Building a license plate holder for my A3

Wanted to clean up the front of my car, and get that pesky NY front plate off that nice shield grille.

Didn’t want to pay the $100+ for the real mount.

I ordered a tow hook off the net for around $30 and went to work.

I put it into the bumper and marked the line of the car with a welders chalk.

Clamped it up.

Got the saws all out and cut it about a 1/2″ from the bumper line.

All done cutting.

Ground it down nice and smooth.

Done with the grind

Used a large drill to drill 2 holes in the hook.

Tapped the holes the correct size for the small bolts I had.

A bad photo of the tapped holes.

Got some strips of aluminum flashing I had around and built a frame.

Attached frame to tow hook on car.

Day 2, Painting:
Painted the exposed end of the towhook with black rust proof paint.

Painted frame with same paint.

Frame mounted.

Plate mounted v.2

From the top

I still need to order a delete for the front. I would be fine with keeping it gray but they only make the gray delete with chrome strips. So I may just suck it up and go with the all black grille & delete.