Hey all,

Just joined the G family with a silver 04 G35x. The car is pretty nice but there's a little problem that I didn't notice until I brought the car home...

It's the rear bumper where the license plate is. I don't know what happened but there's a large piece of plastic missing there, both screw holes are screwed so there's no way to secure the license plate on it. The dealer drilled a small hole near the right screw hole so he can put his dealer plate on to cover this up. I never thought there could be a problem...

I know the best way to fix it is to get a new bumper and the license plate frame. But that seems to cost too much... Do you guys have any advice what to do?

Thanks.

 

any input is welcome guys~

I'm thinking to glue another piece of plastic there and then screw the license plate frame on it. Dunno if it would be strong enough...

 

How about fabbing a small metal plate with holes drilled for screws. Looks like it might slide in behind the bumper cover.

Just a guess w/o looking closer.

 

Looks like a new bumper unless you can fab something up.

 

Is the light still there? If you rig something up, you'll need to mount a light as well.


I'd just get a new bumper.

 

I checked and the light is still there. It just seems a minor problem but hard to fix... Any idea how much would a rear bumper + painting + labor cost?

 

Oh btw anyone knows the part number of the rear license frame (the frame that is screwed to the bumper and you screw your license plate on). I can see that part "exists" on the illustration graph on infinitipartsusa.com but they don't have it in stock. When I google it all I can find is license plate frame. So if someone knows the part number please let me know. Thanks!

 

+1

will save a crap load of cash and simple....

 

How did you not notice this prior to buying the car?

Shouldn't be a hard fix though.

 

i would just get a new bumper..but GL

 

a new bumper for that silly thing is a waste of $200-500

Just screw the plate lower then OEM spots. no big deal. It is NOT worth $300 to fix it. If you bought it at a dealership. Bring it back to them and tell them to mount the plate.

 

Well the dealer put their plate on and covered the whole thing... I never thought there may be a problem under there.

 

....so why dont u go back to the dealer and be like "hey look dummbass...."

????

 

It's 2.5 hours away... I will probably do that this Saturday if I couldn't figure out a cheap fix.

 

yeah man, get that straitened out, u payed ur hard earned money for a car that has damage that u had no idea of? or at least ask for $1500 cash back, and dont let them do the whole "well look here buddy all you need to do is..." tell them to do it then