front mount license plate bracket no holes

So that doesn't look good with the bracket removed. But come to find out the plate bracket is mounted by drilling two large (.5 inch) holes in the front bumper cover. No problem I thought, I'll just remove it. However, I live in a state that does not require a front plate and I prefer the look of the car without the front plate bracket. Then you can re-apply and secure the bracket with the ties, positioning the two 'joins' of the ties in the large holes I spoke of.I picked up my 2013 SEL and it had the front license plate mount already installed by the dealer (I'm sure it was on their PDI checklist). Once the wire is where it needs to be you can then tie the ties (!) to the wire to string/pull the ties through. I used a piece of malleable wire to do the 'stringing'. (You'll need to temporarily pre-position the bracket to figure out/identify which two lower grill squares to use). There is no need to remove the bumper! The hardest thing about the job is to string/guide the tie(s) through one 'square' of the lower grill and then out another appropriate 'square'. The two 'join' areas for the two ties need to be positioned inside the two large holes in the front of the bracket assembly (see photos) to allow the license plate itself to lie flat on the bracket face once the bracket is installed.

To do the job you'll end up having to string two (2) qty 14 inch ties together. The tensile strength of these particular ties is 50 lbs! I used 14 Inch UV Black Standard ties (I bought a 100 qty bag of them when I went shopping for them).

You can buy them at stores like The Home Depot, Lowes, etc. They're also known as multi-purpose ties. Tou, yes that's correct - when I say nylon cable ties I mean zip ties.

Front mount license plate bracket no holes