here are some updates from this morning.
I drilled 4 wholes through the plate first.. then i alligned everything and used the plate to drill the wholes through the factory dash plate.
i then put the nuts on. this worked out perfectly because by the time i put the "liner" piece over it its completely flush with it. this will make it so i can take it off whenever im not going to use it and on again very easily.
im pretty much done with it. im just giving it a few coats of paint right now and once it dries ill post up some final pictures of it mounted up
-Raul