Rear number plate fixing
Discussion
Ancient thread resurrection...
My rear plate was previously screwed (at an angle) into the bodywork at the outside edges but my car is away having a respray currently and I want to attach it better in future. I am a believer in a mechanical fix as I have had cause to remove the plate a couple of times in the past due to both leaving headlights on and putting coat with the keys in the pocket into the boot
I like the idea of the bent brackets, particularly in clear Perspex, but does anyone make these for retail? For those of you with these how are they fixed to the side reveals - self tappers, rivnuts or similar? I imagine there is not much panel thickness and anything protruding does so into the boot?
Cheers
My rear plate was previously screwed (at an angle) into the bodywork at the outside edges but my car is away having a respray currently and I want to attach it better in future. I am a believer in a mechanical fix as I have had cause to remove the plate a couple of times in the past due to both leaving headlights on and putting coat with the keys in the pocket into the boot
I like the idea of the bent brackets, particularly in clear Perspex, but does anyone make these for retail? For those of you with these how are they fixed to the side reveals - self tappers, rivnuts or similar? I imagine there is not much panel thickness and anything protruding does so into the boot?
Cheers
Hedgehopper said:
I personally wouldn't glue the plate back in place because,for a reason that can't be mentioned here, you might need to remove it in a hurry and Sikaflex doesn't hurry!
I made up two brackets bent from an old perspex number plate and fitted them as the picture. I used perspex to prevent them causing a shadow over the backlighting. Kitchen foil also helped to make the plate look evenly lit. As the previous post I then used yellow fixings to secure the plate.
As the thread says, I just cut up an old number plate, drilled two holes in one end, heated it up with a hot-air gun and slowly bent it into a rightangle. The fixings are just self tappers with washers. Don't use anything too long but they are fairly well protected in the boot anyway. You then need to mark up the number plate carefully before drilling fixing holes, then offer it up into place and mark the position for the holes in the brackets.I made up two brackets bent from an old perspex number plate and fitted them as the picture. I used perspex to prevent them causing a shadow over the backlighting. Kitchen foil also helped to make the plate look evenly lit. As the previous post I then used yellow fixings to secure the plate.
Very easy to do and quite satisfying if you have never tried to bend Perspex before.
I have just replaced my backlighting with LED's and fitted a new translucent number plate too. I just use the double sided no.plate tape from Halfords - its really good stuff, and having used it for years, have never had any problem with the plate coming loose.
Should you ever need to remove the plate, its easy to prise off.
Should you ever need to remove the plate, its easy to prise off.
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