I want to put a license plate bracket on a fiberglass bumper cover, where there aren't any pre-drilled holes. Would self-tapping screws have enough gripping power to hold the bracket on at highway speeds? Using a nut would require removing the cover, which is a pain I'd rather avoid.

10/8/2008 4:17:43 PM

i'd be more worried about it cracking the fiberglass than anything else

10/8/2008 4:39:25 PM

Fuck all that self-tapping shit. If I were you, I'd drill holes a little oversize and put a thread insert in there. Like a flanged thread insert or whatever with a dab of 5 minute epoxy.

Or you could be all ghetto and shit and use drywall inserts.

10/8/2008 4:44:21 PM

or duck tape

10/8/2008 8:39:55 PM

velcro.

10/8/2008 9:00:51 PM

gl00

10/8/2008 9:27:25 PM

there should be a factory bracket for that bumper

check junkyards

10/8/2008 9:32:29 PM

godzilla grue

10/8/2008 9:49:34 PM

godzirra

10/8/2008 9:53:22 PM

I already tried some double-sided tape but it didn't stick well to the aluminum plate. This is a european plate that will go below the NC plate on the back because I'm pretentious like that.

10/9/2008 11:37:41 AM

that's gonna look...............interesting....

10/9/2008 11:42:44 AM

Quote :

"This is a european plate that will go below the NC plate on the back because I'm pretentious like that."

seriously?

10/9/2008 11:43:31 AM

and this is on the crown vic?

you might as well just get a bumpersticker

10/9/2008 11:50:08 AM

They make screw sets for this purpose. Cruiser makes them bout $2

10/9/2008 12:09:45 PM

dont encourage this

10/9/2008 12:25:06 PM

Quote :

"This is a european plate that will go below the NC plate on the back because I'm pretentious like that"

seriously?

10/9/2008 12:30:36 PM

^yeah, seriously. Mostly in homage to my British heritage. I realize it's an American car, but my anglophilia doesn't get in the way of common sense. I won't own a British car until I can afford to throw money away on something that's in the shop more than it's on the road.

10/9/2008 1:51:58 PM

Quote :

"yeah, seriously. Mostly in homage to my British heritage. I realize it's an American car, but my anglophilia doesn't get in the way of common sense. I won't own a British car until I can afford to throw money away on something that's in the shop more than it's on the road."

ok

so why dont you just put it in the front?

10/9/2008 2:14:08 PM

quote]^yeah, seriously. Mostly in homage to my British heritage. I realize it's an American car, but my anglophilia doesn't get in the way of common sense. I won't own a British car until I can afford to throw money away on something that's in the shop more than it's on the road[/quote]

obviously you DONT HAVE common sense, so no worries about anything getting in the way of it

[Edited on October 9, 2008 at 2:21 PM. Reason : or sense of taste for that matter.. ]

10/9/2008 2:18:44 PM

raleighboy can you get any more stupid?

10/9/2008 4:20:00 PM

Hahaha, im not a car guy, but this sounds dumb as fuck.

Just get one of those oval stickers that says "GB" or some shit.

10/9/2008 4:45:02 PM

^ haha, good idea. Whenever I see those, I always think of the funniest things they could mean...

Ie: Gay Barack, Girls Bathroom, Goofy Bitch, etc...

10/9/2008 5:27:07 PM