the bracket that you have is correct bracket and rear chrome have 3 hole the first thing you do take that red reflector out and that bolt that you bolted together that 2 pice of bracket takit out and turn 180 degree and bolt the bracket from that single hole to the plate hole instead of that reflector when you tied the bolt on left and right you will see that is exactly is the size of license plate four hole and the center hole on the plate is for holding the plate to the car buddy it is not for license plate let me know if it works if not I will take the picture of mine and send it to you bi the way I have 2 E9 and my new E9 don't have the bracket and I am looking for it will you tell me where did you buy thatHow should the rear license plate mount on a coupe? I am referring to US-Canada dimensioned plates.
My coupe has a single hole at the center of the chrome trim piece, and came with a 2-piece bracket that bolted to it. See the two pictures below. Is this bracket a factory part? If so, it isn't BMW's finest engineering achievement!
The bracket really doesn't fit, and with the plate just supported from one point, it tends to rattle. You can sort of see in the photo of the bracket where I bolted a couple of rubber "feet" to two of the arms to stabilize it against the body. That sort of helped, but it's far from perfect.
Has anyone come up with a better solution?