Moving front plate mod.

[Displaced Hokie]

A week ago I moved the factory plate holder downward, but after looking at it for a while I didn't like the angle it had. So, here is a condensed "how to move your plate" down procedure. The new holder I used sits is a little lower and super easy to attach to the front. It sits at a decent level (not tilted down so much), and cost $10.00 for the holder and cover. Now I'm happy. Although certainly nothing special, I'll run it past DMAG for consideration for the knowledge base....

Procedure:

Remove factory front plate holder. Scrap.






Find at the hardware store some "bumper retaining clips". Drill out the holes as needed to fit.






Sand smooth to remove any numbers or marks on the top.



Push in and paint with your bottle of touch-up paint.




Get yourself a backing plate and cover (optional). $10.00 total at the auto parts store. These are both Bell brand, and the cover fits nicely over the backing plate if you clip few nibs from around the outside (used to hold the plate if mounting with the cover alone). Also purchase some stainless steel screws to mount the cover. They are also from Bell. Using the same brand parts ensured that everything fit together and looked good.



Get two large, strong zip-ties and loop around the horizontal crossbar in the fascia using the holes provided. I also ran two smaller ties around the veritcal bars in the fascia to lock the plate side-to-side. So four ties total. Note that if you position this just right you will not totally block the air entering the center of the fascia.



Install plate, cover, and screws. I had to use bolt cutters to shorten the screws about 1/4" so they did not protrude through the back of the cover.








Done!

Hokie

[ASU_Magnum]

looks a lot nicer man. thanks for the writeup!

[cer]

I like it!!

[Jaak]

Or go get the SRT8 Magnum plate holder, which is metal, and flip it upside down. It mounts into the bottom front edge of the bumper.

[chasb]

No cop problems with it being low?

I moved mine down too, and I've been alright so far.

[Jaak]

The morons that put the bracket on at Ontario Chrysler, did it crooked. Fortunately, I found out it was easy to fix. Rear end a Cadillac in the rain and the resulting cracks make you go buy a new one and then you can mount it whatever way you want!

So I flipped the bracket upside down...



There's three mounting points on the SRT bracket. Two screws in to the bumper from underneath (through two tabs) and one through the front. When I flipped it, I used the same two underneath and ignored the third one.

[JeDiHemi]

this is still a very useful thread... i come back here all the time...

[Buffhubby]

Awesome!!! I bought the bracket and cover today so I will be doing this after work tomorrow. Thanks for the mod. Thinking about putting mine on the passenger side instead of in the center. Will call state police first to see about restrictions.

[recon19d30]

I just did this today, with the same Bell products. I just used the same holes that the stock license plate used. Its a huge improvement over the ugly huge plate holder, and it sits a lot lower. The best thing is you dont have to hide the holes afterwords! Awesome mod that only cost me 5 dollars! Great mod Hokie!

[rover69]

i like this.it really cleaned up the front end.in a town of 1800, 28 rcmp officers and 1 black hemi magnum you have to watch the rulesand removing the front plate is gets a faster reaction time than my 0-60.thanks

[Mr. Magnum Man]

You could also try http://altecproducts.com/ looks good on my friends Monte I just buck the law and go without.

[jsnrooke]

whoa...nice!