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MgElement
06-09-2008, 01:33 PM
Would like to see what some of you have done with a front license plate. In Indiana we don't have to have a license plate on the front. I'm not sure what I'd like to do with it. I have a MM E and I'm thinking something silver would look kind of neat.
Any pictures of what some of you have done would be appreciated! Thanks!

TheAntirice
06-09-2008, 02:16 PM
Since you are lucky enough not to have to have one, I would just take off the holder and call it a day! I live in CA, where it is the law to have a front plate but I have never had a front plate on any of my cars. I took mine off and the only downside is there are two holes in the bumper courtesy of the dealer that installed the plate holder (its the law!) but it still looks 10 times better without it IMO.

MgElement
06-09-2008, 02:23 PM
Since you are lucky enough not to have to have one, I would just take off the holder and call it a day! I live in CA, where it is the law to have a front plate but I have never had a front plate on any of my cars. I took mine off and the only downside is there are two holes in the bumper courtesy of the dealer that installed the plate holder (its the law!) but it still looks 10 times better without it IMO.

Thanks for your input. Actually mine came with a plate holder you can put on the front bumper that will not put any holes in the bumper itself. It just has an attachment to the plate holder that fits over the bumper with some tabs that holds it secure. I really would like some kind of neat plate on the front of my E!

scanrps
06-09-2008, 02:29 PM
I would swap the grey for black bumper garnish and start fresh
with no holes. You can order the garnish from H and A and is easy
to change.
Here is my MM with the black garnish, it was a shame to have
to put the plate back on, but it did look great without it.:-(

scanrps
06-09-2008, 02:32 PM
Oops, I just read your last post that you said you have no holes.
You can still do the black garnish anyway.:smile:

MgElement
06-09-2008, 02:48 PM
I would swap the grey for black bumper garnish and start fresh
with no holes. You can order the garnish from H and A and is easy
to change.
Here is my MM with the black garnish, it was a shame to have
to put the plate back on, but it did look great without it.:-(

I do like the black front on yours.....did you replace the back also??

scanrps
06-09-2008, 05:36 PM
I do like the black front on yours.....did you replace the back also??

Yes, in fact I just did in a couple weeks ago, so the only pic's
I have of it is rather dusty. I just I need to take some new pic's
while its clean

eddieroger
06-09-2008, 06:58 PM
Would like to see what some of you have done with a front license plate. In Indiana we don't have to have a license plate on the front. I'm not sure what I'd like to do with it. I have a MM E and I'm thinking something silver would look kind of neat.
Any pictures of what some of you have done would be appreciated! Thanks!

I got my E in Indianapolis (Penske), and I just left the thing off until I needed it to move to Minnesota. For the six months or so that I had a front plate, I had an IU vanity plate on. It was reflective with the IU Trident (logo - that's what it's actually called) in silver on the front. I'd take a picture, but there's a boring MN plate there now. But I think the consensus of what you hear will be "leave it off."