Front License Plate

[Solara05]

Anyone have any suggestions for a bracket or frame for the front license plate? I hate have the plate just hanging there on the front bumper.

[ndoyank]

Yeah.. i was actually looking at some TRD license frames but threw that idea out the window because the ones they were selling were made out of plastic. SO this is what i went with.


http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&rd=1,1&item=7971856715&sspagename=STRK%3AMEWN%3AIT


Its kind of pricey but its still better than having none at all.
Plus i was planning to stick a TRD emblem on them. Ill post pics whenever i get them.

[Astro]

This is from a previous post

I believe I'm the one that start this license plate bracket conversation in the Poratble Astray Missing thread; so to keep threads on topix, I initiate to start this thread by posting the pictures of the installed bracket (I hope the photos are shown properly as this is my first time posting photos in this forum). Anyway, the chrome frame is not part of the bracket.

[dvdchris45]

check mine out out in page 3 of my cardomain. I think it compliments the overall chrome look of the grilles.

Oh yeah I got it at pepboys

[04SolaraGirlie]

I'm going nekked, I don't have a plate on the front, only on the back... Was gonna put the trd bolts in the two holes up front, but for now I just have screws in there... Doesn't look bad, I just think a plate in the front breaks up the lines of the car, it bothers me...

[ndoyank]

That picture of fabio is very disturbing........

[mikei]

Is Fabio a girlie-man?

[dvdchris45]

its a pretty big avatar lol

[04SolaraGirlie]

it's not fabio, it's kevin cornell, he's a chippendale's dancer, and I think he's quite possibly the sexiest man alive... My point was to get back at all you fellas that have scantilly clad girlies for your avatars...

[Paladin06Greg]

You go girl!!

[stockae92]

I believe I'm the one that start this license plate bracket conversation in the Poratble Astray Missing thread; so to keep threads on topix, I initiate to start this thread by posting the pictures of the installed bracket (I hope the photos are shown properly as this is my first time posting photos in this forum). Anyway, the chrome frame is not part of the bracket.

should this bracket comes with all cars?

[cklinh]

No, it does not come with all cars. Most, if not all of us, had to order it from the dealer. IIRC, it was under $15.

[stockae92]

oh man, we have a car that's MSRP close to $30k (w/ options) and it doesn't comes with front license plate bracket :p

[swindler]

I'm curious as to whether dealerships in other cities are providing this front license bracket.

In Texas, we're supposed to have a front license plate, but the factory ships the Solara without one. Rather than spend a few dollars to add this bracket, ALL the dealerships I've seen in the Dallas area just screw a cheap frame onto the front of the bumper (with their name on it, mind you). When I picked up mine, the technician didn't even center it properly.

What results looks like crap. the flat frame doesn't fit the curved bumper and bows backward, there are exposed screws, etc. Worse, I can't take it off and run with the bumper naked now, (as some try to do here in Texas), because there's two holes in the bumper that makes it look like I ran into the back of Hsakuragi's spiked license plate. (http://www.solaraguy.org/viewtopic.php?t=19752)

I just ordered and received the necessary front bracket from a local dealership, and spent a whopping $8.25 for the bracket. I'm just surprised that no dealerships spend the extra $10 to finish the car off clean.

Are there any cities out there (with mandatory front plate laws) where dealerships are routinely installing this bracket?