hey everyone, i just got my 05 mcs. and i want to put a euro plate on it. i have the plate and the bracket. i just unsure of how to mount it. it seems like i need to remove the front bumper, to get the bolts in. if anyone has done this i would really like your help and/or where i should go to get it done
thanks

 

i used 3m double sided tape. it works awesome just prep the area with some cleaner to get all the grime and wax off of it. i also realized that the black plastic frame that i had for the plate did not adhear well. i just bent the plate a bit and put double sided 3m tape. it is sturdy as hell and its been on for 4 months now.

 

Attached a euro plate to my Cooper using double sided tape as well. Granted, the Cooper has a 'spot' for the Euro plate, but I assume it'd work on the MCS just as well. I didn't totally clean the spot and used basic 3M mounting tape (like kind for walls and such) the first time and the edges of the plate kept popping up. Second time around I got double sided tape from an auto parts store and cleaned the area really well....that sucker never moved!

 

The MCS's bumper is curved and doesn't really have a place for a plate. Unless your plate is curved I don't think double sided tape would be a good idea.

I used the holes that were there from my North American plate. The screws are the self tapping type and hold it tight.

 

I just bought a custom plate from Germany and they sent it with a nice plastic bracket that you slip the plate into after screwing it on. No visible screws... not gonna come off anytime soon!

 

The easiest way is to move to Europe like I did. But then again, the military moved me so it was no cost to me.

 

I had the same delimma so Iwent to walmart bought dry wal screws the kind with the teeth on the nut , drilled the holes screwed in the screws you know the kind that expand and have the little pointed palstic tip screwed em in and a year later they are good as new. I did check it for about 4 months every time I stopped being dry wall screws but to my delight the worked perfect.

Cost about $3.00
and a lota nerve to drill my coop.

photos if you want just pm me.

 

Anyone know if Euro plates are legal in Ohio? Those that have them, do you have standard plates on the rear and Euros on the front (assuming your state only requires one plate)?!?

 

Quite simply:

If your state doesn't require a front plate than the Euro plate is probably legal...

If your state does require a front plate, then the Euro plate is probably ILLEGAL. Install at your own risk...

That being said many people have Euro plates on their cars in states where they are required and have never been hassled...

 

We have a guy in the South TX MINI Club who got the plates with his legal TX plate number. He put the euro plates in the front and the back (TX does have a front plate - grrrr). He's been stopped a few times, but when the police run a plate check the numbers agree, so they have let him go every time, with no ticket.

 

I think he should consider himself lucky...

 

which plates are the best, coolest, offciial ?



B, D, E, F, BG ...????

 

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Care to expand or expound those abbreviations up there?

 

Ummm... huh?

What do those abreviations mean?

You don't know what you like?

 

I have an MCS with a euro plate bracket. I actually used nylon zip ties and looped it through some spaces in the bumper grill space. It holds just fine. You can look at my pics section of my website to see it.

It is currently off of the car since I am have the new aero bumper painted. I will happily take pics of the process if you like?

It works well since the euro mounting has a lot of holes and places for the zip ties to work around and I made sure not to pull them tight allowing the plate to stay flat on the curved surface.

Chris

 

British (should really be GB)
Deutsch
Espana
French
Belgium? just a guess

 

gotta love going Euro!

 

Zip ties are a God-send at times! But I would re-check them monthly, because I had a bad experience with them on my bike. After a while, heat and age tends to make them brittle.
-Pete

 

True, but no more. He was stopped on the way to our second annual Big Bash at the Big Bush and got a ticket for non complying plates (even though he had the real ones in the car with him).