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Old 03-20-2011, 07:44 PM
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I've been pretty busy lately, so I haven't had a chance to remove my front license plate yet. What type of screws do I have holding my front license plate to the car? I've never seen these before. Will I have to drill them out and if so why size drill bit?

 
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Old 03-20-2011, 07:48 PM
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Those are called rivets.

You'll have to buy a special bit that you drill into that, then you flip it around and it can grab the rivet and pop it out. Then you will have holes in your bumper.
 
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Old 03-20-2011, 07:52 PM
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I didn't realize they used rivets for those, that sucks!
 
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Yeah, that is just wrong to do that.
 
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Old 03-20-2011, 08:20 PM
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Rivets! Yes that's what I meant. I was hoping I wouldn't have to drill but yeah not looking forward to holes in my bumper.
 
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Old 03-20-2011, 08:28 PM
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Yep, I took the 2 rivets off my g/f's Impala and she had 2 holes in her bumper.

What I did was buy 2 plastic nubs and it just looks like little black bumper things to help from getting scratches. Better than nothing until it can get fixed
 
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