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number plate bracket thingy...
| 05-02-2013, 02:48 AM | #1 |
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number plate bracket thingy...
So after owning my car for 5 weeks, i have finally worked out why the front end doesn't look quite right... the plate slopes down towards the floor and looks really odd
 IMG_0572 by changedstate, on Flickr Now after finally fitting my private plate yesterday i noticed that the plate was simply screwed into the bumper with self tappers, and after seeing cow pats orange machine i can see that the plebs at my stealers have not fitted the number plate bracket behind that straightens up the plate and i presume holds the plate on correctly... i thought something wasn't quite right!! i guess that just sums up the stealers complete mess up of number plates on the vehicle, what with 9 weeks for a plate change and all that.....  |
| 05-02-2013, 03:06 AM | #2 |
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I thought the same on the demo F31 330d I had out a while back, thought the front number plate looked really poor at an angle.
So where do you get the bracket from ? |
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| 05-02-2013, 03:27 AM | #3 |
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Surely the dealer can provide this f.o.c.?
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| 05-02-2013, 01:28 PM | #5 | |
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| 05-03-2013, 01:14 AM | #6 |
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Dealer has ordered one up for me I the branch nearest me.. No apologies!! Just an oh.. I'm tempted to ask thm to fit it as well just to be difficult as They will be charged for it.
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| 05-03-2013, 01:32 AM | #8 |
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I specifically asked my dealer to supply my car without the plate holder when I ordered my car, as I wanted to fit a shorter personal plate, without all the holes in the bumper, which they agreed to.
Needless to say, when it arrived, a rather sheepish sales person called to say that BMW had already fitted the plate holder, and so it had 8 holes in the bumper! Surprised to see one with plates fitted without it. |
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| 05-03-2013, 02:11 AM | #9 |
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^^interesting in two ways.
yes the dealer defiantly fits this not BMW so they have pulled the wool over your eyes..... Eight holes!!!  they have told me is s simple case of passing the two screws through my existing holes in the plate into the bumper.. So they have pulled the wool on me too!! |
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| 05-03-2013, 02:57 AM | #10 |
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When I went to see my M3 being PDI'd they asked me how I wanted the plate fitting on the front, it is the norm apparently to screw that on in the same way your car has been done. I looked into getting a plate bracket like you have seen on Captains motor.
http://www.realoem.com/bmw/showparts...06&hg=51&fg=15 Mat
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| 05-03-2013, 06:08 PM | #11 |
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Would the angled plates fool speed cameras?
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