rs5va

I am looking to see what is the best option for front plate kit for 2018 RS5? I see a bunch of them online but with bad reviews. I did a search here but couldn't find anything.

Thanks much as the car is being delivered in 3 hours and totally forgot about this....

rkaplan

I just installed the tow hook version from Craven Speed. Fits well and feels secure. Maybe a little to close to the bumper so I added some heavy duty tape to prevent scratches. Problem is that it sets off the parking sensor.

Wireless

Just what I was about to ask about! Finally got my plates transferred over... was looking at the Craven one as well, but parking sensor is a no go

deltagroup

I went with the "Sto n Sho" solution (to each their own), but also had parking sensor interference.

Since I'm not covering up that Quattro and not turning off the sensors, my Plan B is having a bud sit inside the car with the ignition on while I move the plate laterally along the front bumper to see if there is ANY area off-center that would work. There may not be anywhere along the bumper to attach the plate (besides dead center) if the sensors have the angled sensitivity I think they do. Still, I need to try. (I also need to figure out how to stand in front of the bumper while I try my little experiment and not set off a sensor myself! )

rs5va

I bought the one off Ebay and can't seem to find a way to mount it without causing the parking sensors to go off


Any other options as Sto n Show doesn't have one for the 2018 RS5.

deltagroup

StoNSho does have a kit for the 2018 RS5. I called Mike when my RS5 landed. As it was a new model, Mike worked up a kit for it. (He also did that for my wife's X3 M-Sport too, when it first came out--a great guy, Mike.) The 2018 RS5 kit is #SNS999 (The kit is not yet listed on his StoNSho website. You might want to call StoNSho and ask them if SNS999 is the right number for the RS5. All I can say is that number was listed on my invoice.)

I share your concern about the parking sensors. Since I didn't mount the RS5 kit in the center due to covering up the Quattro badge, I mounted it on the driver's side. The parking sensors went off, as I mentioned in the above post. After I read your post here about the parking sensors, I tested the parking sensors by temporarily placing the license plate in the center where most kits are mounted. The sensors did not go off. That makes sense, as many cars have parking sensors these days; if the sensors on those vehicles went off, Mike would be selling less kits, heh. So a center mounting appears to work with the StoNSho kit. What kit do you have?

JBDinTX

JBDinTX

deltagroup

rkaplan

My CravenSpeed implementation. The vendor provided great customer service with the install.