Rear Number Plate recess - 986 Forum - The Community for Porsche Boxster & Cayman Owners

Liamray · 05-11-2020, 10:12 PM

Has anyone found anything you can buy to dress up the rear number plate recess (Australian Boxster with no bumperettes), I bought a polycarbonate number plate cover but the heat from the exhaust deformed it, and I can't find any metal frames/covers to suit. The rear bumper number plate recess is the only part of the car that I think looks crap, but can't find anyone selling anything out there to dress it up and make it look better

mikesz · 05-12-2020, 06:51 AM

I am in USA and agree with you. Pic of what I did.

Deserion · 05-12-2020, 07:58 AM

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Originally Posted by mikesz

I am in USA and agree with you. Pic of what I did.

And that’s what I was going to suggest.

Liamray · 05-12-2020, 11:41 PM

So what did you actually do? What is the black section, is it a plate of some description or just painted, the photo doesn’t really show much, but it definitely looks better with the blackout.

Starter986 · 05-13-2020, 05:35 AM

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Originally Posted by mikesz

I am in USA and agree with you. Pic of what I did.

Mike... if you fabricated those... ensuring perfect edges... smooth all around... angles and corners true... you'd have god luck selling them on here I bet.

Yeah? Likely I'd be in.

mikesz · 05-13-2020, 06:56 AM

Thanks for the vote of confidence! I have some spare that I would be willing to part with for a small fee. What I did was I bought a piece of ABS made a cardboard template then took it to a glass cutter to cut it out. I then used nuts & bolts to affix the license plate and sandwich the ABS to the bumper. Let me see if I still have the extras and we can talk price. Don't want to be greedy just cover my costs. I did find a place at some point that sells an aluminum anodized piece but was $200 I think? Will sell what I have for $35 including shipping.

Starter986 · 05-13-2020, 11:46 AM

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Originally Posted by mikesz

Thanks for the vote of confidence! I have some spare that I would be willing to part with for a small fee. What I did was I bought a piece of ABS made a cardboard template then took it to a glass cutter to cut it out. I then used nuts & bolts to affix the license plate and sandwich the ABS to the bumper. Let me see if I still have the extras and we can talk price. Don't want to be greedy just cover my costs. I did find a place at some point that sells an aluminum anodized piece but was $200 I think? Will sell what I have for $35 including shipping.

I welcome the right of first refusal if you get it sorted out. $35 sounds fair. I'm assuming when you look at the part from the rear no wiggly lines... everything looks true?

Your rear bumper cover you removed, yes? Looks clean.

mikesz · 05-14-2020, 07:06 AM

PM me your email and I will send pics. When I did this I replaced the bumper with an 03-04 unit. My car is a 99. Also replaced muffler. The ABS is flat, textured on one side smooth on the other. I put the textured side facing out. I also did some minor shaping over a flame on stove to bend the edges slightly to conform to the curvature of the bumper. Pieces were cut by a professional glass cutter. I tried a jigsaw and gave up.

Liamray · 05-15-2020, 09:52 PM

I got insired by your Black panel in the rear number plate recess and decided to have a go at making my own version, this is what I ended up doing. First effort and will make another one but using aluminium c channel as a surround for the grill.

Liamray · 05-15-2020, 10:19 PM

Photo was a bit dark so lightened it a bit. The number late cover and frame are custom made from some old picture framing aluminium section and some lexan I had laying around.

jaykay · 05-17-2020, 12:01 PM

Ever think of just cutting the recess portion out a la Spec? The the grill you have looks great

SlowernOlder · 05-17-2020, 02:13 PM

Pricey

Porsche Rear Bumperette Removal Plate | cheetahonline

Liamray · 05-18-2020, 03:10 PM

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Ever think of just cutting the recess portion out a la Spec? The the grill you have looks great

What’s an LA spec? I’m in Australia.

Liamray · 05-18-2020, 03:14 PM

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Pricey

Porsche Rear Bumperette Removal Plate | cheetahonline

Not really (maybe $100 australian dollars) a friend of mine who has a fabrication shop said he could laser cut the same thing out of aluminium for a reasonable price, he’s going to do one for me and I’ll post a pic when it’s done.