License plate frame bolts...

[Kerbe]

Are the stock license plate bolts long enough to install a Tesla-made license plate frame? All the website says is that the frame doesn't include bolts - and my local Tesla service center says they have no idea. I contacted a friend who is an Advisor at a Tesla Store in another state and she, too, was unable to find anyone who knew the answer...

 

[Kerbe]

No one has purchased a license plate frame from Tesla?

 

[Kerbe]

Just today a friend brought home a new MY and found the 5mm M5 license plate bolts to be too short to attach a plastic plate frame and his license plate. The only longer size he could find locally was 10mm and they proved to be too long for the task.

 

[bwilson4web]

• Buy a pair of 10 mm bolts and one 10 mm nut.
• Use a felt tip pen to measure how long it needs to be.
• Mark how long the bolt shaft needs to be from the measurement.
• With the nut all the way on the bolt, cut off the excess.
• Unscrew and rock the nut to fix any rough parts to the threads.

Then make a 10 minute, YouTube about "Fixing Tesla License Plate Bolt."

Bob Wilson

 

[Kerbe]

• With the nut all the way on the bolt, cut off the excess.

Which is what my friend did. What we require, though, is a greater range of available M5 bolts in the US!

 

[bwilson4web]

eBay.

Bob Wilson

 

[Kerbe]

eBay.Bob Wilson

There are multiple options on Amazon - but not at any of our local hardware or big-box stores.

 

[bwilson4web]

The engineering motto:

• GOOD
• FAST
• CHEAP

Pick two. <GRINS>

Bob Wilson