Hey Todd!!! Got mine done, but my "trash can plastic" is made out of 212 gauge steel sheet metal.
Here are some of the progress pics. I took a hack saw and a dremel with a side cutting drillbit and got after it. Trimmed it all up real nice, then made a template out of some cardboard. Traced it out onto some sheetmetal and cleaned it up nice. Then I had to bend it a little bit to conform to the factory plastic piece and then drill some holes to mount it. From there, I fabbed up some brackets for the license plate. Kinda cheesy welding job cause I have a "no-good-fer-shit" welder, but it got the job done. Then I painted it with some black primer. I haven't figured out what I'm gonna do for the plate light yet, but I do have the turn signal lights figured out. Gonna do what Pit did and mount them into the rear pass peg struts. Should look good when I'm done, so new pics when I'm done with that.
BTW....don't ask me why the "APR" tag and the "05 09" tag.....they don't match......I know, but I have no idea why the state gave it to me. They just said "use it"....so I did.
Later on,
Joe
Before.......
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http://i198.photobucket.com/albums/a...n/IMG_0505.jpg
http://i198.photobucket.com/albums/a...n/IMG_0506.jpg
All cut and trimmed up......
http://i198.photobucket.com/albums/a...n/IMG_0510.jpg
http://i198.photobucket.com/albums/a...n/IMG_0512.jpg
Sheet metal.........
http://i198.photobucket.com/albums/a...n/IMG_0514.jpg
http://i198.photobucket.com/albums/a...n/IMG_0513.jpg
License plate brackets......
http://i198.photobucket.com/albums/a...n/IMG_0515.jpg
http://i198.photobucket.com/albums/a...n/IMG_0517.jpg
http://i198.photobucket.com/albums/a...n/IMG_0518.jpg
http://i198.photobucket.com/albums/a...n/IMG_0519.jpg
http://i198.photobucket.com/albums/a...n/IMG_0522.jpg
Mounted (pre-fit) and painted (half ass primed)........
http://i198.photobucket.com/albums/a...n/IMG_0523.jpg
http://i198.photobucket.com/albums/a...n/IMG_0525.jpg
All back together (until the fab of the plate lights)......
http://i198.photobucket.com/albums/a...n/IMG_0527.jpg
http://i198.photobucket.com/albums/a...n/IMG_0530.jpg
http://i198.photobucket.com/albums/a...n/IMG_0528.jpg