[minsanity]

The 2017 facelift now has a perfect grille, w/ complete set of blades...
Look at 2014-16's:


Here's the Facelift:


The hitch w/ the new grille? Same grille-covering plate placement & the OE holder needs 4 HOLES drilled.


I've been approached by those who've gotten/planned to get the 2017 facelift M3 to help come up with a solution, an option, or an update to the existing No-Drill Plate Relocator. The '14-'16 one won't fit, sadly. Had to start from scratch...
Finally after some wait, here's a sampling of how it looks w/ plate specs local to me:



This eliminated the drilling of 4 holes on the grille & the risk of misaligned, off-centered plate install. Above all, this frees up the 2017's perfect grille.

Should there be any concern about partial lower grille air flow blockage, this has long been tested & proven to have no observed effects on intake & coolant temps monitored thru the OBD in all traffic & drive conditions...in the tropics.

For North American plate applications, one would need to get this mounting kit from Amazon to pair w/ the relocator above:

or this Bell kit from NAPA:


Being a Mown3r, a 'revolutionist', a tinkerer & an enthusiast, passion for our cars was the lone drive to push thru great lengths to develop & share this kodo-enhancing mod. Why hide that beautiful smile, right?

This mod debuted in M3R, our hoM3, some 2 years back. Humbled by its warm acceptance, please allow me to just leave this update here 1st again.... for the '17up Facelift own3rs.
Happy Motoring!!!!

 

[mazdacanuck]

Cool, would love to see this with the bigger North American plate to see how it looks. myself I just took the dealer frames and painted them covering up as much of the plates as legally possible

 

[arathol]

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[2016NeoHatchiS]

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[minsanity]

Cool, would love to see this with the bigger North American plate to see how it looks. myself I just took the dealer frames and painted them covering up as much of the plates as legally possible

Shouldn't be much different from how the preFL looks w/ an NA plate size. Here are pics courtesy of of Mown3rs who shared...


One can adjust placement vertically, as seen above.

 

[stevenvillatoro]

Seems strange that people would bother to relocate their front plate for aesthetic reasons, but then reinstall the ugliest frames around those plates... ?

 

[Chazzy J]

@minsanity

Damn M, that didn't take you guys long at all to put that together! Very nice job as always.

 

[minsanity]

@minsanity

Damn M, that didn't take you guys long at all to put that together! Very nice job as always.

Thanks, @Chazzy J bud. Your car is looking super. Please share pics of your updates & projects.

This relocator version took longer than expected. First, there was the wait for Facelifts to arrive. Realized the tolerances for this 1 were kinda tight. Midsection is smaller, had to do proper reinforcements.
A handful shared their relief...4 holes are a bit too painful to drill thru that pretty grille just to install that front plate. Ouch.

 

[minsanity]

Another white relocation....good thing he dint follow what the sign said.

I've yet to see the other premium....machine gray....

 

[minsanity]

Another white....


These are now in the US. Hope to see pics of relocated North American BN M3s here.

 

[hellochrisd0]

I opted for the controversial JDM tow hook relocation, and I am quite satisfied with the look!

 

[taka691]

Hi, where can I purchase this licence plate relocator?