Dreaded front licence plate

Hi guys I know this one has been touched upon before. I just wanted to share what I was planning on doing and seeing if anyone has any advice.

So I would like to do a European front plate, but that's illegal so I'm not. I figured if I go with a tow hook mount, a carbon fiber plate bracket, and some sort of plate cover, it will minimize the eye sore on the front.

Questions
I like the m performance cf plate bracket, but its expensive and I am not sure that the car needs more m badges. Does anyone have a good alternative, or would you just recommend going m perf? ******** has one for a fraction of the cost with no badging on it, does anyone use these?

Also I'd like a plate cover that doesn't look tacky. Most of the ones I've seen kinda bulge out and are very glossy/plastic looking. Does anyone know of a decent quality one that actually looks good? Also one that's not so dark that you will get pulled over for, cause I've seen that happen all to often.

Any alternatives to plate covers like applying tinted vinyl directly to the plate or something like that?

For reference its a blue m235i with Carbon diffuser, front lip and spoiler. Wanted the estoril bule and cf theme. Probably going to do a black vynl wrap on the mirror covers, because I don't want to overdue the carbon.

Thanks

Dreaded front licence plate