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Old Jul 14, 2020 | 12:10 PM
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Can't believe I'm posting this, but to my amazement I can't find anything online.

I'm looking for a gloss (piano) black license plate frame, that matches the black pack bits on our cars. Everything I can find is a semi-gloss black or completely matte. They are almost all painted metal, rather than plastic.

(I use a frame because I don't like that the bottom holes in my rear plate are unfilled when mounting the plate bare. I leave the front plate bare.)
 
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Originally Posted by fuzzysquid
Can't believe I'm posting this, but to my amazement I can't find anything online.

I'm looking for a gloss (piano) black license plate frame, that matches the black pack bits on our cars. Everything I can find is a semi-gloss black or completely matte. They are almost all painted metal, rather than plastic.
Adamesh in the UK do (did?) a black plastic surround, part number AJAM04A, for plates sized 113mm x 530mm. It has the leaper logo on it, and the word "JAGUAR".



 

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Old Jul 14, 2020 | 07:58 PM
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Know it sounds obvious but I bought a two-pack of carbon fiber frames with no bottom holes on eBay - they match some of the carbon trim but could easily be painted black.
 
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Old Jul 14, 2020 | 10:31 PM
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Nearly all of ours that you buy with the clear or lined screens have gloss black edges, but maybe that is a semi gloss. I'd wrap the edges in gloss black. I think there would be a risk of the paint failing if you paint them because you flex them a bit getting them on.
 
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Old Jul 15, 2020 | 12:09 PM
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This black frame on eBay is shiny and has a bit of texture: https://www.ebay.com/itm/PLAIN-BLACK...kAAOSw3SdeKPNa
 
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Old Jul 15, 2020 | 12:52 PM
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Thanks for the links guys.

I suspect both of those are broadly using the same kind of paint on metal process that leads to at best a semi-gloss finish. They both look a lot like what I already have on the coupe.
 
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Old Jul 16, 2020 | 10:08 PM
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I bought a Jag one in black chrome!
 
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