As Kalifornia requires a front license plate and many of us hate to mount them I came up with a quick way to mount and more importantly UNMOUNT my front plate. I used to zip tie it on thru the holes in the M7 grill but then I decided to make it a little more substantial as well as easier to work with and mounted studs thru the grill. Now all I have to do is place the plate on the studs and screw down the nut. The studs ( 1/8 + 3/4" fine thread screw ) stay mounted thru the grill and are painted black so you can hardly see them. the pictures below should give you a idea as to how it all comes together .

Randy
M7 Tuning

1/ parts
https://www.northamericanmotoring.co...1596/parts.jpg
2/ before
https://www.northamericanmotoring.co...596/before.jpg
3/ after
https://www.northamericanmotoring.co...1596/after.jpg
4/ remaining studs
https://www.northamericanmotoring.co...596/studs1.jpg

 

Cool.

What's the red loop hook for?

rock on,

-boognish

 

That's a tow hook.

 

I've had my front plate mounted this way since I put it on in April. All summer in Dallas heat, no problems whatsoever with it overheating, etc.

A few closeup photos at:

http://pg.photos.yahoo.com/ph/a1a@sb....net/my_photos

including a simple cutaway graphic.

Works great!

/gary mc

 

Actually it was originally black but I painted it red recently as a bit of a joke.

Randy
M7 Tuning