Tools and Material

To mount a license plate, you need two holding arms and two holding pins. In addition, you choose either two sheet metal screws or two M6 screws. All the necessary parts are included in the scope of delivery of your license plate holder.

If you need some distance from the vehicle, e.g. to bridge honeycombs or webs, your holder comes with suitable spacers. For more specialized applications, we also have other adapters for our KLIK license plate holder.

A standard Phillips screwdriver is sufficient for attachment.

Note: If necessary, you can also mount the holding arms “upside down”, i.e. rotated by 180 degrees, on your license plate if there is not enough space above the license plate. In this case, you simply snap the system in from bottom to top.

Overview of the license plate holder installation instructions
This is what you need to mount a license plate:

1. PREPARE PINS

Clean the pins and the surface on which the holding pins are to be attached with the supplied alcohol swab. Let the pins and surfaces air dry for at least one minute so that there are no residues left from the alcohol. Now attach the 3M adhesive pads to the back of the pins.

Remove the red protective film from the adhesive pad. It is also possible to skip this step and attach the pins without the adhesive pads. However, we recommend it, as the adhesive pads are very valuable as decoupling from the body, sealing against dirt and additional attachment.

2. SCREW ON PINS

Hold the pin so that it does not accidentally come into contact with the body and screw the two pins hand-tight (1-2 Nm) to your vehicle. More force is not necessary. Too much torque can cause the screws to spin in the plastic of the bumper and no longer provide support or even damage the pin.

We recommend a distance of 210-275 mm between the pins. This value corresponds to the standard standard at the rear and has proven to be particularly stable in our tests. In principle, however, you can choose the distance freely.

Important: When placing the pins, make sure that there is at least 15 mm of free space above or below the license plate – depending on whether you mount the holding arms conventionally or upside down. This is the only way the system can be correctly engaged without conflicting with, for example, a license plate light or handle strip.

3. CLOSING PINS

If the holding pins are now sitting where they should, they are closed with the included foil stickers to make the look as clean as possible. The pins should be clean, free of grease and dust.

4. MOUNT HOLDING ARMS ON THE LICENSE PLATE

To mount the holding arms, first insert the license plate into the holding arm at the bottom. Then, with your thumbs, apply even pressure from the middle of the holding arm upwards to the locking head until it audibly clicks into place. Make sure that the license plate is completely and flush against the back.

In contrast to conventional holders, where the license plate is simply pushed in from the front, our system requires a specific mounting movement. The reason for this is the material used. We deliberately rely on a particularly dimensionally stable plastic that enables an exact fit and long-term durability without the typical disadvantages of soft, highly elastic holders.

You can either measure the distance between the holding arms beforehand or simply align them directly using the already mounted pins on the vehicle.

You should hear a clear clicking sound when it is correctly engaged. With 3D license plates, this noise is a little softer.