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For those of you that are forced by the oppressive hand - nay, fist - of the totalitarian regime of government to put a license plate on the front of your beautiful Aston Martin, I present a more elegant solution than the ungainly plastic thing that is offered by Aston themselves: The Redpants License Plate Mount. This guide will show you how to install it!

Needed

Redpants License Plate Mount
Philips screwdriver
About five minutes

Before you begin

If you have the factory front license plate plinth, you’ll need to remove it. It’s a simple thing to do - just take things off as you uncover each layer. That is, remove the license plate, then the fasteners you find underneath, then the plinth, and then keep removing things until there’s nothing left to remove.

Step 1

Carefully screw each of the bolster studs into the front armature, which is located immediately behind the main grille. The grille stays in place, you’re just sticking the bolster studs through the slats.

Step 2

Install the license plate mount by putting a bolt through one of the holes to align the plate mount at the desired position, slotting a spacer over that bolt, and then screwing the bolt into the bolster stud. Reference the picture below for how it should look, noting that the long bolster stud will already be installed on the car.

Insert the second counter-sunk bolt into the corresponding hole on the other side of the license plate mount, slide the spacer over the bolt on the backside of the license plate mount, and then screw that bolt into the bolster stud.

Make sure everything is properly aligned, then tighten both of the counter-sunk bolts using the screwdriver.

Step 3

Use the four dome-head bolts and screwdriver to install your license plate onto the license plate mount. If you’re using a license plate frame, but that onto the license plate before putting the license plate onto the license plate mount.

And that’s it!

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