License plate mounting clips/brackets for 21-24 Audi Q5/SQ5

This may work on other Audi's from around this time period.

I'd recommend PETG, ABS, or ASA though the parts won't get any sun and shouldn't experience temperatures much more than the ambient, though I'm far from an expert on such matters. Given this, PLA may be completely suitable as well.

These will only fit in the bottom row of the grill lattice intersection cutouts (is that what you call them? idk). The backing plate catches on an internal lip across the top and the spacer on the plate keeps the bottom from pitching into the cutout as you cinch the parts together. Tighten the screws until you can't get any play out of the part, and then maybe tighten a 1/2-to-full turn more. I was surprised how secure it all feels after installation.

I think it may have been an ultra-rare fluke that one of my m4 nyloc nuts had some nyloc aberrations which led to repeatedly stripping the printed cutouts due to the nut locking too good on the screw. Eventually I realized that was the problem and just ran the screw through the nut a few times out of the part to wear that bit down and then it all worked as expected.

The mounting holes in the clips are spaced to work with any mounting plate which has vertical slots that align with the plate mounting holes. I used the ProElite Mounting Plate from AutoZone but it looks like there are numerous variations on Amazon and eBay. The face of the clips are canted slightly so that the plate hugs the grill.

The screws that come with the plate are too long for this application. You could probably cut them. I bought M6 x 12mm machine screws (which I would not recommend if you can find some for plastic or choose to cut the supplied screws). Lining up and starting the screw with no taper and tight threads was a real pain.

I've included the Autodesk Fusion file for tinkering. I tried as best as I could to keep things as parametric as possible, but I've only been using the app for a few weeks now and my knowledge has some pretty clear limitations. An example is that if you need to adjust the holes for the mounting plate, you'll need to do so in both the left and right parts even though the holes are a mirror of each other.

Here's the additional hardware I used.

• 4 M6 x 10mm or 12mm screws and fender washers. Preferably made for plastic, but a coarse machine screw will work. I used button heads with a 1.0 pitch.
• 2 M5 x 16mm socket head screws with nyloc nuts and fender washers
• 4 M4 x 30mm socket head screws with nyloc nuts