That you have so much money that you can afford to do stupid things to crappy cars just to relieve the pressure on your bulging wallet?

Anyhow, I think that to change the license plate area, you'd just need to change the plastic area around it. I assume it's plastic because it would be cheap and easy for the car makers to make different versions as suitable.

I guess America is a big enough market to demand their own license plate size - in Australia, we get some different sized plates, including a Euro-style one for my state, New South Wales. They look great on European cars, and even on other non-European cars.

The only thing is that, often on Japanese cars, they have a strangely shaped tallish and narrower holder that protrudes out the front of the otherwise smooth bumper. The size and shape could be not unlike the American one. Good for Japan, but where our plates don't fill the whole thing, it just looks awkward.