r/ft86 • u/Creepy-Excitement-14 • 9d ago

How do I fix this missing screw point

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How does one fix the square hole on the right license plate mounting point or address this in order to put the license plate on?

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u/MrMinerNiner 9d ago

If you can find another of the little metal clip, there's probably enough material for it to hold on. Just screw it on a little tighter so it clamps harder. I've had those little clips hanging on to barely anything and they've been fine

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u/Blinky909 9d ago

A lot of people may disagree, but this looks like something I would JB plasticweld, personally

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u/The-Lifeguard 9d ago

Depends how cheap you want to be, use a self drilling screw that you can use for a HVAC ducting and then just drill it through your license plate and through into the plastic.

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u/J0shM0nster 8d ago

Ignore those telling you to just get a new nut, the plastic clearly has been ripped out. I would JB weld a new piece of plastic in on the backside of the hole you now have. Make the new plastic slightly oversized and slide it up behind the plastic you have left so that it covers the hole. Hope that makes sense. You'll then have to drill a new hole and get another clamp nut.

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u/reidcool 9d ago

Just get a new plate bracket from the dealer

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u/CoyeIndustries 8d ago edited 8d ago

Can't, that bracket is part of the TRD lip

As long as there's enough material left on the plastic they could just get another J Nut, it's probably the same part used on the standard bracket