[s-cars] license plate fascia (Avant)

[Steve Powers]

Thanks Tom!

It sounds like another "common issue" to these cars.

The solution which looks best to me does not include painting. Since
I've got a shop with welders and metal to weld with, the best solution
for me is one which requires electricity and heat - maybe a drill and
a file.  <g>

I'm going to TiG weld an aluminum "H" out of .125" x 3/4" aluminum bar
stock. I'll fasten the H to the car via the H crossbar using longer
#10 black oxide screws vs. the M5 screws there now. I will also apply
foam-back, double-stick tape for a belt and suspenders approach. The
#10s will easily reform the nylon inserts where the M5s now attach.

The H uprights will have holes both top and bottom where I'll use M6
buttonhead stainless screws inserted from the rear. The screws will
have extra length and will be nutted and locktited for use as locating
studs to mount the license plate and frame. I will use stainless acorn
nuts to fasten the plate to the frame.

It sounds complicated but now that I've got all the hardware it
probably took more time to write this all up.

another crappy hans und frans german solution thwarted by 'mercun ingenuity!

Steve Powers

On 1/21/07, Tom Green <trgreen at comcast.net> wrote:
> I don't know bueller, but I do know this ABS plastic part # 4A5 853
> 465 E (Y9B)
> (schwarz) or (0A9) (perlmutt-effekt) although I suspect a replacement
> part would
> be unpainted.  Same part # for sedan or avant.
> The part # is on the back of the panel when you remove it.  You could
> be talking
> to the many who have replaced this part with the S6+ euro panel, but
> there are
> not many around with the captive nuts in good shape.
>
> I had just used some aluminum duct tape as a holder for the nut and
> replaced all
> the sedan rusty nuts with the plastic nuts in the license plate
> fastener kits they sell
> at the flaps.  I just used some of the taillight sealant instead of
> fasteners on the
> euro panel.  If you ever remove a taillight center section you will
> not doubt the
> holding power of this stuff.
>
> Tom
>
> Original message:
> > Date: Sun, 21 Jan 2007 08:47:38 -0800
> > From: "Steve Powers" <sbpowers at gmail.com>
> > Subject: [s-cars] license plate facia (Avant)
> > To: S-Cars <s-car-list at audifans.com>
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> > in their infinite wisdom, the State of Washington required us to
> > replace our perfectly good license plates with new ones. same
> > personalized plate - just a new version thereof.
> >
> > it required removal of 4 rusty bolts and reinstallation. I chased the
> > threads with a tap and replaced the bolts with new stainless hardware.
> > apparently the torque and re-torque of the bolts was too much. some
> > days later during a cold snap, the plate fell off. the cap nuts pulled
> > through the plastic and ruined any chance of being reused.
> >
> > the cap nuts clip into a facia which bolts into the rear of the wagon
> > lid. I cannot find this facia piece at all in ETKA 7. I'm either
> > looking to replace it or figure out a different method of attaching
> > the plate.
> >
> > bueller?
> >
> > thanks!
> >
> > Steve Powers
>
>
>