Plate Pocket by BumpTek - Flexible Rubber Front Bumper Guard, Front Bumper Protection, License Plate Frame. Cushions Parking Bumps! (Extreme Edition)

Buy this. Yeah, I endorse it. I have now purchased two of them. One for the front of my wife's new VW Atlas and one for the front of my new BMW X5. The product is well made and you can tell some thought went into it. It is rubber exterior, maybe an inch thick, with (what I think is) an aluminum frame inside for a little rigidity and mounting ease. You slide your license plate inside. Also, it comes with a couple variety of screws for attachment to your bumper. In the case of the VW I had to remove the plate bracket and attach directly to bumper with self-piloting screws provided. Easy, but for the lower two screws I did drill two pilot holes for ease of install since there were no screw holes from factory. The upper screws found the already existing holes and drove themselves home. In the BMW, the exiting bracket was a perfect fit and I was able to use the machine screws provided instead of the self-piloting screws. Install time of the VW was 10 minutes or less. On the BMW it was 5 minutes or less. With all of that said I cannot say how much protection this will provide since I haven't hit anything with it (and don't plan on it) but it appears it wold be *perfect* for those times you pull into a space or garage too far and scrape your plate or front bumper. It stands out maybe an inch. Having bought it (the streamline edition) I suppose you could go a little thicker without being too silly looking, but if I had to do it again I'd still buy this version. You decide for yourself if you think you want the slightly thicker version.

I live in Boston and the way people here drive and park just makes me so anxious! I've gotten scratches, bumps, and all sorts of dings from reckless drivers. After I got a new car, I decided I had to take preventative measures so I bought this BumpTek extreme edition rubber license frame. I don't like to mess around so I just got the thicker extreme edition (which is 0.5" thicker than the classic edition). The rubber material is quite thick and substantial, but doesn't look ridiculous. Also, the holes in the Bumptek rubber license cover are 7 inches apart (which is perfect for the holes that came pre-drilled in my license plate and front bumper). I read some reviews for other rubber license plate protectors which said that if the rubber frame covers the words in your license plate, you can get a ticket. My Massachusetts license didn't have any of the words/numbers covered by this Bumptek rubber frame. Thank goodness! Overall, I feel like this will definitely keep my car from getting dinged from bad drivers trying to parallel park in front of me.

I'm VERY happy with the quality of this product. The solid yet flexible rubber was extremely easy to mount and both self-tapping mounting screws and bolts were included. LOOKS GREAT and provides solid protection from front end taps and bumps. Perfectly fit the dimensions of my VA license plates. Highly Recommended! PS - I got pulled over by a Virginia State Police officer for a different issue (accessory front light bar). He looked carefully at the front license plate in this frame. No ticket for either issue. So...there's that...

September 2023: BumpTek makes a range of PlatePockets in 5 graded thicknesses. I chose the middle thickness called "Street Edition" so the plate would have some protection but not so thick as to block an oblique view of my plate or collect dirt or snow. PlatePockets are made of very flexible rubber. Your plate slides in from the top. There is a thin sheet of rubber protecting the back of your plate and a thick open frame of rubber protecting the front. There are reinforced mounting holes matching the holes in your plate. This middle thickness (Street Edition) will provide a small amount of protection to your plate, but it is NOT a mounting frame. My new car, (a Subaru Forester), comes with no front plate mounting bracket whatsoever! As a result my dealer just drilled a couple holes in my beautiful new front fascia and slapped on a flimsy plastic frame with his name on it! Atrocious! It would probably tear off the 1st time thru a car wash. Too bad too, because my Subie is very well built in every other respect. I tried to buy a front plate bracket for my car, but none seems available. In its place I bought the PlatePocket, some red spacers (visible in side photo), some extra long screws, and drilled holes in my lower bumper too. At least now it is held on with 4 big screws in place of 2 small ones and has not come off in a car wash. Still, a hard hit with someone "parking by braille" would likely damage both my car fascia and bend the front plate a bit. Since the PlatePocket is so flexible and my bumper is just plastic, this will NOT provide any significant parking protection. This is not the fault of BumpTek. If PlatePocket was installed on a sturdy plate mounting bracket, it looks like it could provide some errant parking protection. In either case, PlatePocket will at least protect the plate somewhat. I like PlatePocket. I just wish I had a good bracket to mount it on. Retired in Sacto

So far so good! Some of the other products had annoying red company logos on them, and unless they are paying me to advertise, I will not do so. This one has the logo in black so you can barely see it. Came with 4 pointy screws and 4 non-pointy screws. I used the pointy ones and they fit well, seeming to be of good quality. I hope they are stainless/rustproof, but I don't know yet, so I will update at a later point. The product is thick yet soft, and sturdy. I wish it had a clear plastic cover, like my old product, to keep my license plate clean too, but I guess that would be asking too much. I bought it because people are so inconsiderate when parking, and think it's okay to play bumper cars. Since car companies don't put nice bumpers on cars anymore, I figured this product was a good investment. 2 YEAR UPDATE: It's holding up well, but the screws have gotten rusty. I will have to find some new rust-proof screws that fit. The plate continues to do a great job protecting the front of the car (knock on wood!). After I wash the car, I coat this item with Armor All to keep the rubber fresh & happy!

I purchased 3 of these, and I love them! They look great! In my opinion, they look better than the other ones currently available. I tried the Classic Edition but I felt that they were too thick compared to these. These are 1/4" thinner, so they look much better. One of my vehicles uses only the two top screws to mount it, and it feels very secure. Screws are included (4 M6 metric machine and 4 1/4" coarse thread). The screws should fit Hondas/Acuras/Toyotas/many domestics and others but may not fit certain BMWs (you might be able to reuse your screws). I'm using screws from the "Cruiser Accessories 81500 Stainless Steel Ultimate Kit Star Pin Locking Fastener" kit. The seller EuroBumperGuard is excellent. Very good communication and they take great care of you! One suggestion to BumpTek is to engineer a way to hide the opening for the plate. Right now the top of the plate is visible through the slot, so I had to blacken the top of the plate to make it look nicer. If the top opening could be hidden with some sort of fold-over piece of rubber, it would look even better. On one of my vehicles that uses 4 screws, I'm thinking about mounting it upside down though the logo would also be upside down as well, but at least it should look much better. And I wouldn't mind if you came out with an even thinner version as well. Overall, I am very pleased with these!

Got this for my Honda Accord. The dealer only mounted my front license with two screws, used two of the four provided in the plate pocket to mount it with all 4 holes. Did not need to find longer or extra screws, the ones from the dealer as well as the ones that came from BumpTek fit perfectly. The other day I was inching up as close as I could to a garage spot wall and got a bit too close, felt the wall stop me from moving up and immediately thought, shoot I scratched up my bumper. Was not the case, just a small small scruff on the plate pocket and not a mark on my plate, bumper, or body paint. I have no doubt that in my minor bump the plate pocket dampened the force to something harmless as well as protected my plate and paint from getting scratched up. I was however only inching at a slow parking crawl, which is exactly the kind of thing this plate pocket is made to protect against, don't think it'd do much in collisions at any speed greater than an accidental parking fender bender. I am more confident that if I leave my car on the street and someone backed up too close to my car parked behind it, this would dampen the blow and protect my front from scratches and scruffs as long as they didn't speed backwards into me. Did what I expected it to, very satisfied.

Good product.

We bought this because we have a very small driveway and have to nose the car right against the house. This thing is fantastic. Very very well made. Completely protects the front bumper. Would probably help in a low speed fender bender too.