^^ i was about to post the same the thread.

btw you'll should get your package early next week.

 

i don't recommend doing this, i've done this myself with L brackets. since it hangs so low it tends to hit on EVERYTHING. dips/bumps/etc. but if you must. buy some L brackets from your local hardware store. its like $3. heres mine from my previous set up before i went with the stillen. i have sold my extended still and went with the jdm tilt license plate holder.






heres how the angled one looks like

 

right on nate it will be good timing. my kits going into paint today and install next week. : )

 

Hey Nismo Nate, you car look pretty sick, but have you thought about some wheel spacers? Seems to be the only thing lacking

 

That is way too low for clearance issues, and you have to drill and screw into your lip. Probably will get ticketed for it being mounted too low anyhow.

 

That looks retarded

 

I would not recommend doing that.

Why would you waste $70 on the Stillen bracket, and then ruin a $40+ OEM tow hook by having someone cut it up and weld it to the Stillen bracket?

I'm sure not too many shops will do that for free so you will be looking at over $100 wasted on a front plate bracket with everything said and done.

The best solution is to use the tow hook mounting for the plate bracket so you don't have to drill anywhere. If you want to drill then just use the stock bracket that was supplied with the car. The Stillen bracket isn't made for the Nismo bumper so it don't work.

I am working on creating a tow hook mounted plate bracket for myself for the Nismo. It won't be a ghetto bracket like the Stillen/OEM Hook fused option mentioned above. It will be a high quality piece made of aluminum. I just need to find some time to finish it up. If you guys are patient enough I will make more available once I have all the measurements, materials, and machining tools all figured out.

 

those were old pictures, but i'm still running on stock rims. i do have spacers on the car right now, but i'm trying to sell them. i'm hoping to get proper wheels soon.

20/25mm spacers btw

 

Yes please

 

 

First off , the lic plate holder sits about a !/4 of an inch lower than the bumper itself. NISMONATES idea with the L brackets is the FUGLIEST(ghettoize) thing I've seen in a while. I don't know what mountains you guys are climbing, but i have had this plate about
a year know an so far not a crap....Anything you could name i have gone through or around. Take a sharper angle at your driveway (speed bump) and you wont crap a thing.

I will post some more pics at different angles....

 

Uses stock bolts underneath the bumper(which is for the diffuser)So no DRILLING.Sits about 1/4 of an inch lower than lip of the bumper....

 

Well, I guess the only good thing about that setup is that you don't have to drill holes.

But...

That plate is TOO LOW. I am on stock height, haven't lowered my car yet and I have to watch out not to f*ck up my lip. That plate is sitting lower than the lip so it's gonna be an issue.

And second, here in Illinois that is deemed illegal because it less than 5" from the ground. I am sure other states require the plate to be more than 1" off the ground as well.

 

I finally took the Nismo out of storage, yay!

So I should be able to have a bracket completed by Sunday. I will try and post up some preliminary pictures as well.

 

I am holding you to this, big spender.

 

Progress has been made.

I finalized the back plate that the license plate will attach to, and I cut the rod and threaded one end of it.

I just need to drill and thread a hole on the other end so the back plate can attach to the rod. I will still need to take care of some small details, hope to resume tomorrow afternoon.

First and foremost I set out to make this bracket for myself. Seeing how this bracket is a great solution for the Nismo, I will try and make a couple more for those that are interested.

This isn't a mass produced item, it is something I make by hand starting from the raw material of a an aluminum rod and an aluminum plate to the final product.

I work full time so this is something I can only do on my spare time. Once the first bracket is complete and I have all the pieces in place, I should be able to make a couple more of these at once.

Here is a cell phone picture of the raw/unfinished bracket to get you an idea.

 

yup it was ghetto, i had to rig up something asap since i was afraid to get a ticket.

then i got the stillen license plate holder.. which i extended it and just sold it recently and now the "jdm" angled license plate holder.

here was the stillen i got extened





how it looked with it on


the clearance from the bumper

 

That Stillen set-up is just as ghetto. And damn... that thing was EXTENDED out.

 

I'm going to try it out after my cars out of the shop, will likely end up getting an inch of length chopped out and rewelded. I just want like 1cm of space between it and the bumper :]

 

Since my temp tag runs out in six weeks - what's the cost for a pre-production once your prototype is perfected?

Or should I just take the pics to a shop to fab one up?