Affixing new number plates

[Liam]

I'm going to be getting some new plates, to prolong their life I'm going to stick them one with double sided/badge tape insted of screwing them one as this can lead to seperation of the two layers.

Aprt from centering the plates and having the surfaces clean, can anyone give me any tips as I've only done the screw method before.

Liam

 

[dave]

panda_gals suziki(sp) had plates stuck on, they fell off tigerseal them on

 

[The Negotiator]

Surprised they came off Dave, decent double sided tape is amazingly strong!

I agree it looks so much better not screwing (no rust marks for instance aswell from screws) but it looks awful if they come off (a BMW accross the road is like that, although I think he's a drug dealer so does it so he can change plates instantly).

 

[gaz.d]

my rear plate was stuck on the company that i brought them off supplied the tape, that never failed me, i didnt manage to get it all off when i sold the rear bumper, so it must be strong or i am lazy

it wasnt the little pads though, it was about 4" strips

 

[lambert82]

I know when i got a Square plate made for my old Sei and old Bravo i bought some spongey double sided stuff, was from Halfrauds, but did the trick and is made for that purpose, was only a few quid too

 

[chaos]

I know when i got a Square plate made for my old Sei and old Bravo i bought some spongey double sided stuff, was from Halfrauds, but did the trick and is made for that purpose, was only a few quid too

Yeah that stuff is good. Got a plate for my trailer and used the sticky backed stuff. So good that when I came to remove the plate cos we'd changed cars, it took a hell of a lot of swearing to come off and then plenty of work to get rid of all the sticky stuff.

 

[marky23]

i make number plates at work and we use aliminium rivets instead of screws with a little cap to go over them,looks a lot better than screws and they dont rust. double sided sticky tape is good but in the warm weather it loses some of its stickiness and can fall off.

 

[The Negotiator]

But surely then when removing said plates you will end up damaging them whilst trying to break off rivets etc.

 

[syphon123]

i use number plate sticky pads from halfrauds. never had them come off before. mine is wedged into a plate surround which is screwed to the bumper so you cant take them off anyway. well without having the nack anyway hehe

 

[MikeWhitcombe]

Yeah mine are the halfrauds sticky pads - been on there for 15,000 miles and no probs (yet)