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@Dammit
I went there:
Number plate surround from a scrapped W203. The previous owner(s) have clearly employed a variety of adhesive and mechanical fixture based techniques to attach a registration plate to the car.
Interestingly they've actually removed the four external towers that the plate is designed to mount against, leaving the surface (somewhat) flush.
This is with a screw threaded in to the depth that it would be with plate and tower in place:
And this is the obverse:
So that the standard screw is only just finding some thread when almost totally screwed in does, I think, indicate that the thread of the plate surround is fucked.
I have, hack that I am, put Loctite 243 on a 20mm long M5 bolt and screwed it in.
However, this (as a fix) makes my teeth itch.
So! Helicoil it? Or would this suit Danstuffs Rivnut approach?