[kellyjrt]

Originally Posted by PnCRedJwl2SS

I live in Texas and just mounted my front bracket. I used an approach that is slightly different from the others posted here.
I kept the GM-provided mounting plate right side up. Seems to fit nice and snug. Looks great too!

Here are the steps I followed, and some pics:

1. Purchased some black 8" zip ties and some clear all-purpose vinyl tubing at my local auto parts store. The pics show the
dimensions of everything.

2. Drilled two holes in GM mounting plate near pre-drilled, deep-set holes (see pics for locations of new holes relative to pre-drilled holes).

3. Cut two sections of the all-purpose clear vinyl tubing about 3" long each.

4. Threaded one 8" zip tie through the one of the two holes I drilled (pointy end first, front-to-back). I did these one at a time.

5. Slipped one of the 3" vinyl tubing pieces onto the zip tie behind the mounting plate, then used fingers to thread the zip tie under
a horizontal grill strut, around a vertical grill strut, then back over the same horizontal grill strut and then from back-to-front through
the pre-drilled deep-set hole and zip the tie shut (but didn't tighten all the way yet--needed to leave some slack to do the other side).

6. Next, used fingers to position the clear tubing so it will protect the grill struts behind the plate after fully tightening.

7. Repeated for other hole that I drilled, except once I had both pieces of clear tubing exactly where I wanted them, I tightened both
zip ties down (I was careful to do this slowly so I could push the "knot" of each zip tie down into the deep-set holes).

8. Finally, checked to see that teh moutning plate was very snug, but not too tight against the nose of the car. Don't want any vibrations,
but also don't want to scratch the paint!

9. That's it! Pretty simple, cost under $10.00, and best of all...NO DRILLING INTO BUMPER!

Cheers!

Here are the pics:

Your the man, you might of just saved my marriage. MY wife said no drilling on her car. good stuff