[TucsonNitro]

...for rear license plate? Today I bought a nice chrome frame for my license plate, I got home took off the plate and dealer frame. And found only two mounting holes behind the plate. Always when I shut the rear door the plate would rattle and bang against the paint. I thought the dealer just mounted the plate with two screws instead of four. That's why I decided to buy a new frame and mount it correctly. So now I must drill a couple of holes to secure the bottom of plate and frame. That's no big deal but I don't want to drill into something like wiring. Have any of you done this? I'm assuming it's fine but I thought I'd ask to make sure. Thanks, Randy

 

[JimmyNitro]

other options

A couple things you might want to try first. A strip of the adhesive foam (like the kind they use to seal a cap on a pickup bed) on the back of the plate may keep it from vibrating againts the paint. Or some dual lock fastener. Its kind of like velcro, but better. 3M makes it. I used it to attach a front plate to a vehicle w/o a bracket.

 

[F45]

I didn't want to drill, either, so I bolted the plate to the license plate frame with plastic bolts, and then ground the ends of the bolts down so it didn't stick into the door. Then I siliconed the plate to the bumper pads that are behind there with rtv silicone from the parts store. The pads may separate from the door sometime in the future, but nothing is perfect. If it does, and vibrates, I'll glue them down with the silicone, too
:4-jump2:.

 

[TucsonNitro]

A couple things you might want to try first. A strip of the adhesive foam (like the kind they use to seal a cap on a pickup bed) on the back of the plate may keep it from vibrating againts the paint. Or some dual lock fastener. Its kind of like velcro, but better. 3M makes it. I used it to attach a front plate to a vehicle w/o a bracket.

Thanks guys, I think I'll wait for saturday and try some of these ideas, I'll see what I can come up with. I don't really want to resort to the drill. Thanks again.

 

[bam9411]

I hate that they do not put 4 holes for the plates! but mine has little rubber blocks that support the bottom of the plates.....not yours?

 

[TucsonNitro]

I hate that they do not put 4 holes for the plates! but mine has little rubber blocks that support the bottom of the plates.....not yours?

No mine has nothing no rubber blocks. I wonder if mine are missing and should I ask my dealer about them? Do you all have these rubber blocks?

 

[StreetDancer]

I did the same thing Jimmy did. I got a nice sturdy aluminum license plate frae (happens to be an alumni plate from my alma mater) and put adhesive foam on it....no problems no worries.

 

[THE BOMB]

Mine has the 2 rubber blocks, but they weren't quite enough to prevent all rattles, so I stuck adhesive backed chair leg pads from home depot to my existing blocks and it works great...

 

[kwman]

Mine came with the pads at the bottom of the plate but yet it still rattles so I just put my hand on the plate when I close the door. I'll get around to doing something different I'm sure.

 

[Pshrynk]

I just used two inch by two inch Velcro tabs