Can someone post up some pics of their front bumper after the removal of a drilled in front plate? I want to see how bad it looks. I always ride with no front plates and the car I am looking at had dealer installed front plates.

 

once you put them on, dont take it off
it looks pretty bad...i mean bad bad bad...
its like either you want the one with it or not
i had to choose the one with the front plate since i didnt want to wait and the law...

 

i plan to get the stillen adapter for the plate....

 

Or you can plug those holes. Here is mine with a pair from bumperplugs.com

 

I think I read a post on here recently from a person who has their front license plate held on by a bolt through the tow hook cover (they bought an extra cover for when they don't have the plate on).

 

How much did that cost u shipped?

 

Too damn much... something in the $30ish range. I can't believe I paid so much for a pair of plastic plugs. You could probably stop at a local hardware store, get a pair of plastic pins and paint them with the factory touch up paint.

 

speedoholic what color are your plugs according to the bumperplugs site

 

"Sparkling Silver Met"

If you go to their site, click on the "Colors" link, then click on the "Color-match chart" link, a window will come up with a table that compares various OEM paint names to their own paint code names - The match is exact.

 

When I picked up my 05 G35 a few months ago, I thought I could live with the holes/plugs after agreeing to get the car w/out waiting...When the plates were removed, not only were there the 2 holes for the screws, but also 2 more scuff marks on top as a result of the top screw being pressed too tight...

It looked bad, but I really didn't want the front plates...I ended up finding a guy (recommended from SoCal dealer) that can plug it up and paint that section (clearcoat the rest of bumper)...have pics I can email yah with before and afters if that helps...

If you don't want plates and can get another car, I'd wait!

eric

 

buying used, really don't have a choice on screw holes or not. Right now on my accord I have no front plates since new (wouldn't have it any other way). So in 5 1/2 yrs I only had 3 "fix it" tickets at $85 a pop (court fees are like $75+$10 ticket)

 

I have the stillen

 

front plates take away from the aggressive looks of the car IMO. I rather do away with the whole front plate all together.

 

So would I, but it's the law. Imangine having one or two drinks, perfectly fine to drive and then landing a DUI because you got pulled over for not having a front plate. The legal alcohol limits are really pretty low.

 

it is the risk you run. but i hear u; it does bring unnecessary attention.