DPK,I've crawled under, gone underhood as far as I can and inspected withya mirror on astick. I can not answer the question. There is so many items in the way interior fibergleass fender li ners, exterior liners, radiator, and the like that I can't even find the plate. IT MAY WELL BE HIDDEN INSIDE APANEL ON A MKIV. I would not cut it off until you can figure out it's use. I suspect it is amount. The Autokraft folks did not put extra mounts in... By thge way, I assume this car is also LHD> JBottini