Rear license plate bracket broke off

olddog · #1 (**permalink**) 06-09-2008, 07:11 PM

My rear license plate bracket broke off. By the time I got back to it (4 lane) the plate was beyond recognition. The holder itself broke, at the bend, just bellow the light.

My car is an A&C. I looked at a new one from Finish Line Inc. I couldn’t find any specs like bolt whole center. Would you expect it to fit? Do most of these accessories interchange from brand to brand?

pgermond · #2 (**permalink**) 06-09-2008, 08:16 PM

I believe they are pretty much universal. I've never seen any measurements on the frames.... Finishline might tell you the measurement if you call and ask real nice

Roscoe · #3 (**permalink**) 06-10-2008, 07:26 AM

My Finishline one broke in the same place. I made my own out of angle stock.

olddog · #4 (**permalink**) 06-10-2008, 08:24 PM

Thanks for the info Rosco.

I took Pgermonds advise and call Finishline. It will fit so I ordered the front and rear, as my car is missing the front and Ohio does require a front tag.

The origonal was aluminum. Maybe I should consider laying a bead of weld over bend areas and beef it up a bit.

John-Tucson · #5 (**permalink**) 06-10-2008, 09:56 PM

Hey olddog, The FFR license plate brackets are noted for breaking. The fix : go to Home Depot, buy the smallest piece of straight stock alumunim, go home and measure the broken one, use a hack saw and cut the aluminum piece to the correct size. Measure and bend the piece, test fit, drill two holes of a larger size for the license plate bolts and two holes for the trunk mounting. Done.