Front Number Plate Mounting Options

[LotusGTR]

I'm considering custom plates for my car. The plate sizes in the plate style I require are 372mm x 132mm. Rear can be ground down the 355mm wide to fit. Front is a different matter. At 132mm high it starts to hang over the intercooler / red opening too much so thinking of an offset front bar mount.

Anyone done this and any pics. I guess it would mean screwing into the front bar which I'm not loving. Perhaps there are other options for the full size 372 x 132 being mounted on the front?

Cheers.

[SoFly]

mounted on the side with some L brackets?

[N1GTR]

Ive got the cusco mount kit for the front, never used it though. But i plan to quite soon.

Are Vic and NSW plates the same size on the rear?

If so, this was done without cutting/mods;

Here's a few pics showing what the cusco front kit does/looks like from google;

Here's the cusco kit for skyline;

Note the difference for silvia (incase you're buying second hand and not 100% sure what you're looking at);

[LotusGTR]

Thanks Steve. Can you post up pics once you've got the front fitted? The GTR has an indent in the bar where you'd normally fit the plate, so might look odd if nothing is in there. Be interested to see how that plays out. Based on measurements I took from the Vic Rds website and off my car I reckon std pates are 17mm too wide for the rear. Can be gound down to fit. Really you need a slimline plate for the front central position.

[Benzino33]

hi guys, jus a quick question...is it illegal to mount my front number plate on the side? Im jus wondering coz I wanna get a bit of better flow for my intercooler..Im thinking of just using cable ties to hold it on, even temporarily so if i do get any attention i can just pop it back the way it was.

anyone had trouble for moving the plates?

[joeyjoejoejuniorshabadoo]

i have a GTR bar on my car and i just used self tappers, well not so much self tappers but normal screws that i forced until they became self tappers, and placed the full width slimline plates that i have over the indent...

i sat it a little higher aswell so you would never know that the indent was there and it doesn't interrupt flow

[LotusGTR]

i have a GTR bar on my car and i just used self tappers, well not so much self tappers but normal screws that i forced until they became self tappers, and placed the full width slimline plates that i have over the indent...

i sat it a little higher aswell so you would never know that the indent was there and it doesn't interrupt flow

Good idea. Did you pack out the indent? I'm thinking of using the full sized plate (no slimline available) so could end up looking a little large.......

[Tave-33]

I hav a Trust style bar that im goin to put onto my car and a mate and I just made a custom mount off to the drivers side,

I sort of wanted it to look like it was meant to be there so we just countersunk it into the bar a little bit.

Its not painted yet so I cant show you the finished product but this should give you a fair idea.

[[WLDCRD]]

when i got my car, it had slim line plates on the front screwed into the lower lip. i have a new front lip now and i didnt want to screw into that so i did the cheap ass way and just cable tied it on and had foam padding on the back so it didnt cut into the lip. I bought the cusco bracket but i never used it os i like my plates where they are. the rear plates are the standard size and i had to bend the edges to make them fit.

[(OO)SKYLINE(OO)]

Ive got the cusco mount kit for the front, never used it though. But i plan to quite soon.

Are Vic and NSW plates the same size on the rear?

If so, this was done without cutting/mods;

Here's a few pics showing what the cusco front kit does/looks like from google;

Here's the cusco kit for skyline;

Note the difference for silvia (incase you're buying second hand and not 100% sure what you're looking at);

Your R32 GTR has a nice neat fit for the number plates.

I got the slim line ones too but the edges had to be bent for the rear and the front needed a slight bending so it does not rub on the front bar.

[Spunky Munky]

Call me boring or traditional, but just get slim ones and put it in the centre are on the front. Anywhere else is gay in my opinion.

[LotusGTR]

Call me boring or traditional, but just get slim ones and put it in the centre are on the front. Anywhere else is gay in my opinion.

lol....the plate I want does not come in slimline format. I'd ideally like it to be centrally mounted but it can't easily be. I, like you, am a boring, traditional hetrosexual.

[joeyjoejoejuniorshabadoo]

lol....the plate I want does not come in slimline format. I'd ideally like it to be centrally mounted but it can't easily be. I, like you, am a boring, traditional hetrosexual.

NUMB3R5 A5 L33T3R5... only avail in full ghey spec size....

you could mount it there in full size, but it will not fit 100%.

with the slimline's i lined them up so the bottom is flush with the top of the I/C hole

might be a side mount job for you me thinks

[Spunky Munky]

AHAHahahah.... yeah, I am so boring... I think just put them in the middle but instead, mount them a bit higher so it doesn't cover up the intercooler so much...anywhere else (accept in the case of some EVO's where it's standard) is gay and so "hey hey, look at me, I got mine mounted on the side - whoopey different...!" hhihiih

[ali-turko]

dont you have yours mounted near the grill

[N1GTR]

Thanks Steve. Can you post up pics once you've got the front fitted? The GTR has an indent in the bar where you'd normally fit the plate, so might look odd if nothing is in there. Be interested to see how that plays out. Based on measurements I took from the Vic Rds website and off my car I reckon std pates are 17mm too wide for the rear. Can be gound down to fit. Really you need a slimline plate for the front central position.

No probs will do

Your R32 GTR has a nice neat fit for the number plates.

I got the slim line ones too but the edges had to be bent for the rear and the front needed a slight bending so it does not rub on the front bar.

Cheers

Vic plates must be longer then, i was worried about putting BNR32 on as the old plates had been modified to fit although if the previous person to fit plates to it actually gave a sh!t he/she couldve done it without butchering the old plates. They were just generic ABC123 plates so i guess the carefactor wasnt high at all

[ohno1]

anyone got pics of a 32 gtr with the plates mounted off-side?

i just drive around with no plate on the front, or just sitting on my dash with double sided tape.. so far no issues, dunno how much longer that'll last though

Edited November 15, 2009 by ohno1

[GTR-N1]

My car came with a spring set-up for the front number plate. It's meant to tuck under when doing speeds in XS of ???

The 2X springs are not strong; but they are resilient.

[GTS R33]

Attach it VERY SECURE ...... mine got ripped off right through the kit.