aespTDI
Veteran Member
I was trying to look this up the other day and had no luck. For anyone interested, I used 6mm screws from Home Depot to screw in the license plate on the rear of my 2005 Jetta.
You got that right! I know I haven't seen my door keys for at least 10 years.Lefty said:I love living in a small community (60 people). No thugs to worry about.Denver was a different story.
Here we don't lock any doors and everyone in the area owns their own gun.
I took it up one more notch...RobertC said:I used the 6mm hex headed ones on mine, stainless steel of course.
I figured the hex heads would make it a little harder for some thug to
take my tag. Also protects my TDI Club license plate frame from theft also.
Drill them out and replace them with a new rivnut. I bought a tool to do the metrics, but I suppose it doesn't really matter what thread size you use.YergInNY said:I wish my problem were with the bolts. Instead my problem is with the sleeves. I think that EVERY one of the sleeves is filled with a broken bolt. I have had the tag in the window for a few weeks now, and now my wife has threatened me with my life if i don't get her tag out of the window.
I have removed the interior liner of the trunk and discovered that the sleeves appear to be single use, and may be merely pressed into place. I do not see an easy way to remove or replace the sleeves. Any help or advice?
THANKS in advance!
These. Always. Hubby had his license plate stolen when we lived in a house in a not so great part of town. All of our cars then got security bolts for the plates.I used a security bolt set from Advanced Auto Parts. A regular wrench won't fit..
http://shop.advanceautoparts.com/we...7-p?searchTerm=license+plate+bracket/fastener
My rear plate was just ripped off completely; no tools were needed since the screws were held in by the plastic bumper cover. I borrowed the security screws from my MAF to fasten the new LP, but that is just for looks only until I can get behind the bumper cover and install some kind of nut.It might be tacky on my part but I think VW could have put something in the rear for the plate instead of putting screws in the bumper. Sad. So far my only complaint on my rig.