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10th August 2019, 09:57 AM
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Rear numberplate fixings
As many of you will know, the rear plate is securely by a pair of 25mm M6 (I think) bolts with a 10mm hex head and these have a nasty tendency to rust into the sockets.
I needed to acquire four new black fixing screws for my Volvo plates, these (sensibly) use plastic bolts into metal threaded sockets (at a strangely close 195mm spacing between centres, front and rear). I bought a 10-pack of black ones on eBay for £1.95: https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/10-Black-...E/291903111998 The nuts are superfluous but the bolts are also a perfect size for the S8 rear numberplate. They also conveniently have a short unthreaded tip which makes insertion easier. Obviously you may need yellow ones, depending on your plate spacing, mine happens to need black so I solved an Audi issue as a byproduct of sorting out the Volvo. 
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2003 D2 FL S8. Irish Green Pearl/Beige. Solar sunroof, auto-dim mirrors, electric rear seat functions and extended leather. Ski hatch retrofit. Aftermarket reversing camera. DVB-T and XCarlink now removed as redundant. 2016 Volvo V40 T5 Cross Country (4WD) with ALL the toys including adaptive cruise etc. etc. Osmium Grey with Blonde/Charcoal leather interior. Polestar performance "optimisation".  (Even rarer than a D2 S8!) Oh, and a brand new engine at just under 30,000 miles on the factory one!  Finally: gone, but not forgotten..... 1998 D2 PF S8. Agate Grey/Platinum. Every option (I think) except electric rear seats, Tiptronic steering wheel, ski hatch, towbar & dimming door mirrors. e.g. Cruise control, NavPlus/TV, Bose, GSM, Xenons, Solar roof, Parking sensors, Alcantara/leather everywhere of course. (internal dimming mirror added later)1998 (very early) Ford Focus 1.8 Zetec; ABS/TCS, Heated screen/mirrors, Aircon. Added Auto-dim mirror, Leather seats, Trip computer, Cruise control, OEM Ford SatNav with CD changer. And before that a lot of Rover 800s, a few oddities, a lovely Triumph Dolomite 1850HL with Overdrive and way back in my schooldays an Austin Seven aka Mini 850! 
Last edited by HPsauce; 10th August 2019 at 10:00 AM. 
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