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Had strange ask from garage today re front number plate. Pasted below, any ideas how to respond ? Legal requirements ?

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We require your help with the front number plate,

We can fit the plate under the bonnet nose but that will require us to drill two holes into the bumper.

Do you really want us to drill into the front bumper?


Apparently most Toyota dealers are not fixing the number plate to the front of the car, you will still receive a front plate but it will be loose if you wish to go that way.
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Glad to see the dealer gave you a choice.

There are some examples of where to site front plate on private/custom plate thread in uk forum.

2 drill holes, sure mines got at least 3/4 drill holes attaching the backing plate to the bumper then another 4 attaching the plate to that.
 

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When I got my car I did not let them drill the bumper. I kept the number plate in the window until I got a tow hook mount sorted. Bought a generic one from Amazon made for BMW F series cars which fitted the tow hook hole perfectly. Needed to trim the backing plate and the number plate slightly but now fits perfectly in the space and doesn't block the air intake. Doesn't look the best but it is a good solution avoiding drilling the bumper.

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they mounted mine front rounded which I think I like, I thought it would look square but bent around seems ok to me

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Mine is in the window. Ill get a sticker one for the bonnet at some point. Not exactly driving much right now.
 

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I used a spare Lamborghini Huracan front plate mount I had with a legal "size zero" fourdot plate.
Looks ok to me. It's road legal (I can't be bothered with the stress of no plate / wrong font / wrong size / wrong spacing / wrong plate material). It doesnt cover any intakes or the design lines of the nose which the OEM plate carrier does.
 

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I used a spare Lamborghini Huracan front plate mount I had with a legal "size zero" fourdot plate.
Looks ok to me. It's road legal (I can't be bothered with the stress of no plate / wrong font / wrong size / wrong spacing / wrong plate material). It doesnt cover any intakes or the design lines of the nose which the OEM plate carrier does.
What is the width of that plate, looks pretty bang on to me
 

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Itā€™s 348mm wide x 105mm high, which is the legal minimum possible with my specific registration mark whilst using a legal font / character size / character spacing / character grouping / border.
 
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Well chuffed, the one I've ordered is basically that size and only 5 digits on the reg, was hoping it would fit and looking at yours "jobs a good un"
 

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No holes drilled, legal size, legal spacing and legal font. Wouldnā€™t work for a normal seven character plate but perfect for me. Could potentially get away with six character too if it was mounted lower down
 

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What ā€œno drillā€ method did you use to affix the plate to the grille? Thanks.
 

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Anyone on here just purchased the registration A90 SUP?
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