Front Number Plate Holder
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Front Number Plate Holder
Has anyone removed their front number plate holder. I hate how big it is on the front bumper, and the RX, IMO, looks much better without the thing. I removed it today and noticed that there were 6 holes in total on the front bumper for this thing.
There are 2 holes where the end of the license holder clip into, 2 holes to keep the holder firmly against the front bumper (in the event that the end clips fail I guess), plus 2 holes for where the license plate screws would go through.
Has anyone done anything to the front of their car to remove this and make the holes not noticeable. I do know that these could be putty filled and then the whole bumper resprayed, but I am trying to find something that won't necessarily need to have this done.
There are 2 holes where the end of the license holder clip into, 2 holes to keep the holder firmly against the front bumper (in the event that the end clips fail I guess), plus 2 holes for where the license plate screws would go through.
Has anyone done anything to the front of their car to remove this and make the holes not noticeable. I do know that these could be putty filled and then the whole bumper resprayed, but I am trying to find something that won't necessarily need to have this done.
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Wow that is huge! It is fugly. Wonder why they did that for your application.
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And your air dam looks different than ours or maybe it is the way the picture was taken.
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There are places here in the US that specialize on bumper hole covers. They are painted to your paint specs.
Google bumper hole covers.
Otherwise yes, you have to repaint the bumper.
Google bumper hole covers.
Otherwise yes, you have to repaint the bumper.
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It's great that Australia let's you do that. In California it is illegal to remove the front plate. In the past it was not strongly enforced, but with these bad economic times, that has changed. The fine is $204.
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Shut the front door! $204 for missing front plates? Revenue. Sucks that we are all treated to be cash cows.
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Originally Posted by mandyfig
Now that is huge! It is fugly. Wonder why they did that for your application.
Originally Posted by rainbird
It's great that Australia let's you do that. In California it is illegal to remove the front plate. In the past it was not strongly enforced, but with these bad economic times, that has changed. The fine is $204.
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That black plate holder looks like a great feature to me. I've had front bumpers scraped up by people ramming their rear bumper into my front number plate ... might not have had any damage with a plate holder like yours.
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That license plate, including the previous types are all roughly the same size as you see in the picture. Most of the other states are roughly the same size as well. I am thinking that the plate holder could probably be cut to be shorter, but then I would still have an issue with 2 holes on the ends of the darn thing. I could put front bumper proximity sensors there to get "rid" of the holes, but then I do also have something else in mind.
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It looks like you've got some scratches under the centre holes (or at least some bad scuffing). You might need a respray anyway.
I got front sensors installed with the middle two either side of the number plate, in the holder. It works pretty well. The holder isn't so conspicuous on a dark coloured vehicle. Maybe you'd be better off painting the holder instead, so it blends more with your bumper.
I got front sensors installed with the middle two either side of the number plate, in the holder. It works pretty well. The holder isn't so conspicuous on a dark coloured vehicle. Maybe you'd be better off painting the holder instead, so it blends more with your bumper.
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Poisson from the looks of it, it is more scuffing than scratches which a good polish would probably remove really well. Have you got a picture of what you did to yours? From your description, not sure if you have removed yours or whether you have kept it on with the sensors. Also how did you wire the sensors up?
I don't think the blend would work very well given the thickness of the holder. I think it would probably make it look more awkward than what it is.
I don't think the blend would work very well given the thickness of the holder. I think it would probably make it look more awkward than what it is.
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You could try these for a temporary placeholder while you think of something else to use. Its rather easy to do too.
http://g35driver.com/forums/body-int...per-plugs.html
http://g35driver.com/forums/body-int...per-plugs.html