jlanka

I recently switched my license plates to custom plates.

I can't believe how crappy the mounting holes are. Just holes drilled into plastic. One of the screws stripped the hole on the way out. Unbelievable.

DRJX

It's a weight saving measure . Having installed or replaced plates on 3 cars over the last few weeks, I do agree that it's not the most robust mounting system. But then, do you really need 4 welded on threaded "nuts" for machine thread screws (Honda) to hold onto the a few ounces of license plate. I think there is a happy medium somewhere in between.

Now, the real problem is what to do with front plates.

chuck911

Take your license plate to a print shop, have them scan and print it on adhesive vinyl, trim and place as desired. Done right it looks exactly like a metal plate that's been molded to match the car.

Lawsofpower

That sounds illegal.

Hammer911

a clear violation of the laws of power

lunarx

The rear license plate mounting was borderline ghetto.
I drilled and tapped for machine screws, because I hate cheesy sheet metal screws.

Lawsofpower

Yeah. Wouldn't want the 911 boys dropping the hammer on him.

jlanka

I think I'm going to do this. Thanks.

BlackSpeed

funny, I just washed and waxed my car this weekend and i took the plate off in back to clean and wax the area.
I also added two bottom screws since the dealer only installed two on the top and I could hear the plate rattle sometimes.
I replaced all four screws with equal sized stainless screws (corse thread)
I agree, it's pretty ghetto to just screw into the bumper, but I guess it's tight enough.

Finally911

I just replaced my dealer plate holder with a simple chrome one. I can't believe someone in Porsche engineering green lighted that.

BTW here's the plate holder I used

StudGarden

Mine is on there naked. I have a cool looking "for-cause" plate that also really compliments the color and I can't find a frame thin enough to not partially block the bottom text. It only came from the dealer with the top 2 screws so I ordered a screw set from AutoGeeks and every screw in the set looks huge, like it would have to be forced into the bottom holes, likely with cracking and stripping, so I just left them out for now until the next service; I'm sure the dealer can spot me a couple screws, Nick's issues notwithstanding.

GSIRM3

I assume from these comments that Porsche does not supply the 991 with the plastic mounting "plate/base" that they did for the 997. I have had two 997.1 and my current 997.2 GTS and they all came with a black rubberized type plastic mounting base that you attached to the rear bumper with two screws, then attached the license plate to that piece of plastic with four screws.

That seemed to be better than just mounting the license plate directly to the bumper, which is what my sales guy did when he transferred my license plate from my old car to the new one. I asked him about the mounting base and he said he didn't think Porsche supplied them any longer, but sure enough, I found it in the frunk, along with the horrendous mounting device for those unfortunate enough to live in states that require front plates.

When I removed my license plate that had been attached directly to the bumper as you guys describe so that I could install the base to attach the license plate to, I noticed that my plate had already begun to rub/scrape the paint some on the rear bumper. I know it is plastic and won't rust, but pretty crappy and cheap for Porsche to expect you to just attach the license plate directly to the rear bumper on a 100K+ car. The mounting base at least keeps the plate slightly off the bumper.

Team Plutonium

It is.

BlackBeauty

Hi unfortunately I only had one bracket and it was for the front. Would it be possible to take a picture or let us know what the part number is? Thanks !!!

GSIRM3

I should be receiving my new registration sticker in the mail in the next few days. I usually take the license plate off the car to scrape the old sticker off before putting the new one one. I will try and take a picture then and post it.

The part might not even work with a 991 unless the bumper is predrilled for the two screws used to mount the part on the bumper.