European friends, need your help

[parapraxis24]

My used GTI came from a state that requires front plates, so my bumper is drilled already for a front plate. My state doesn’t require a front plate so to make the best of it I’m going to mount a European plate in its place.

I have the European oem plate bracket already, the black thing that mounts to the car with the plastic rivets (this thing: https://www.ecstuning.com/b-genuine...opean-license-plate-bracket/5g0807287h9b9~oe/). How the heck do you guys attach the plate to that? Is everyone over there driving around with 3m tape keeping the plate attached? Is there a VW part that I’m missing? I see a lot of companies sell a bracket that’s a clam shell to hold the plate, but those look like they mount directly to the car. The plate I ordered came with one of those, but it’s too big to fit on the oem part.

What do you guys use to actually hold the plate in place on the front bumper?

Thank you!

 

[Reggie Enchilada]

Euro plates using different mounting hole spacing than US plates. Same with the brackets

 

[nosmirk]

Euro plates using different mounting hole spacing than US plates. Same with the brackets

I'm pretty sure he's asking how to mount a euro plate to a euro bracket like the one in the link.

OP: My friend has one, and it has little tabs around the rim to hold the plate in place. Not sure how that one works.

 

[SRGTD]

How the plate’s attached will usually depend on either the dealer’s preferred method of fixing it in place, or the customer’s preference if they have a preference. One of two methods will be used;

Either

• attached to the plate holder with 3M (or similar) double sided tape

or

• the plate will be attached with self tapping screws, screwed into holes drilled right through both the license plate, the license plate bracket and into the bumper! Some dealers will use those little plastic screw caps to conceal the screw heads - like these;

 

[cb1111]

The UK uses a slightly different plate and mounting system, but here are a couple of German videos that explain a couple of the systems. You don't need to speak German. Don't drill holes in your plates

If you does not require a front plate, you still need to check your state laws as it may be illegal to have a Euro plate.

 

[ChrisMk77]

My used GTI came from a state that requires front plates, so my bumper is drilled already for a front plate. My state doesn’t require a front plate so to make the best of it I’m going to mount a European plate in its place.

I have the European oem plate bracket already, the black thing that mounts to the car with the plastic rivets (this thing: https://www.ecstuning.com/b-genuine...opean-license-plate-bracket/5g0807287h9b9~oe/). How the heck do you guys attach the plate to that? Is everyone over there driving around with 3m tape keeping the plate attached? Is there a VW part that I’m missing? I see a lot of companies sell a bracket that’s a clam shell to hold the plate, but those look like they mount directly to the car. The plate I ordered came with one of those, but it’s too big to fit on the oem part.

What do you guys use to actually hold the plate in place on the front bumper?

Thank you!

This is what cheap people like me uses in Sweden fo EU plates.

Registreringsskylthållare - Biltema.se

 

[parapraxis24]

This is what cheap people like me uses in Sweden fo EU plates.

Registreringsskylthållare - Biltema.se

Do you mount that directly to the front bumper or does that attach to the bracket (link in my original post)?

I have one of those, but it is a bit oversized for the oem bracket and is definitely meant to be mounted directly to the car.

 

[ChrisMk77]

Do you mount that directly to the front bumper or does that attach to the bracket (link in my original post)?

I have one of those, but it is a bit oversized for the oem bracket and is definitely meant to be mounted directly to the car.

Depends on the bumper how it fits but on most newer cars it would mount on directly.

 

[mcbanan]

Excuse the salt, hope this helps. Bracket is OEM, plateholder is just a generic holder from an autopartsstore.

 

[parapraxis24]

Thanks for posting that. That’s pretty much how mine would appear to fit if I were to mount it (waiting on new plastic rivets).