If you have parking sensors beware, it may interfere with the sensor sometime my parking sensor will go off at slow bumper to bumper clawing speeds. I ended up bending my licenses plate slightly to clear the front senors so it doesnt fire off as much. For my car if i didnt do that then at slow speeds it will trigger parking sensors all the time, after i modified it it's much less frequent now. But still for something that cost so much you really shouldnt have to put up with it. I have 16 mk7 golf r with the driver assist. Good luck aligning it to work poperly. I would not buy this again, i should have just drilled my bumper and call it a day.

3 stars specifically for use on a 2017 Golf R, would be a higher rating without front parking sensors. I think the construction is of good quality, and it was easy to mount after I bought a 3/4" socket. Others have mentioned it's a bit fiddly to position, but it wasn't too hard to find a good initial center.

With front parking sensors, you'll want to switch the car's default so you only have the sensors trigger while in parking mode -- getting triggers in traffic is annoying. Assume I'd get less triggers if I bent the license plate some, but I've reached a 'good enough' balance without that.

Over the course of a few months, the mount has moved back into place for triggering the sensors a few times. At least one time only getting triggers while braking, so I believe it's from driving around rather than getting knocked by anyone. By now I can eyeball it back into place; although I wish there was a way to lock into place the current design also means there's no hinge or whatever to fail under stress.

One other frustration that's on the sensor behavior -- even when you're not getting triggers in dry conditions, rain can cause a trigger. I've seen triggers off both sides of the front plate at the same time when the car's wet. Not sure I want to figure out how much the plate would need to bend to avoid that.

It's a great solution to avoid the center mount and related damage you'd normally do to the front bumper. Using the tow-hook location is smart ... and the Platypus component parts worked perfectly and are of high quality. Due to the (very active) park sensors on my '17 Golf R, a little "tuning" was needed; and, I solved it by gently (off the car) placing a vertical bend in the bracket (over a piece of PVC pipe) about a third of the way in from the left edge (facing the bracket from the front of the car) ... a bend that essentially allows the bracket to match the contour of the bumper ... and a bend that allows the bracket and plate to "clear" the vision area of the sensors. Separately gave the license plate and a frame the same bend treatment - then assembled the three. End result is a custom look in the off-center location. It's good solid hardware that has been car wash-tested several times with no damage.I would definitely purchase it again.

The mount is built with very good materials and comes packaged nicely. Unfortunately, with my MK7 Golf R with the Driver's Assistance Package and the fact the mount becomes just slightly loose after a few days of driving it is always setting off my parking sensors. Every time I stop I need to turn off the parking assist. This would have been a GREAT mount if the parking sensors weren't where they are. I'm taking off 1 star for the fact I was told it would be compatible with the parking sensors (which it is, for exactly 1-3 days at most). The other star was removed due to the fact that it's not very static and is not removable for car washes. I expected to set it and forget it but it was always needing to be adjusted and fiddled with. Overall, if you don't have parking sensors, I think you will be VERY happy with this product. If you do have them and you buy this, I hope you have better luck than I have.

I bought a "Used - Very Good" condition Platypus from CravenSpeed here, and it came in great condition and with all parts included. Install was very easy, all you need to supply is a socket wrench. I really like how close it sits to the bumper. You can opt to bend the metal further and push it further away, but I like the flush look. I made sure that in the event that the plate did spin, it wouldn't scrape the bumper, but it's on there pretty tight, I don't think it's going anywhere.

I don't have parking sensors so I can't comment on that. I also don't take the car through touch car washes so I can't weigh in on that issue either. Read some other reviews if those conditions apply to you.

I considered docking a star for price because it does feel like a lot of money for a piece of metal, but honestly it's cheaper than the competition and it looks just as good, so I can't complain much.