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So I think most of us know that the stock OEM location for the YJ license plate is basically a failure. Spring loaded with the gas cap right behind it so you had to hold your foot ontop of the plate just to be able to pump gas.
Since my last plate got stolen, and they took most of the bracket with them, I decided just to ditch the wretched thing entirely. I thought about where I'd like to put it the most and I see most people putting them on their bumpers or bumpettes, or mounting it permanently to where the OEM location is and relocating the filler nozzle to where the TJ's is. But I rarely see people mounting them in the middle of the spare tire.
I happened to have a handful of these T shaped fence mounts lying around so I decided to use those. Took about an hour to cut one up to fit inbetween the top 2 lugs for the spare, then I bent it up and bent another one up to hold the plate. Bolted the 2 pieces together, drilled some new holes in the plate and bolted it all in.
Going to have to re-drill some holes to push the plate bracket out a bit farther so I can fit a wrench up in there. Have an LED light ordered up, should be here by saturday so I'll post a full writeup on a DIY license plate relocation.
Since my last plate got stolen, and they took most of the bracket with them, I decided just to ditch the wretched thing entirely. I thought about where I'd like to put it the most and I see most people putting them on their bumpers or bumpettes, or mounting it permanently to where the OEM location is and relocating the filler nozzle to where the TJ's is. But I rarely see people mounting them in the middle of the spare tire.
I happened to have a handful of these T shaped fence mounts lying around so I decided to use those. Took about an hour to cut one up to fit inbetween the top 2 lugs for the spare, then I bent it up and bent another one up to hold the plate. Bolted the 2 pieces together, drilled some new holes in the plate and bolted it all in.

Going to have to re-drill some holes to push the plate bracket out a bit farther so I can fit a wrench up in there. Have an LED light ordered up, should be here by saturday so I'll post a full writeup on a DIY license plate relocation.