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Old 12-16-2001, 03:25 PM   #1 (permalink)
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Removing the front license plate

What's the best way to get the holes filled in the front bumper, caused by the license plate?
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honda i think sell plugs for it for like 5 bucks.. i think cheapest way.. and u juss plug it in.. color match and all..
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qboi is correct. The Dealer can order them to match factory paint and they slide in the holes. If that isn't your idea of a fix (not mine anyway) then you can have a body shop use some of the special material they use for bumper repair to fill the holes. This also means that the cover comes off the car and gets a fresh coat of paint.
How much you ask (did this 2 times already)? I paid $450 to get all the surface plugged and painted. 5th gen Preludes seem to attract stone chips <G> which makes for a reshoot ever couple of years. It is expensive and not the simple/elegant solution suggested by qboi.
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Old 12-16-2001, 07:25 PM   #4 (permalink)
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qboi is right.......go to honda and get the plugs.....cheaper.......i never took mine out.........im not going to .......no wa in hell i am going to take way from the beauty of my lude for a stupid law that says i need a front plate on, mean while other states dont....some bull****
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stupid question but......how the hell do I remove the front license plate holder??? I was trying to take it off today but I couldn't loosen the bolt. What am I doing wrong???
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Old 12-17-2001, 12:00 AM   #6 (permalink)
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my holes in my front bumper were nasty. The area around the holes were raised and the regular plugs kind hung over those raised areas. I used some bondo and bondo'd it up and painted it.
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Bondo/Bodyfill. OEM touchup and patience

You can do a pretty good job if you use oem touchup and sand it smooth. The trick I got taught was to get pencils and cut out circles of sandpaper and glue 'em to the tops. I guess dowels might work too.. this gives you just enough area so you don't muck up the good paint.

Use a few grades from ~600 grit on the bodyfill progressively up to a 1500 grit and then some mother's scratch removed and you'll have to look hard to find the circles.

Now, removing the damn dealer sticker they put on the front I forgot about..

Thankfully, no front plates on Nova Scotia!
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Old 12-18-2001, 01:48 AM   #8 (permalink)
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is there a way to take out the plugs once they are in? it seems the only way is to take off the bumper.
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