Mounting License plates

[Gogreen]

Hello Everyone,
I have a quick question about mouting the front and rear license plates.
For the front I have the plastic frame and 2 nuts that came with the car. Now, do I have to drill on the front bumper so that screws go in? The two screws that came with the frame, are they to attach the license plate to the frame or the frame to the bumper? If I have to drill on the bumper, I probably should get it done at a mechanic or body shop?
For the rear lincense plate I believe I need 6mm diameter screws of length 10-30 mm?

Thanks in advance.

[efusco]

Your dealer really should have done that for you and still should if the car is new. But yes, you need to drill the front to attach the bracket there. I'm not sure about the rear question.

[Boo]

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Hello Everyone,
I have a quick question about mouting the front and rear license plates.
For the front I have the plastic frame and 2 nuts that came with the car. Now, do I have to drill on the front bumper so that screws go in? The two screws that came with the frame, are they to attach the license plate to the frame or the frame to the bumper? If I have to drill on the bumper, I probably should get it done at a mechanic or body shop?
For the rear lincense plate I believe I need 6mm diameter screws of length 10-30 mm?

Thanks in advance.
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Hi Gogreen,

Front:

When you say "frame" are you talking about the thin rectangular plastic frame that usually has the dealer's name and phone number on it? If so, then you just screw it and the license plate into the top two screw holes in the front license plate mount (the approximately 0.5 - 1.0 inch thick plastic mount that matches the curve of the front bumper and that gets screwed into the front bumper), which should have already been screwed into the front bumper by the dealer.

If by "frame" you are referring to the front license plate mount, then you should have that mount installed by the dealer, or your mechanic/body shop (unless you know how to do it yourself ... I don't).

Front & Rear:

Yes, the nut or thread holes for both the rear and front mount are for screws that are 6 mm in diameter. The length of the screws required varies from 10 mm to 30 mm, depending on whether you will be using a license plate frame, how thick the frame is at the point of the screw holes, and whether you will be attaching anything else through those screw holes (e.g., in the front, I have attached these small, round, spool-like rubber bumpers from NoBump.com/GirlsLoveWheels.com; other people have attached bumpers they made themselves out of rubber leg tips or rubber door stops). You can get these metric sized screws from a good hardware store (45 to 60 cents each). Screws made out of stainless steel would be preferred, but they can be hard to find in the diameter and length you may need.

Hope this helps. Congrats.

[David Beale]

If you look closely on the front bumpercover you can see two indents where the screws go to fasten the plate support. Mine are still visible because we don't have to use the front plate.