My apologies if this has already been posted, tried searching but did not find anything conclusive.

I just picked up a 97 firehawk and live in area where front plates are required.

As the front end of the 93-97 firehawks (or forumla or regular firebird) are unique vs the 98-02, is there a front license plate mount option or solution out there that does not require drilling onto the front bumper?

I recall the camaros had a front licence plate bracket that mounted to the frame underneath bumper but due to the very different front of the firebird it will not work.

I appreciate any feedback info or guidance.

Thanks.

 

Yea! Welcome a'board', ...
Disregard all the 'did you search' replies, LoL, ...
Someone should have some good suggestions &/or samples for ya!

 

Why not use the factory option? On the very front nose of the car, there is two 1" round plugs near the center of the nose. These pop out and there is a factory mount that attaches to those holes. I have one of these sitting around somewhere I never used.









this one is mounted to the air dam






There is other aftermarket options as well.







this one is made by SLP



this is a retractable kit

 

Exactly where are these 2 front holes for the factory mount?

Here is my front end below. I did see any of the 2 front holes.

 

Disregard Batman, if the car didn't originally come with bracket the holes won't be there. There might be faint outlines of where they should go but they aren't there. Refer to the same post you made on the Firehawk message board. I recommend the SLP bracket with threaded rivets and wing screws to hold it on so you easily remove the assembly for carshow

 

Ah ok, no worries. Yeah I would like to the avoid drilling holes and butchering the front end.

I looked at the SLP one but that is unfortunately it only fits the camaro front end. The 93-97 firehawk / formula front end is much more pointy and curved for it to work.

 

That was my feeling too when I had my '95. As I said on the message board, you might be able to mount the SLP bracket offset from center. If it doesn't work you can always return it. I'm going to buy one to see if I can make it work with an LS1 ta bumper

 

I'll be intrigued if you can. I like the idea of using the wing nuts and make it easily detachable.

With my old Grand Am the front cover took 10 seconds to remove and could even leave my plate screwed in and it would fit over. The Hawk however the screws make it more of a pain and I've yet to even try to see if the cover will fit over it

 

Let me know how that works. I am not sure how much more curved the 93-97 forumula front end is vs the 98-02.

I may just bite the bullet and get the screw in factory front bracket. I watched this video and it doesn't look all that bad on this firehawk.

 

In all honesty, the bumper isn't Firehawk specific.

 

I know, it is the same front end used in the regular firebird & formula.

I see plenty of oem front plate mounts for 93-97 Trans am but nothing for 93-97 firebird / formula.

 

The only 4th generation F-bodies that have a true, non-invasive factory option that doesn't involve shooting screws through your paint and urethane bumper cover are the 1998-2002 Firebird and Trans Am. The 1993-1997 cars don't have this. The 4th generation Camaro doesn't have an option that doesn't involve ******* up the grill insert at the very least.

 

This is why I am trying to at least find an OEM GM front license plate bracket (Part Number: 10138808) for mine but they are all discontinued for the formula / firebird front bumper yet the ones for the trans am are readily available.

 

You might be able to find a parts car on Craigslist or something that has one that's intact. You could always E-Mail or call the owner to find out if you can just get the bracket.

 

I finally got a hold of a used OEM GM front license plate bracket (10138808).

Does anyone know the screw size used or part number to get this attached to the bumper?