Ive had a look at bending it around. The bend will have to be just over the letters, which as gildo said, may cause problems.
Solution, get a bull bar
This is as good an excuse as any i guess...
If i cant find one before my next trip I'll bend it under anyway.
If it was going to be a long term solution AussieRCBasher's suggestion of mounting it on a steel plate sounds ok. It would let me put it up abit higher aswell.