i'm sorry but that just looks effing weird.

"something here does not belong." <img src="/images/graemlins/laugh1.gif" alt="" />

but kudos on the writeup.

agreed.. looks hecka weird. i like your si symbol, but are those blue bulbs you're using?

After installing my turbo kit, I wanted a different place for my license plate that didn’t block as much of the intercooler. I wish I could go plate-less in the front but a bright blue Civic doesn’t exactly blend in.



After looking at the front of the car, I decided a good place to put the plate would be in the lower lip area on the passenger side. I wanted to get it as low as I could without worrying about scraping on inclines. I decided on the passenger side because I didn’t want to block any air going to the hot side of the intercooler.

These are the supplies I purchased:

One sheet of 8” x 24” sheet metal.
Two 1” rubber bushings
Two 1” OD stainless washers, ¼” ID
Two 3/8” plastic washer
Two 1” hex head stainless bolts, M6 x 1.0
Two ½” Phillips head stainless bolts, M6 x 1.0
Two stainless nuts, M6 x 1.0
Rust inhibiting primer and black spray paint.




I first cut the sheet down to 8” x 11 ¾”. I determined this length by the length of the plate. I went in slightly on each side for a cleaner look. I then got under the auto and removed 2 of the bolts holding on the front lip. The holes are 7” apart, center-to-center. This is where the bracket will be fastened.



I then went to the sheet metal and drilled 2 holes for the lip bolts and then two more holes for the license plate on the other end. The holes for the lip side I placed 7 “ apart and aprox. 1” up. To locate the plate holes I just laid the plate down over it and drilled.



It would be nice to have a sheet metal bender about now. I did not have one and had to use my imagination. I place the bend 1-1/2” up. The bend is at the end that the license plate will be bolted to. I gave the bend an angle of about 60 degrees. This will angle the plate down a little more and direct some air up into the grill.

After a test fit, primer and paint, I mounted the license plate to the bracket with the ½” Phillips bolts, the two nuts, and small plastic washers.

For the lip side I cut down the rubber washers so there was enough bolt going through to securely fasten the bracket, but still kept the bracket away from the lip itself. I don’t have a measurement for that, you’ll just have to test fit to your liking.





The 1” washer is for the bolt head side. You can use a smaller one if you want, I wanted more surface area for the bolt to transfer pressure to. I also cut some vacuum line I had lying around into strips and glued them on the lip side to act as a cushion if I did bottom out the bracket.





Bolt it in and there you go!







(Quick note, I made this bracket in the spring and just now decided to do a how to on it. This is why I was unable to take pictues as I was doing it, that and the parts look kinda used. )