I can't believe GM would design such a beautiful car as the Monte Carlo and then as an after thought stick a license plate holder in the middle of the front bumper. I know it has to go somewhere (in states where required) but there was absolutely no thought about the design when they stuck it there. And then, rather than stick it on with tape they drilled holes making a bigger mess. Yes, Missouri is a 2-plate state. No, I don't display 2 plates on my Corvette and I may pay the price some day but it stays in the trunk for the same reason - aesthetics.

I found an help article about taking the plate off and repairing the holes very cheaply. I opted for that repair rather than filling the holes and repainting the whole bumper. If you're interested in the method I used look here [ click here ]. Before finding that tech article I had already decided on doing it that way. It reassured me that it could be done. It does detract slightly from the smoothness of bumper but I opted for the cheap way out.

Finally I installed an Altec Show n Go license mount that I already had laying around. I put off installing it on the Corvette and it worked very well on the Monte Carlo. They sell for about $45.

Here is the final result.



And enlarged. You can see the buttons used to fill the holes.


Stow n Go up

Stow n Go down

 

I like it no one will notice where the holes were from a distance which is when most people see your car lol

 

Looks Good

 

Looks great Im looking into getting one of the sto and go's.are they hard to instal?

 

Nice Job.. Looks Good..

 

Not at all. Normally you drill 3 holes, pop in the rubber/threaded plug and screw it on. Lining it up is the only thing that takes time. I did have to make an adjustment to the recommended procedure by adding a cross brace to the rear of the bracket because the MC and vette bumpers are different. You can see in the picture that there is a hole where the 3rd screw should be placed. I used plumbing strap material for the brace.

 

looks great, I love those show and go plate holders/hiders, Amy (AwesomeSS) put one of them on her Monte, did you get the remote control one???

 

Looks so much better with it removed. I don't know why GM went that route on the 06 & 07's. That stow and go plate holder is cool.

 

that's nifty, glad michigan doesn't need front plates

 

haha that looks great man!