kevblah

yeah i have blue city lights as well, they look HOTTTT...i had blue reverse bulbs as well, but that wasnt hot at all lol

by blue i mean the bulb looks blue when unlit but bright white when lit

BigAlC230K

I've never heard of these "blue city lights" only through this forum... can I Thanks guys! I'll have to check them out... only problem is...

where can I pick them up?

infected

Paint the whole thing the same color a your car. No more bulb worries!!

kevblah

euro impact strips ftw!

kompressorc230

+1 much better. No more side markers for that reason!

Steven

New in package C-class non-sport bumper front license plate bracket. $50.00

KIRA

https://mbworld.org/forums/vendor-group-buys/240286-gominigo-no-holes-license-plate-bracket.html

here is the link

Mu9enx

bump!

kouka86

Nice or Rice?
A few people have said it would look better in the middle, just wanna see what others think before I drill some holes in my bumper.

LuxuryC240

no need to drill holes, they're selling a kit that screws into the towing eye.

nlpamg

it looks good. don't drill holes into your bumper!

JLD2k3

I'm sorry, but I think it looks terrible. If you're going to do it, do it in the middle. Personally, I've been lucky not to have been pulled over in almost 3 years in a front-plate-state. Given the choice, I'll use the mount and put it in the middle.

kouka86

I actually made my own mount that screws into the towing eye, cost me about 5 bux. I ment that I would need to drill holes if I were to mount it in the middle.

kouka86

Lol, no need to appologize, I'm looking for opinions because I haven't decided which I like better yet. So you drove around for 3 years without a front plate?

Thanks for the replies guys, keep em' coming!

nlpamg

Care to share how you did it?

Thanks!

amdeutsch

Did you look at his attached pic first prior to this post?

Konka

personally i hate anything that isn't symmetric. i also don't like the way a front plate looks, i just keep mine between the passenger seat and the center console and if get pulled over just throw it up onto the dash real quick fast in a hurry.

JLD2k3

KNOCK ON WOOD!!!!

kouka86

sure,
1: go to home depot
2: buy a piece of metal that is about 2 feet long and 2 inches wide, sorry don't know the exact measurements or what its called but it says "sim strap" on my receipt. Cost 1.77 CND
3: look for a big bolt, 5/8 by 2 inches (yes I know the treading isnt the same as the one on my tow hook, but you only screw it in very little)
4: get a bunch of washers
5: drill a big hole in middle the metal plate that the 5/8 bolt will fit through.
6: bend both sides of the metal plate up on both sides of the hole.
7: take off the tow hook cover and slide the plate in there
8. mark off where the front of the bumper lines up with the 2 ends of the plate line that are sticking out.
9. Take the plate out again and bend the 2 ends outwards so the resulting shape sort of looks like this

(this end goes into the car)
***__***
***| |***
___| |____
(plate mounts on this end)

10: drill 2 holes that line up with the licence plate holes (I actually mounted the stock black licence plate mount onto the metal bracket I made) and cut off the excess metal the sticks out from the side of the plate.
11: Slide the metal bracket you just made into the area for the tow hook and put the big bolt into tow hook hole. Use some washers to adjust it because you will only be able to screw it in a little bit without cross threading the hole.
12: mount your plate onto the metal bracket


The bolt does not mount perfectly into the tow hook hole because of the different threading but it is tight enough that I can pull on it hard and the plate wont come off.

kouka86

I did this in my old car and still got a ticket for it. So I think Im gonna mount a plate on even though I think it looks ugly as well.

LuxuryC240

Woops sorry, I looked really quick, but I didn't know that was a pic of your own car....

costerdock

Doesn't work for me - keep it in the middle - looks a bit goofy.

I've recieved a ticket for no frt license plate and had to put it on (I always get these tickets - like my 3rd one) - I dreaded putting it on - I'm used to it now.

One thing though - if you have it off - a cop may let you off easy like he did me and write you up for that vs. say speeding or something else - I got my fix it ticket on 101 before 92 - he let me off with the fix it ticket vs a moving violation. it cost a couple hundred though... The only issue ... he/she has a reason to pull you over if you do not have it...

Cintoman

That's what I do too. Only I keep it in my door map pocket.

Cintoman

Benzben

I don't see why you would want to give a cop any obvious reason to pull you over. Or to even scrutinize yours more than other cars. Most patrol cops are bored and just begging for excuses to issue citations (especially in smaller towns). I'd just mount it like you're supposed to and get used to it. Unless you're worried about selling the car at some point to a person who lives in a back-plate-only jurisdiction, I don't know why someone would even worry about a permanent mount on the front. I guess I've spent all my driving years in two-plate states, so I just don't know what it's like not to see plates on the front of cars, too.

kouka86

so it sounds like most people aren't feeling the side mount...