I've settled on using the front licence plate bracket (mandatory in the uk) as it is hidden and has surplus bolt holes. I'm just sharing my process in case someone else is interested in replicating, it does require that you lose the original licence plate plinth and convert to a magnetic licence plate.
Supplies:
- 4 x M6, threaded pot magnets. I used E1006 magnets from here https://e-magnetsuk.com/product/pot-mag ... aded-stud/
- 4 x Neodymium disc magnets, I used EP108 magnets from here https://e-magnetsuk.com/product/neodymi ... c-magnets/
- 2x M5 40mm bolts and locknuts
- 1x M10 allen bolt
- 1x M10 wing nut
- 1mm thick adhesive rubber sheet stuff from here https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/402785783359 ... 3028148146
- 18cm x 2cm strip of aluminium
- A motorbike mirror action cam mount https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B08FX5SLSR? ... ct_details
Guide:
- You need to use the aluminium strip to make a simple bracket. Mine is 19cm wide and 2cm tall, you need to drill two M5 holes 16.5cm apart to mount to the existing holes on the car and a single 10M hole in the centre to fit the camera mount. Bias the two smaller holes nearer the top of the strip so they clear the rest of the number plate holder.
- Stick the adhesive rubber onto the pot magnets and trim down
- Remove the licence plate and the plastic plinth
- Use the plinth bolt holes as a guide to epoxy the 4 disc magnets onto the back of your licence plate.
- Screw the 4 pot magnets into the holes that originally housed the plinth. I used a bit of threadlock here as well but might be overkill.
- Use the M5 bolts and locknuts to secure the aluminium bracket to the holder
- Attach the motorbike camera mount to the central M10 bolt hole.
- reattach the now magnetic licence plate to the new magnets.
This combination is working perfectly for me, the licence plate is holding extremely strong and hasnt moved or fallen even on bumpy roads. The bracket can be permanently left in plate meaning just an allen key is required to very quickly remove the rest of the mount making it invisible when not being used. This is all made very easy now that the front licence plate can just be pulled off it's magnets.
Hopefully this is interesting/useful to someone else. It took some trial and error to get it all fitting nicely so seemed a shame not to share the process.
Cheers
