Rear Number plate

[Lucky5]

Hi All,
my rear number plate is slightly crooked and it is annoying me a little.

I thought I would see if I could remedy it so popped the screws out which to my surprise were self tappers that have been used into a couple of freshly drilled holes that are showing signs of corrosion already. A couple of strips of double sided tape have been added as well which I have no issue with.

There appear to be a couple of mounting points on the tailgate still neatly covered with tape behind the plate so do you think this is taking the p…… or am I over reacting?

How have others rear plates been attached?

 

[siteguru]

I've not taken mine off to look (to see if they've been self-tapped), but mine is straight and fitted with screws/bolts with colour-coded caps.

 

[Lucky5]

Mine has colour coded caps, I should have said but they have been drilled through the metal work

 

[bowfer]

What, so the dealer has ignored the ready made mounting holes and just drilled into metal???
And it’s squint as well?
That’s so amateur it’s unbelievable.

Squint numberplates trigger me, I change plates a lot (three cars with private plates).
I use double sided 3M tape.

 

[Cocijo]

Hi All,
my rear number plate is slightly crooked and it is annoying me a little.

I thought I would see if I could remedy it so popped the screws out which to my surprise were self tappers that have been used into a couple of freshly drilled holes that are showing signs of corrosion already. A couple of strips of double sided tape have been added as well which I have no issue with.

There appear to be a couple of mounting points on the tailgate still neatly covered with tape behind the plate so do you think this is taking the p…… or am I over reacting?

How have others rear plates been attached?

Did you take any pics?

 

[TheHypnoToad]

I ended up using sticky pads on mine, I'm lucky that the dealer also used sticky pads, they didn't do a great job as the plate was almost lost on the drive home, but at least no holes were drilled.

As for the dealer drilling holes to fit the number plate, that's not the first time I've heard of it, and it can cause rust issues in the future. I really don't know why they do this, it's not hard to get it straight either!

I'd be tempted to put some rust protector in the holes for now.

 

[Ian Key]

Like the OP the holes on mine are covered with tape but unlike Lucky5 the dealer has used them and fixed the number plate with colour coded nylon bolts.

 

[Lucky5]

I did take a pic of one end

 

[Ian Key]

I did take a pic of one end

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Bloody amateurs
And it looks like they've had two goes at it.

You have two choices.
1. Complain to the service department and general manager and ask why they couldn't use the proper holes and get it corrected.
or
2. Correct it yourself. Paint the holes with rust preventer and buy some stainless steel self tappers.

 

[Lucky5]

Bloody amateurs
And it looks like they've had two goes at it.

You have two choices.
1. Complain to the service department and general manager and ask why they couldn't use the proper holes and get it corrected.
or
2. Correct it yourself. Paint the holes with rust preventer and buy some stainless steel self tappers.

Yes, it has taken the shine off of the car along with the other issue.

Anyone with a trophy want to run the battery down to say 15% charge and let me know how it accelerates and what your top speed is?

I have about 60mph give or take at 60% power for accelerating up to that speed and 50mph ish at 10%

 

[Deleted member 10041]

Yes, it has taken the shine off of the car along with the other issue.

Anyone with a trophy want to run the battery down to say 15% charge and let me know how it accelerates and what your top speed is?

I have about 60mph give or take at 60% power for accelerating up to that speed and 50mph ish at 10%

There have been quite a few reports of SR cars losing power/ acceleration, not that many on the long range models. Could just be power saving as your soc is low. There is a big thread on it, will be worth a read

 

[Lucky5]

There have been quite a few reports of SR cars losing power/ acceleration, not that many on the long range models. Could just be power saving as your soc is low. There is a big thread on it, will be worth a read

Yes, I have read that and no other trophies or long range cars seem to suffer. It started at 23% this morning from cold so the final 50miles of range are essentially only available at slowly reducing speeds. None of our other Evs have ever done this until you hit tortoise/turtle at just a few percent left.

Zero warnings are given either so it was a surprise when I went to pass an HGV over a mile before my motorway exit and found that computer says NO

 

[Deleted member 10041]

Yes, I have read that and no other trophies or long range cars seem to suffer. It started at 23% this morning from cold so the final 50miles of range are essentially only available at slowly reducing speeds. None of our other Evs have ever done this until you hit tortoise/turtle at just a few percent left.

Zero warnings are given either so it was a surprise when I went to pass an HGV over a mile before my motorway exit and found that computer says NO

Sounds like an issue then, judging by the way the dealer mounted your plate, it wouldn't fill me full of confidence in their ability to diagnose and fix faults

 

[bowfer]

Yes, I have read that and no other trophies or long range cars seem to suffer. It started at 23% this morning from cold so the final 50miles of range are essentially only available at slowly reducing speeds. None of our other Evs have ever done this until you hit tortoise/turtle at just a few percent left.

Zero warnings are given either so it was a surprise when I went to pass an HGV over a mile before my motorway exit and found that computer says NO

There definitely are trophy owners reporting the lack of top speed issue in ‘my’ thread.

 

[Cocijo]

I did take a pic of one end

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That’s terrible! It would really wind me up. Shows a complete lack of care or consideration for what might happen in the future to the drilled panel. Once again it takes the shine off what should be an enjoyable new car. Coupled with the power issue now I see

 

[siteguru]

I did take a pic of one end

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That looks like they've tried to fit the plate without having to need colour-coded caps

 

[NickL]

Bloody amateurs
And it looks like they've had two goes at it.

You have two choices.
1. Complain to the service department and general manager and ask why they couldn't use the proper holes and get it corrected.
or
2. Correct it yourself. Paint the holes with rust preventer and buy some stainless steel self tappers.

Or some anti theft screws. Numberplate theft where I live is a major headache.

 

[Moog42]

Hi All,
my rear number plate is slightly crooked and it is annoying me a little.

I thought I would see if I could remedy it so popped the screws out which to my surprise were self tappers that have been used into a couple of freshly drilled holes that are showing signs of corrosion already. A couple of strips of double sided tape have been added as well which I have no issue with.

There appear to be a couple of mounting points on the tailgate still neatly covered with tape behind the plate so do you think this is taking the p…… or am I over reacting?

How have others rear plates been attached?

Hi - just as a cross post, same arrangement on our MG HS PHEV and it’s caused the tailgate to rust badly At less than 2 years. The whole number plate mounting arrangement is very amateur.

 

[JeffMcC75]

My rear number plate looked completely wonky and when I unscrewed it thankfully the garage had used the pretapped screw holes but just drilled the holes in the plate at 2 different levels.

I ordered a nice new plate from sureplates.co.uk and bought a surround from amazon Amazon product ASIN B00IG9BK7O

 

[Ian Key]

My rear number plate looked completely wonky and when I unscrewed it thankfully the garage had used the pretapped screw holes but just drilled the holes in the plate at 2 different levels.

I ordered a nice new plate from sureplates.co.uk and bought a surround from amazon Amazon product ASIN B00IG9BK7O

That's sort of lucky and unlucky.