Are there any products to protect paint from license plates?

[imported_Lightman]

Hi guys, apologies if this is the wrong forum, but it's about protecting paint, so this was my guess of a forum that gets traffic . I got a new car, and the license plate area in the back has just two threaded holes at the top of the plate. Inevitably, the bottom will come into contact with the paint behind it and scratch it...so I'm looking for some ideas/solutions to prevent the paint from getting all scratched up. Thanks in advance for any thoughts, I'm dying to get a plate on this thing and start driving it!

 

[Dan]

PPF film should do the trick. You can get small pieces on ebay for under $10 delivered. In the mean time, wax it, stick some duct tape back there and enjoy the car!

 

[Greg Gellas]

Your plate has 4 holes, the bottom holes would be empty. Go to Home Depot and get some Rubber Nutserts. Bolt through the plate, then a washer then the rubber nutserts. You will need the washer to ensure the nutsert doesn't go through the bottom holes in the plate. Now your plate is away from the paint and the only thing touching the paint is the back of these rubber nutserts.

 

[imported_Lightman]

Wow those are both great ideas! Thanks! I'm not sure if there's enough room to fit a nutsert behind the plate, but maybe I'm overestimating their size. The clear ppf sounds good...I had the front 1/3 of the car basically done in clear ppf before it was even delivered, and I may swing by the shop and ask him for a strip...prob the least he could do after a grand of film...lol. Duct tape in the meantime? I'm not sure if I could bring myself to do that...lol

 

[Greg Gellas]

Another thing I have done is epoxied little rubber bumpers to the back of the license plate to prevent damage to the paint.

 

[Accumulator]

Another thing I have done is epoxied little rubber bumpers to the back of the license plate to prevent damage to the paint...

I use the self-adhesive silicon ones from Lowes. They come in different shapes/sizes/thicknesses and you can position them where they're needed.

 

[David Fermani]

Hey there Dave! Hope you're doing well!



Besides what Greg mentioned above, you can also try Velvet Adhesive Sheets behind the plate: Velvet Adhesive Sheets | Elizabeth Craft Designs, Inc.



And if velvet gets you fired up, here's an option too: VELVET CARS self-adhesive velvet for car wrapping

 

[C. Charles Hahn]

Hey there Dave! Hope you're doing well!



Besides what Greg mentioned above, you can also try Velvet Adhesive Sheets behind the plate: Velvet Adhesive Sheets | Elizabeth Craft Designs, Inc.



And if velvet gets you fired up, here's an option too: VELVET CARS self-adhesive velvet for car wrapping

Velvet car wrapping? Yikes.....

 

[P-nut]

I just put some pieces of 1/4" self-adhesive foam weatherstripping on the back of each corner.

 

[Legacy]

I use the self-adhesive silicon ones from Lowes. They come in different shapes/sizes/thicknesses and you can position them where they're needed.

I agree, the easiest and cost effective way.