all the x's at my dealer had the lisence plates mounted in the middle of the front grill, looks like &^%t, wanted to know if they sold the side lisence plate mount as an aftermarket kit, and how hard do you think it would be to install

 

middle? as far as i know when they were sold here they have always been on the drivers side. its not aftermarket as well, its OEM.

 

Pics? This is wrong - the recommended OEM placement is on the right when looking at the front of the car.

 

https://www.evolutionm.net/forums/ev...thread-24.html

 

apparently cops were complaining that you coudln't see the lisence plate from some angles, wanted to know if the local dealership was forced to do this or if the mitsu started doing this

 

Hey man, what dealer in NY?

 

seems like they were forced to, all evo's come with the plate on the driver side of the bumper

 

here in socal the dealer gave me the holder on the side and didnt drill the hole on my bumper. I just zip tie it to the grill I I go to a show or something i just take it off..

 

Australian delivered X's come with the plate holders centre mounted from Japan:



Agree it looks like ***, like you guys it was to stave off being hassled by the police constantly as many of us IX owners (not me personally) have been questioned about having the plates mounted on the left hand side and them not complying even though it came from factory that way. Some of us carried an official letter from Mitsubishi Australia stating that the design meets all vehicle standards just so we can save the hassle when questioned by police.

 

yes you can get aftermarkey plates for the driver side,im pretty sure they fit the x,i got one for my gts you can get em from evosoul on here or i think rrm has em aswell,

 

forgot to mention the install,the one i have uses 2 self tapper screws,you just line it up and screm into your bumper thats it,simple takes 5 mins not even,i think the rrm one has 3 screws,

 

I have a few cop friends and they actually like where the plates are mounted on our cars.

 

lisence????
or...
license. heh heh
Sorry, couldn't help myself.

 

you can find the side mounts on ebay pretty cheap.

 

zip tie