Rear License Plate FRAME - Toyota GR86, 86, FR-S and Subaru BRZ Forum & Owners Community

JetSpeed · 02-06-2016, 09:15 PM

Two Questions:

1. The two black foam adhesive strips glued to the trunk lid under where the license plate attaches. I'm thinking the foam is a good (bad) sponge for water, however I understand it's purpose not to scratch the paint.

Keep the foam on, or remove it?

2. I bought a Weathertech stainless steel license plate frame that has FOUR holes to attach the plate to the trunk. Trouble is, the trunk only has TWO screw holes (top) to attach the plate.

WHAT have you all done to make the two lower holes look like the two upper holes? My Weathertech frame came with four silver plastic caps to cover the screw heads, but since I can't use screws and caps for the two bottom holes, it's going to look a bit goofy for my OCD.
See frame here ------->http://www.weathertech.com/stainlessframe/

Thanks!!

ryoma · 02-06-2016, 09:22 PM

superglue the plastic caps to the frame?

swarb · 02-06-2016, 09:28 PM

The foam isn't absorbent like a sponge.
Foam also stops rattles.
I still got scratches with the foam, so I used the dealer advertisement plate under the licence plate.
Lower holes just glue the caps on OR cut the heads of the screws off, glue them on, and then put the caps over them.

carma143 · 02-06-2016, 11:57 PM

I do frameless. I added some foam between the frame and the paint. I also am using a black backplate that goes between the foam and the license plate.

Leonardo · 02-07-2016, 12:03 AM

I scrapped the foam off. Then put real 3M foam on. It's thicker. I had rusty screws, so I swapped them out for stainless.

acetothermus · 02-07-2016, 01:13 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by carma143

I do frameless. I added some foam between the frame and the paint. I also am using a black backplate that goes between the foam and the license plate.

I put foam weather stripping on the back of the plate on all my vehicles. Doesn't hold water, stops rattles and prevents scratches.

02-06-2016, 09:15 PM	#1
JetSpeed Member Join Date: Nov 2015 Drives: 06' Forester, 15 '3.6 OBW, 16' BRZ Location: MD Posts: 35 Thanks: 1 Thanked 11 Times in 5 Posts Mentioned: 0 Post(s) Tagged: 0 Thread(s)	Rear License Plate FRAME Two Questions: 1. The two black foam adhesive strips glued to the trunk lid under where the license plate attaches. I'm thinking the foam is a good (bad) sponge for water, however I understand it's purpose not to scratch the paint. Keep the foam on, or remove it? 2. I bought a Weathertech stainless steel license plate frame that has FOUR holes to attach the plate to the trunk. Trouble is, the trunk only has TWO screw holes (top) to attach the plate. WHAT have you all done to make the two lower holes look like the two upper holes? My Weathertech frame came with four silver plastic caps to cover the screw heads, but since I can't use screws and caps for the two bottom holes, it's going to look a bit goofy for my OCD. See frame here ------->http://www.weathertech.com/stainlessframe/ Thanks!!

02-06-2016, 09:22 PM	#2
ryoma Senior Member Join Date: Mar 2015 Drives: 2015 Subaru BRZ Limited CWP Location: SoCal Posts: 1,561 Thanks: 34 Thanked 669 Times in 469 Posts Mentioned: 13 Post(s) Tagged: 0 Thread(s)	superglue the plastic caps to the frame? __________________ My 2015 CWP BRZ Build

02-06-2016, 11:57 PM	#4
carma143 Senior Member Join Date: Jan 2014 Drives: Toyota Highlander; Subaru BRZ (SWP) Location: California Posts: 431 Thanks: 137 Thanked 156 Times in 95 Posts Mentioned: 1 Post(s) Tagged: 2 Thread(s)	I do frameless. I added some foam between the frame and the paint. I also am using a black backplate that goes between the foam and the license plate. __________________ "Wubalubadubdub! You're a wizard, Harry!" -Captain Picard(4th incarnation of Dr. Who), Star Wars: Return of the Jar Jar

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02-06-2016, 09:28 PM	#3
swarb Senior Member Join Date: Sep 2014 Drives: BRZ Location: Los Angeles Posts: 3,053 Thanks: 1,773 Thanked 2,451 Times in 1,271 Posts Mentioned: 79 Post(s) Tagged: 0 Thread(s)	The foam isn't absorbent like a sponge. Foam also stops rattles. I still got scratches with the foam, so I used the dealer advertisement plate under the licence plate. Lower holes just glue the caps on OR cut the heads of the screws off, glue them on, and then put the caps over them.

02-07-2016, 12:03 AM	#5
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