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Hey y'all-

Sorry for the really basic question, but I just moved from Florida to NY and have to put a freakin' front license plate on. I already checked in the back where the spare is and there's no bracket back there, as some have suggested.

Anyway, am I correct in assuming that the two little indentations on the front of the '03 bumper (the ones that are pretty close together, as opposed to where you would expect the holes on a license plate to be) are where I should drill to mount a bracket? If so, what kind of screws should I use? And would one of these universal brackets work?:

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Thanks!!

Here's what I would do. Lay the front plate on the passenger floor where it is handy and only if/when you were to get pulled over, grab it & place it onto the dashboard. This way your "not quite" breaking the law but just buying time before you absolutely have to put it on your bumper. Here in Ohio they too require it but both of our Vibes don't have the front plate mounted! Good luck on whatever you decide to do

tpollauf wrote:Here's what I would do. Lay the front plate on the passenger floor where it is handy and only if/when you were to get pulled over, grab it & place it onto the dashboard. This way your "not quite" breaking the law but just buying time before you absolutely have to put it on your bumper. Here in Ohio they too require it but both of our Vibes don't have the front plate mounted! Good luck on whatever you decide to do

I'm really, really tempted to do that (I currently have it jammed in the windshield/dashboard crease) but my license/driving record is so screwed already (hey, I have a, umm, heavy foot...) that I'm trying to clean things up and avoid any (extra) reason to get pulled over. So I might just succumb to installing the damn thing. And if I ever move back to a state that doesn't require it, I could always use it to hold some sweet vanity Pontiac or New York Giants vanity plate

I found a front license plate bracket at a junk yard that has worked fine for eight years now. It needs to have the right profile so it sits against the curve. I don't remember what model of car it came off.
Good Luck.

When I bought my vibe in PA and brought it back to NJ I had the same issue. There was nothing in the trunk... although I heard the same idea. I found a "dealer" selling OEM parts online and paid a small fortune for it. Somewhere in the neighborhood of $30 to $40 for a piece of plastic and some screws. It has held up well. Don't remember about the screw holes, but I think you are right, there might have been dimples in the right place. I didn't check ebay but that's another possibility.

I would try calling a junkyard to see if they had a vibe that didn't get there because of a head on collision. Good luck.