Fitting a new no. plate

suggestions please on how to fit a 7x5 to an R+G tail tidy without drilling the no. plate
if I have to drill it it's going to look hideous

thanks

 

Double sided number plate tape all day cheap on eBay about two quid for a 5 mwr roll

 

that deal with gusts of 150mph+ Graeme

 

You can't pull it off with your hands well u can put with considerable force will outlast any speed u can do trust me

 

Thanks Graeme

 

Agree with Graeme, double sided sticky tape is the best way to go as long as both faces are clean when you stick it on ..... they could hold ships together with the stuff

 

Measure and drill is easy and far safer, that's what I did

 

Velcro worth considering too

 

Plate will come off with Velcro at high speed

 

I have never had a problem using Velcro. Industrial strength stuff 2" deep and full width of plate.
I have not used on a 7 x 5 though

 

What max speed you had with Velcro? I prefer the plastic bolts myself and Not hard to fit either?

Simon

 

Why velcro or am I missing something ....... well apart from the obvious

 

Perhaps he's hoping it will blow off at high speed, just before the speed camera

 

And then get done for perverting the course of justice

 

Velcro seems strange to me too, why not just use the plastic bolts it comes with sorted

 

Mine's velcroed on too. Didn't budge at an indicated 175 mph.

 

so far...

 

Well it's been on there for 2 years so I'd wager that if it ain't come off yet then it ain't going to

 

I would be also worried about someone knicking it while parked myself too? whats wrong with good old bolts and a drill?

maybe I'm just "old school"

 

Because a couple of plastic bolts will deter the most determined of thieves won't they

Also mine's only ever parked in a locked garage.

I've got nothing against bolts and a drill. I'm just lazy and didn't want to take the time to line it all up and then risk messing up the numberplate by doing it wrong. That actually happened before when I was drilling a plate before. When the drill went through it lifted the printed part away from the plastic plate.

With velcro you just cut a length and stick it on. Hasn't budged. Never looks like it's hanging off. No bolt holes in the plate. If your plate's looking tatty and you want a new one you just get it and stick a new piece of corresponding velcro onto the new plate and bang it on there.