Rear deck license plate holder question

[GrizzlyClint]

Are there screws or bolts here on the rear barn door that the arrows are pointing? Or are these push clips? My specialty license plate is 3M VHB’d to this part so if there are bolts or screws *I’M* screwed. Haha.

I’m going to install some additional backup lights and my rear view camera on this part.

 

[GrizzlyClint]

*bump*

Anyone? Google-fu turns up nothing. Im
Hoping to tackle this next week.

 

[sedonut]

Mine has nut certs as I recall. A 10 mm threaded insert.

I have a 2018, and mine is metal, yours looks like ABS.

 

[jmanscotch]

I don’t know for certain, but I believe those holes take push in friction-fit plastic inserts that accept the license plate screws.

If I can remember tomorrow after work, I’ll take my plate off and inspect it externally to see if that is telling

 

[GrizzlyClint]

Mine has nut certs as I recall. A 10 mm threaded insert.

I have a 2018, and mine is metal, yours looks like ABS.

It is indeed plastic! I wonder if this part’s design/material changed in the 2014 facelift year...?

I don’t know for certain, but I believe those holes take push in friction-fit plastic inserts that accept the license plate screws.

If I can remember tomorrow after work, I’ll take my plate off and inspect it externally to see if that is telling

That would be helpful thank you.

 

[jmanscotch]

Here’s the holes I see behind my plate on my 2010.

The inside two, of the top sets, is threaded for a blunt end license plate bolt. The outside two are just shallow divots that don’t pass through.

 

[GrizzlyClint]

Here’s the holes I see behind my plate on my 2010.

The inside two, of the top sets, is threaded for a blunt end license plate bolt. The outside two are just shallow divots that don’t pass through.

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Thanks for that. So...looks like it’s possibly different for 2010-2013 than whatever year that was 2014+. I wonder how to get it off then haha. I cannot find any instructions on it. I assume it just might be just those teal push clips...

 

[jmanscotch]

That one you posted looks like it’s held on by panel clips primarily.

Have you removed your hatch interior panel to take a look or just trying to remove it from the exterior only?

 

[GrizzlyClint]

That one you posted looks like it’s held on by panel clips primarily.

Have you removed your hatch interior panel to take a look or just trying to remove it from the exterior only?

Havent looked inside my door panel yet but I did see a picture of someone else’s and I cannot even see where this part attaches so it might just be push clips.

I may try to pop it off from the outside, slowly.

 

[jmanscotch]

Should be pretty easy to pop the rear hatch panel off, if prying from the outside doesn’t net an easy result. I’d personally rather look in there first vs breaking a mount that’s bolted.

 

[sedonut]

Having broken enough clips, I would make sure which way it comes off before you pry on it. It might pull straight out, it might push in then down. It's one of those ounce of previention things that if done wrong cost a lot. Jes from lookin at it, I think the clips mount on the part and it pushes straight in. If the clips are still on the body, or broken that has to be addressed first. As plastic ages it gets more brittle and less forgiving.

 

[GrizzlyClint]

Having broken enough clips, I would make sure which way it comes off before you pry on it. It might pull straight out, it might push in then down. It's one of those ounce of previention things that if done wrong cost a lot. Jes from lookin at it, I think the clips mount on the part and it pushes straight in. If the clips are still on the body, or broken that has to be addressed first. As plastic ages it gets more brittle and less forgiving.

I agree I already bought a huge bag of new clips.