SergeyIndy
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Hello everyone from a new owner to share my approach to removing the US based license plate holder and still having the plate on without seeing the holes that are behind it. Other forum members went to extreme lengths to fuse the wholes with melted plastic then repainting, others decided to replace with a Euro style bumper, but my solution is much simpler and achieves a similar result, which is not perfect, since the US plate is just larger than the Euro intended and only design of the rear. The reason I say this, as I have no issue with the SUVs, Macan or Cayenne making the plates look perfect and flush. However, I still decided to try to solve it in a different way and I think I like it just fine.
Step 1: Purchase a blank Euro plate in matt black from Amazon to match the matt black bumper plastic. I had to ask the vendor by e-mail to make it just blank as there is no way to order it that way, since you have to select certain elements for it to place the order. The cost is about $40 before taxes with the link below.
Black Custom German European License Plate - Authentic Embossed Aluminum License Plates from German
Step 2: Remove the license plate holder by a) removing 2 screws; b) rocking it to release it from a single rivet in the middle holding on to it.
Then I just cut up some packaging foam that matches in color to stuff the open holes (this will not be visible when it is all done so color is not important, but this is what I had available), to end up with this:
Step 3: Using some LockTite or similar temporary play doh substance with the goal to identify where to drill the holes through the Euro Blank plate to align with existing mounting holes, with the idea of mounting the US plate over the Euro blank place, but using existing screw holes already there on the bumper with nothing extra to drill. The point of this step for me was to ensure that it fits and how to position it to look the best relative to the bottom painted strip that is part of the Turbo standard painted in exterior color bit. I like this look already so much better than when the monkey butt was on, unfortunatelyk there no way to make US plate signage on it to be legal, however, the place I ordered the plate from can make the flag of the state on the left and put my state letters IN on it, and then spell out the plate. I may go to my BMV to see if they would agree to this, but I seriously doubt it.
Step 4: I identified where to drill through the Euro Plate holes to align with bumber holes and then use metal screws to screw both Euro plate and US plate into the bumper. However, before I did that, since the US plate extends well passed the colored trim, I used 2 plastic, but similar looking screws and nuts and just snapped the access off with the cutters, since it is just plastic to make it look like there are screws in the bottom holes. The outcome is this from multiple angles. Is it perfect and flush as I hoped it would be? No, because it is just impossible, but it sure looks a lot better to me, and can easily be reversed in less time than it took me to do this. The Porsche Crest is just a $5 sticker from Amazon, but many think it is some custom club plate made by the state, since the color matches this version of the state plate, but it is of course not.
Step 1: Purchase a blank Euro plate in matt black from Amazon to match the matt black bumper plastic. I had to ask the vendor by e-mail to make it just blank as there is no way to order it that way, since you have to select certain elements for it to place the order. The cost is about $40 before taxes with the link below.
Black Custom German European License Plate - Authentic Embossed Aluminum License Plates from German
Step 2: Remove the license plate holder by a) removing 2 screws; b) rocking it to release it from a single rivet in the middle holding on to it.
Then I just cut up some packaging foam that matches in color to stuff the open holes (this will not be visible when it is all done so color is not important, but this is what I had available), to end up with this:
Step 3: Using some LockTite or similar temporary play doh substance with the goal to identify where to drill the holes through the Euro Blank plate to align with existing mounting holes, with the idea of mounting the US plate over the Euro blank place, but using existing screw holes already there on the bumper with nothing extra to drill. The point of this step for me was to ensure that it fits and how to position it to look the best relative to the bottom painted strip that is part of the Turbo standard painted in exterior color bit. I like this look already so much better than when the monkey butt was on, unfortunatelyk there no way to make US plate signage on it to be legal, however, the place I ordered the plate from can make the flag of the state on the left and put my state letters IN on it, and then spell out the plate. I may go to my BMV to see if they would agree to this, but I seriously doubt it.
Step 4: I identified where to drill through the Euro Plate holes to align with bumber holes and then use metal screws to screw both Euro plate and US plate into the bumper. However, before I did that, since the US plate extends well passed the colored trim, I used 2 plastic, but similar looking screws and nuts and just snapped the access off with the cutters, since it is just plastic to make it look like there are screws in the bottom holes. The outcome is this from multiple angles. Is it perfect and flush as I hoped it would be? No, because it is just impossible, but it sure looks a lot better to me, and can easily be reversed in less time than it took me to do this. The Porsche Crest is just a $5 sticker from Amazon, but many think it is some custom club plate made by the state, since the color matches this version of the state plate, but it is of course not.
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