Today I decided to take off my plate to wash all the crap behind it. To my suprise I notice the bottom of the plate is rubbing the paint off the hatch. Soooo...I guess those cheap rubber nubs supplied by the factory didn't do the trick.

Curious where in the heck I could find some sort of rubber strips with an adhesive backing to put on the back of the plate. Tried Home Depot, and to my suprise I couldn't find anything. Autoparts stores were no help either.

Granted you can't see this with the plate gone, but I don't want this to eventually turn into a rust issue down the road.

Is anyone else having this problem?

gonna have to check that.

why not try some 3m double sided tape across the bottom of the licence plate, put a strip of felt on the exposed side of the tape facing the car?

The little Dynamat License Plate thing might work. I have it on mine, and I didn't notice anything wrong when I took off my plate a couple days ago.

You can go to an autoparts store and get the little nibbins that go behind bugshields.

A quick temporary fix: cut a piece of posterboard or matteboard the size of your plate and bolt it up between the plate and the hatch.

Or scrounge up a piece of neoprene or closed-cell foam -- like an old mouse pad. You might even try bubblepack or synthetic fleece.

what i've done is, i bought one of those little suction cup deals @ pepboyz, right by the lic. plate section. put the nipple part through the bottom part ofv the hole of your lic. plate from yhe back of the plate, the sucton part will rest on the hatch. that will give you some space btween the plate & hatch (did this make sense?, if not pull the plate away from the vehicle.

Thanks for all the suggestions. It suddenly dawned on me that automotive weather stripping would do the trick. Found it at Lowes with all the household weather stripping. It did the trick quite well! :)


BTW...I think this is an issue everyone should investigate. My plate was perfectly flat and still rubbed the hatch. I know most plates have a bit of a natural curve to them, which could make this rubbing issue worse. Just looking out for my fellow box fanatics. ;)

Today I decided to take off my plate to wash all the crap behind it. To my suprise I notice the bottom of the plate is rubbing the paint off the hatch. Soooo...I guess those cheap rubber nubs supplied by the factory didn't do the trick.

Curious where in the heck I could find some sort of rubber strips with an adhesive backing to put on the back of the plate. Tried Home Depot, and to my suprise I couldn't find anything. Autoparts stores were no help either.

Granted you can't see this with the plate gone, but I don't want this to eventually turn into a rust issue down the road.

Is anyone else having this problem?

I had no problems finding little rubber bumpers at Home Depot.

On every car I've owned I've had this problem. Either rubbing or rattling.

I also use the little rubber bumpers mentioned above, and they work great.
Just put a few on the car, and a few on the plate itself. No more rubbing, no more rattling.

Everyone should really consider taking off your plate when you wash your car. All kinds of crap can build up back there and eventually leak down to your bumper and ruin your paint :idea:

Double sided tape and faucet washers.

hehe , i always use velcro.
no rubbing issues, and it makes the plate a bit more secure.
my old car had a habit of losing the plate bolts, my stereo guy suggested velcro.
works like a charm.

hehe , i always use velcro.

Velcro factoid: it was first developed for holding interior panels in aircraft. It made for easier servicing access and it flexes with the twisting and warping of the plane under load.

i realise the velcro flexes, however it keeps the plate away from the paint enough to prevent the flexing to cause any scratches. (and it's cheaper than dynamat)
plus it makes the plate bolts somewhat redundant. (ever have to go thru the hassle of a lost plate)
:roll:
like i would steal my own plate, could just be new york dmv office. (bitter Civil Servants)

I'm using some adhesive foam weather-stripping that I bought from Lowe's (should have it at Home Depot too). Look in the aisle with the doors and windows. Just clean off the back of your license plate real good, and stick it on there. Works like a charm.

- Clipper453

I'm using some adhesive foam weather-stripping that I bought from Lowe's (should have it at Home Depot too). Look in the aisle with the doors and windows. Just clean off the back of your license plate real good, and stick it on there. Works like a charm.

- Clipper453

That is exactly where I found mine, but I went with the Automotive stuff made out of rubber. Seemed like it would hold up a bit longer and wouldn't compress as much as the foam.