Pics: Painted front license plate bracket on E90 325i

JBizzle · 01-08-2008, 06:13 PM

All:

I have been driving my car without a front license plate. Despite living in Texas, I did not plan to put it on the car. However, someone bumped me at the carwash the other day - the dent was very minor, but noticeable. So, I decided to search for a painted front license plate bracket and put the front license plate on the car. This would cover the dent - and I dont think it looks all that bad (definitely much better painted than black).

I know you can buy these from Bimmian or **********s, but they were out of stock for a while. So, I took my OEM bracket to a local body shop and for $50 ended up with this:

Much cheaper than the $300+ they wanted to repair the minor dent that is now hidden.

Just thought some folks might like to see some closeup photos.

Cheers!

Ron@Modbargains · 01-08-2008, 06:16 PM

Cool! Good Job was gonna do similar thing on a dent job on a car.

Oh as to the bumper plugs - we have them in-stock now

Scov · 10-07-2018, 08:46 AM

Good job, sorry for bumping... I love this thread!
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01-08-2008, 06:13 PM	#1
JBizzle Private First Class 14 Rep 109 Posts Drives: 2009 BMW 328i Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: Houston, Texas iTrader: (3) Garage List 2000 BMW Z3 2.3 [0.00] 2009 328i [0.00]	Pics: Painted front license plate bracket on E90 325i All: I have been driving my car without a front license plate. Despite living in Texas, I did not plan to put it on the car. However, someone bumped me at the carwash the other day - the dent was very minor, but noticeable. So, I decided to search for a painted front license plate bracket and put the front license plate on the car. This would cover the dent - and I dont think it looks all that bad (definitely much better painted than black). I know you can buy these from Bimmian or ********s, but they were out of stock for a while. So, I took my OEM bracket to a local body shop and for $50 ended up with this: Much cheaper than the $300+ they wanted to repair the minor dent that is now hidden. Just thought some folks might like to see some closeup photos. Cheers! __________________ 2015 Mercedes-Benz E250 BlueTec - Lunar Blue - Black MB-Tex - Bi-LEDs - Sport** 2000 Z3 2.3 - Silver - Black Leather - 5MT - Premium - SOLD at 28k miles 2009 328i - Monaco Blue - Black Leather - 6MT - ZSP - Xenons - Logic7 - Premium - SOLD at 76k miles 2006 325i - TiAG - Black Leather - 6MT - Sport - Xenons - Euro-Tails - 26k miles - RIP
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Ron@Modbargains 58 Rep 2,201 Posts Drives: 996TT/ae86 Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: 1721 E. Lambert Rd #C, La Habra, CA 90631 iTrader: (3)	Cool! Good Job was gonna do similar thing on a dent job on a car. Oh as to the bumper plugs - we have them in-stock now
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Scov New Member 2 Rep 5 Posts Drives: M240i Join Date: May 2018 Location: Iowa,Des Moines iTrader: (0)	Good job, sorry for bumping... I love this thread! ______________________________________ My new article: 6.7 cummins tuner at the mechanicguides.com Last edited by Scov; 10-09-2018 at 03:23 PM..
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