I just moved to NY and now have to mount a license plate on the front bumper. My car has the m-technic kit, and I was surprised to find that the holes in the bumper did not allow for mounting the license plate directly.

I ordered a mounting bracket/trim through the stealer, but they are for the standard OEM bumper and will not fit my car. They are #9 and #12 on the realOEM linked page http://www.realoem.com/bmw/showparts...10&hg=51&fg=15

When I returned the parts I spent a good 20-30 mins with the parts specialist at the stealer and we couldn't find an obvious part that is for the m-technic bumper to allow mounting of a US license plate.

Anyone know what I need to do here?