mounted plate holder for those who are interested in retaining a design that incorporates the front tow hook.

It's got nostrils

Don't see how that picture applies...

thats his car =p, therefore too late. aka "not again"

Ah, now I get it :) Your post had me thinking that there was something wrong with the skene brackets. Sorry Papo... that sucks! Maybe the larger nostrils promote better engine cooling? ;)

Speed, yeah... still requires drilling. And, that definitely sux, but at least the drilling is from the underside of the "bumper". I thought long and hard (teehee) about the Stillen or similar tow hook solution, but none of them allow for enough offset to get the plate completely centered. I just don't care for the asymmetric look. Also, there is some sort of small radiator (A/C maybe?) in front of my main radiator that the plate would completely block. That had me worried.

I thought about using an assortment of pipe fittings to create a tow hook adapter that would cross over from the side to the middle of the car behind the grill and then bend back out to the front; however, I was worried about it looking a bit janky.

So in the end, I'm going to the pull the trigger with Skene. I'll post pics of my Nismo when completed.

Still say not relevant to this thread...

Anyway, I like the skene but don't want to drill into the bottom of the plastic area either, trying to come up with something similar but upside down, on the bottom of the front, with the lower plate edge level with the sport spoiler.

That way my plate hits the curb first if I get too close :D

Sweet, Im looking forward to seeing this installed on a Nismo. :tup:

Installed on the Nismo
 

Finally got my plates from the dealer. Here's some shots of it installed. Very easy. I like the way the current placement looks... a bit lower than normal, but I do worry about the moment forces wind will place on the plate. The brackets are attached with two face padded sticky tape and a single self threaded screw. I may end up moving the plate up so that the wind forces will be more evenly distributed. ...and or using two more screws. We'll see. One nice thing about this setup and the fact that our state's new license plates are rather thin is that the plate actually matches the curvature of the cars nose :)

http://im1.shutterfly.com/procgtaser...108AYtm7do3Zsy

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I would def add more screws to that, or use a nut and bolt. A single Self tapping screw and tape won't hold well with that little surface area for the tape to attach.

Looks good by the way.

Quick update... So far so good (knock on wood) it's staying put quite well. But then she's been couped up in the garage for the couple of months ....so....