I saw this plate mount at my local dealer while test driving a car. This is the way I will go also. However, I will buy all stainless steel hardware to attach the plate. The regular steel on zinc plated hardware always rusts or discolors after a some time in the weather. Home Depot has some but the best quality of hardware is at a boating goods store. Yes it will be more expensive but it iw worth the clean look over the years.

I used to have the bracket, but it looks horrible. I just zip tied my license plate after getting pulled over 6 times for no license plate in Central Jersey.

broke my stupid toggle anchor trying to take it out (that white thing holding the screw in place with the bracket)...any help w this pls, much appreciated, thanks!

For the above member, Is it stuck in the fascia?? or do you just want another one?? I just overcame my mounting issues with a little bit of compromise...I put the brackets on the front side and fabricated some L brackets and drilled the bottom of the plate bracket to hold them and that way the bottom is secure and tight and the top has a small space where the j brackets stand out...not enough to even notice...it is on there good and tight and nothing is poking out the back on my paint...It took a little thought to get all the pieces cut and drilled but about an hour and no questions as to how it was put on at the dealership. I used some nylock nuts on the bottom bolts going thru plate, and some threadlock on the ones going thru where I drilled the plastic to mount the fabricated brackets...I will put up Pics if anyone is really interested...

New Holes in Bracket
 

Just drill two new holes in the bracket, higher, (up with the holes, down with the bracket), about 3/4" from the top. Flatten the mounting screws with sander or grinder, leaving enough of the Phillips slots to fasten it. Fasten it to the original places in the black facia. Mount plate. Now the entire assembly is below the painted area of the bumper.
DO NOT let the dealer mount your plates! The instructions say drill two large holes in the painted bumper. 10mm I think.

Is it possible people are having issues with the J Nut being thin because they are just putting the license plate on the bracket instead of a license plate with a frame?

Can anyone confirm if the stock front bracket equipment works well if you pair with a plate and frame?

Does the bracket come with the j-nut screws and what length are they? They used the wrong length on mine when they put on the dealer plates so when they tightened them down they backed up against the bumper and left little indentations in the bumper behind the bracket. Ughhhhh

To answer my own question... It's actually in the owner's manual, bolts should "not be longer than 0.55 in (14 mm)".

Um, you do realize that post was from 2009?

I did and that's why I didn't ask the question again in a new post since there was already a post about it.

I got pulled over yesterday for not having my plates installed while driving my six(ish) month-old Z. I only have temporary plates at the moment, as I ordered custom plates on the day I ordered my car but they haven't delivered yet due to COVID-related delays. Those plates have been hanging out on my passenger side floor. I've been driving six months without plates so I was playing with fire really. I guess in a sense I kind of deserved the ticket, but I didn't want to install temporary plates on there and tarnish the aura of the vehicle. Anyway, the pics and such from the first post here were helpful to get the front license plate bracket installed.

I went to the station this morning and got the ticket signed-off. Now that I got my fix-it ticket signed-off, I have already removed the front license plate frame. It's got the white toggle fasteners stuck in there, and I plan on removing them and installing inconspicuous plugs. I'm wondering if anyone knows how to remove these without damaging them. I'm hoping there's a way to disengage the toggle so that they can slide out. If there isn't a good way of doing this, I'll just drill them out, but then I would like to be able to purchase a set of new ones in case I need to reinstall the bracket later on for whatever reason. Does anyone know the number of the toggle fasteners by themselves? I have found the entire front license plate bracket assembly, but I don't want to order and store all of that just for the toggle fasteners.