UPDATE APRIL 2015: DO NOT DO THIS. IT WILL DAMAGE PAINT OVER TIME. Also my license plate disappeared one day so yeah. I will leave the thread here in case someone can improve it.

Many of us don't want to drill into our bumpers and mount our license plates. No one can blame you for that. One of my fellow club members, Chris, helped me figure out a magnetic method he used. So, I took some of his advice and kind of improvised.

Note: I have a polyurethane bumper and they are pretty thick so your results may vary depending on magnetic strength.

Quick Summary: I had to remove my bumper to reach the mounting point I wanted. Be prepared to do the same, unless the mounting point you want is accessible without removing the bumper. "Tools" I used include:
3M Double side tape
Regular Electrical tape (can probably be replaced with any old tape)
Scissors
To remove the bumper: Ratchet, 10mm socket, knife or flathead to remove black tabs
That's all you really need.

I ordered DX02 magnets from K&J Magnetics. I used six total just because four didn't feel safe to me.

First, take a good look at your front and decide where you want it. (For me, I wanted to cover the bandaid, where the paint is missing. It's also best spot to not block air flow).


Grab the 3m double sided tape and stick it to the magnet. IT IS IMPORTANT THAT YOU ARE AWARE WHICH SIDE OF THE MAGNET YOU ARE USING, POSITIVE OR NEGATIVE. Picture shows two magnets 'cause I'm lazy.


Place the magnets on the license plate with the 3m tape you applied earlier. The 3m tape will keep the magnet on the plate since the plate is not magnetic itself.
For safe measure, I went ahead and taped over them as well, just to be safe.



U After that, I propped the license plate up with tape to get a feel for how I would like it mounted. This was vital for the following process. Since I did not measure the distance between the two magnets, this made it super easy.


Clean the inside of your bumper to be sure the tape works.
Apply the 3m double sided tape to two more magnets. Make sure it is the corresponding positive or negative face that will attract the other magnets that are on the plate. With the double tape on the magnet, go ahead and hold it up to the inside of your bumper and feel around until the magnets pull on each other. Viola! Do the same for the other magnet. If you did it correctly, the tape will be holding the magnets to the bumper for whenever you want to remove the license plate. I also taped the magnets to the inside of the bumper to be safe.


Result:

 

Testing process:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z-hs...ature=youtu.be

As you can see, it doesn't LOOK 100% stable but it stayed on. If you're planning to drive at illegal speed limits, I would probably look into stronger magnets or just taking it off when you know you'll be doing spirited driving.

 

I seen this somewhere on here before. Was gonna suggest why not just ziptie to your bumper then seen that bandaid. Good stuff tho.

 

Most of the gun shows I go to there's always a vendor selling magnets, I use them to keep pic on my garage cabnets or rollaway. They're so strong only way to remove em is with pliers. They would work great on this license plate mounting thread. Visit a gun show, buy a gun and a few magnets and join the NRA.
Gary

 

+2 Gary!

 

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These are the dopeness

 

Only get the manual one.... The motorized one, with rain hasn't really proven itself, and if your lowered the motorized one gets hammered fairly quick.

 

I would cut out part of the honeycomb in one of the lower bumper vents.

 

Having the run a front plate sucks..

 

Hey didn't know people actually saw this lol. Just made the guide here to show a friend on Facebook easier.

Anyway, I've been running this for a good few weeks now and it appears to be very sturdy. I have done some excess speed testing and it's all good. Even with cornering, bumpy roads, etc.