so i decided to remove my plate this afternoon and after i did this is what i got...




after i cleaned it up there are still a few scratches i cant get out..and j/w did anyone else have the holes left over and what did you guys do to fill it up or did you just leave it like that..

btw: wasnt sure if this was the right place to put this thread so mods please feel free to move if its in the wrong section

 

When I relocated my plate I didnt have any holes at all.

 

damn wth i didnt think acura drilled holes in the bumper

 

welcome to the club. can't believe the dealership drilled straight into the bumper. i left my holes there but if you really wanted to cover them you can look into the honda plate plugs. however, since they wont screw into our holes, you'd have to adhere them to the bumper.

 

Man that sucks, they are definitely not supposed to do that. That's what the plastic plate holders are for, they bolt up underneath the bumper.

 

yah i took those two out and thought those were it but it wasnt..=[ nobody else has ever experienced this

 

i had a front plate and i took mine off and only the 2 bolts? underneath i believe
i feel the pain sorry man that sucks

 

i cant believe that some dealers drilled straight thru to install them

 

try bumperplugs.com

you can polish/cut the paint to minimize the scratches, but you probably won't be able to totally remove them. the good news is that you probably won't be able to see them from several feet away, so not too big a deal.

 

Ya, that sucks man. My wife works for an Acura dealership, and she told me that they're instucted to only bolt underneath- and not drill into the bumper. You could try finding a colored filler, but i'm not sure how reliable (esp. in weather) that would be.

 

my holes were in the bottom part of the top of the bumper. I dont know what they did to yours. sorry man. but i do have scrathces =/

 

yah there were a total of 4 screws two on the bottom and two drilled in =/ and from far away i can still see it, it totally sucks man and also there is alot of scrathes where the plate use to be and aslo the color looks a lil off ill try and take pics of it tommorow...man this sucks

 

Even my factory plate holder will rub against the bumper creating scratches, it's not perfect, still better than having holes in it though for sure.

 

happened to me too when i built my bracket to mount the licence under the bumper. it bugged me so much that i had to have the holes filled and bumper resprayed.

 

i dont think its gana bug me that much...i just hate the fact that they drilled holes in it, it looks like two big ass flies are on the bumper from far away

 

thats sad, sorry to see this. I guess stupid people do stupid things, even at the dealerships. But hey, you can use couple of LEDs in the place of screws, just a thought.

 

two random LEDs on the front bumper....

how would that look?!?!

 

yeah, i actually have the same exact holes in my 99 tl. i just didnt like the plate so high up so i flipped the bracket upside down and have it like that. thing is my bumper already has a few scrathes and a pretty big scrape on it too from the previous owner. so a few more scratches and 2 holes just slightly add to the damage. ill prbly just drive this winter with it, and maybe get it touched up and repainted next spring. it does suck tho. mine is NBP at least, holes arent as noticeable

 

OMG, WTF were they thinking??

 

i plugged them with some epoxy and used a color matched touch up paint.

 

it was a joke man.

 

there is a way to get out the scratches if they arent too deep you can use cleanning wax

 

Front plates were the worst invention in the world.