Alright, a lot of people don't like these but some people do... I have been asked by a few people how I did this and when i explained it to them, I just confused them. So I took some pictures and I hope it clarifies things.

All you really need are a few nuts and bolts and a aluminium angle bar like this:




Now to clarify things, there are 2 sides of this bar, lets call the top angle (the one you will mount to the bumper) side A and the other side (the one you will mount the license plate to) side B. First cut a piece of the bar to be 10 inches long.. Side B will remain this size... Next thing to do is measure out 4 inches on side A (if you want to mount the plate on the driver side of the bumper measure this 4 inches from the left side of your bracket, and if you want to mount it on the passenger side of your bumper measure from the right side of your bracket) that will be what you mount to the bumper. After you have measure, you need to cut off the other 6 inches of aluminium. I used a grinder to sort of make the edges smooth and not so rough. Now all you need to do is drill holes for the license plate and then two more for the mounting bolts. After drilling the holes in the bracket, drill the mounting holes in the bumper. Attach the bracket to the bumper by puttin bolts through the holes in the bracket and in the bumper and tightening. Then mount the plate to the bracket.

This is an upside-down shot of how I mounted mine to the bumper:


This is how I mounted the plate:


This is how it turned out:

 

oh **** nice nice

 

Also, i'd just like to add that this whole thing cost me about $9, the bar was $9 and I just had nuts and bolts laying around... The smallest size bar I could find is in the picture and I already hacked off 10 inches, the bar is big enough to make 3 brackets and then a little extra too... I think mine is off to the right a little too far so im going to play with a new idea maybe later this week...

 

Sweet job.. That beats buying them for like 12-15 bucks..

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by ChadB &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">Sweet job.. That beats buying them for like 12-15 bucks..</TD></TR></TABLE>

Yeah it does, it barely takes any time either... I used a hack saw, I tried a dremel but it just ate up bits like whoa...

 

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my DIY-
take 2 10mm bolts, 3/8 drive impact gun with 10mm socket
screw it in

 

im go do that next weekend

 

Great DIY!

 

i would do that if i had to have a front plate nice write up and work

 

Nice.
I like that look but it'll block fog lights if you have them.

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by The G2 Racer &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">Nice.
I like that look but it'll block fog lights if you have them.</TD></TR></TABLE>

So stay away from fog .

 

nice!! lol my GF's dad oowns a machine shop he made me one of those like a year ago.. nice write up..lol.. it sucked getting those damn no frontplate tickets.. after 4 i had it made...lol

 

why would you want to do this in the first place?

 

i dont like front plates at all.. so this aloows the holes to be drilled under the bumper instead of through the front... so you can always take it off and have no holes ..

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by ekb18cCivic &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">i dont like front plates at all.. so this aloows the holes to be drilled under the bumper instead of through the front... so you can always take it off and have no holes .. </TD></TR></TABLE>

You still have holes. Just not visible.

 

guess I have to find a new line of work
the secret's out

 

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the secret's out </TD></TR></TABLE>

your line of work pleases the lazy non diy ****'s ^_^

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by RoaringTurtle &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">guess I have to find a new line of work
the secret's out </TD></TR></TABLE>
lol... DOHC VTEC chips folks get your RoaringTurtle spec DOHC VTEC chips

 

that looks really silly.

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by turboman &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">that looks really silly. </TD></TR></TABLE>
a 31 year old man using the word silly is just silly.

 

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by turboman &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">that looks really silly. </TD></TR></TABLE>

Thats what i thought.

 

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the secret's out </TD></TR></TABLE>

HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHHAHA!!!

 

nice job... fellow wisconsinite