Front License Plate Mounting Ideas... what do you think?

[syreeves]

I have an ARB Bondi Deluxe front bumper and my winch has a Factor 55 Pro-E link up front. See picture below. Now that I have true mall cred, and the poke on that thimble has reassured me about my... um.... size...., I need to figure out what to do with my front license plate. I live in a state where front license plates are mandated and due to a recent article in our local paper I'm sure I will get ticketed soon.

SO - my question is - any ideas on where to stick my license plate? I don't care if its legal to the letter - as far as I am concerned if it is EASILY visible to a meter maid then I can at least argue that I didn't really break the law.

One idea i have is to bend the plate into a curve (we still have Aluminum plates in Minnesota) and attach it lengthwise to the hoop on my bumper - it is a 3inch tube so it would be pretty visible...

https://www.startribune.com/do-minn...ack-license-plates-ever-get-caught/600128658/

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[XraytecH]

I have an ARB Bondi Deluxe front bumper and my winch has a Factor 55 Pro-E link up front. See picture below. Now that I have true mall cred, and the poke on that thimble has reassured me about my... um.... size...., I need to figure out what to do with my front license plate. I live in a state where front license plates are mandated and due to a recent article in our local paper I'm sure I will get ticketed soon.

SO - my question is - any ideas on where to stick my license plate? I don't care if its legal to the letter - as far as I am concerned if it is EASILY visible to a meter maid then I can at least argue that I didn't really break the law.

One idea i have is to bend the plate into a curve (we still have Aluminum plates in Minnesota) and attach it lengthwise to the hoop on my bumper - it is a 3inch tube so it would be pretty visible...

https://www.startribune.com/do-minn...ack-license-plates-ever-get-caught/600128658/

https://www.amazon.com/Rough-Countr...jbGlja1JlZGlyZWN0JmRvTm90TG9nQ2xpY2s9dHJ1ZQ==

 

[Devil Dog]

Move to a state that doesn't require a front plate. Problem solved.
You're welcome.

 

[SquirrelNuts]

Fellow Minnesotan here. I sandwich the top 1/4" or so of the plate between the fairlead and the bumper. Done that on two different Jeeps now and never had it move. Even when blasting through snowdrifts.

 

[Dan in Pasadena]

I have a stock steel bumper and I saw the removable mount sold by Quadratec for $80 and said oh hell no.

Bought some lightweight rod from Home Cheapo and was going to bend up my own mount, weld in a fender washer to bolt to the center bolt on the bottom of the bumper. It came out slightly askew and I couldn’t live with it so that turned out to be a pain in the ass. I ditched it.

I ended up spending the 80 smackers. That hurt but buy once/cry once.

 

[ACAD_Cowboy]

When I still had my roller fairlead I used the quadratec clip on plate mount.

Now that I have a hawse, I am thinking of this type

https://www.quadratec.com/products/hawse-fairlead-license-plate-mounting-bracket-11238.07

 

[Terry]

https://www.amazon.com/Rough-Country-License-Fairlead-RS138/dp/B07QYCKZQ8/ref=sr_1_1_sspa?crid=TJQ0OPJ9VZFK&keywords=fairlead+license+plate&qid=1640116322&sprefix=fairlead+license+plat,aps,148&sr=8-1-spons&psc=1&spLa=ZW5jcnlwdGVkUXVhbGlmaWVyPUEzMElHTkNYNTFKR0JCJmVuY3J5cHRlZElkPUEwMzg2NzA3Mlg5MkFMVVY0R0dIJmVuY3J5cHRlZEFkSWQ9QTA4MTExMjgzRDRQUzJRSlcwUk0yJndpZGdldE5hbWU9c3BfYXRmJmFjdGlvbj1jbGlja1JlZGlyZWN0JmRvTm90TG9nQ2xpY2s9dHJ1ZQ==

As shown in the pic.... I needed a license plate holder for the front after I installed the clipped Mopar bumper and winch. Went on Amazon and bought a bracket for less than 20 bucks and a little modification and i was in compliance with California Vehicle Code 5200. Not that i was going to get cited, but then you never know.

 

[K-Dog]

Move to a state that doesn't require a front plate. Problem solved.
You're welcome.

Brilliant!!

 

[IamAlan]

Small bungee cord (1/4") knotted each end. Slip it over the visor. Now you see it, now you don't!
And no extra holes in your bumper.

 

[Choatecav]

I really like this one a lot. It holds the plate in front of the winch hook and by pulling a release, I can remove it in about five seconds.

 

[PsyRN]

Used the plastic plate mount from the steel OEM bumper and mounted it on top of the bumper in front of the winch control box with a couple of L-brackets.

 

[syreeves]

https://www.amazon.com/Rough-Country-License-Fairlead-RS138/dp/B07QYCKZQ8/ref=sr_1_1_sspa?crid=TJQ0OPJ9VZFK&keywords=fairlead+license+plate&qid=1640116322&sprefix=fairlead+license+plat,aps,148&sr=8-1-spons&psc=1&spLa=ZW5jcnlwdGVkUXVhbGlmaWVyPUEzMElHTkNYNTFKR0JCJmVuY3J5cHRlZElkPUEwMzg2NzA3Mlg5MkFMVVY0R0dIJmVuY3J5cHRlZEFkSWQ9QTA4MTExMjgzRDRQUzJRSlcwUk0yJndpZGdldE5hbWU9c3BfYXRmJmFjdGlvbj1jbGlja1JlZGlyZWN0JmRvTm90TG9nQ2xpY2s9dHJ1ZQ==

thanks! That could work although it would get ripped off hitting snow banks - the kind left in your driveway by the city plow truck. But definitely a goo starting place? Maybe I could make something that hangs on a hing, or by rubber straps... interesting hadn't thought about hanging the plate under the hawse...

 

[syreeves]

Move to a state that doesn't require a front plate. Problem solved.
You're welcome.

Yeah but then I'd be in Ohio or something...

KIDDING!!!!

 

[syreeves]

Fellow Minnesotan here. I sandwich the top 1/4" or so of the plate between the fairlead and the bumper. Done that on two different Jeeps now and never had it move. Even when blasting through snowdrifts.

First - nice to make your acquaintance. Second - I too have the parks plate - GREAT plate. Third - you have proposed something very interesting but I don't think it would work on my bumper which looks like the picture below. I also though about folding the plate to conform to the flat surfaces on one side or turning it 90 degrees and folding about 25% over one side and putting between the hawse and the right side recovery ring... neither is ideal. I also thought about riveting to the hood...

 

[syreeves]

As shown in the pic.... I needed a license plate holder for the front after I installed the clipped Mopar bumper and winch. Went on Amazon and bought a bracket for less than 20 bucks and a little modification and i was in compliance with California Vehicle Code 5200. Not that i was going to get cited, but then you never know.

Basically this is what I am thinking - trying to avoid the part hanging under the bumper - will get ripped off in snow up here but yes this is in the pile of ideas I am gathering. Thank you

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