front license plate holder
 

i have a question about my front license plate holder but its probably gonna sound dumb lol. anyway, i wanna take it off so i can paint my front bumper with some krylon but after i took my license plate off, i realized its not regular screws holding it onto the bumper. what tools do i need and what do i need to do to get the holder off the bumper?

Re: front license plate holder
 

drill her out!!!! :D thats what i did!

Re: front license plate holder
 

it's riveted on. Drill is the only way.

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Rivets? Mine had some funky plastic push pin/ anchor things...

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Yeah just drill the rivet/plastic push pin, its the quickest and easiest way

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mine had the plastic push in things to i took mine off because it was flopping around. What do you guys use to re-secure it.
Regards,
Dewking

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They are plastic rivets, harbor freight sells an inexpensive plastic rivet gun with rivets for like $10.

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I used bolts... 1/4" works great.

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Can't seem to get my fingers in there to put any bolts in, how did you do it
Regards,
Dewking

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I hit a snow bank when it was about 45 below zero, popped mine right off lol

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On my old 2000 I was just able to reach under there to do it, I haven't had a reason to do it on my 2002 so I'm not sure...

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On my 01 its fairly easy to get it... just a little tight.

I would just put bolts back on it though not those waste of time plastic junk....

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i wish i could take my front plate off

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IS there such a thing for the ranger as a no drill front license pllate bracket?

The ranger I am looking at has no front plate and I don't want to drill into a perfectly good bumper...

Thanks,
-Nigel

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Probably not since what would hold the bracket to the bumper in the first place? I can say that when vehicles are shipped after manufacturing, it is known where the vehicles are heading and whether or not the state is a front and back or just back plate state. Vehicles are then shipped accordingly. In other words, Ohio requires both a front and back plate. Therefore, vehicles are typically shipped with holes pre-drilled on the bumper, however, a state like Florida only requires a back plate. That state would probably get vehicles mainly w/out the holes pre-drilled in the bumper. Obviously, this isn't always the case since I've seen new vehicles w/out the pre-drilled holes for front plates. There will always be an exception, but every vehicle I've leased or bought in Ohio had a front bracket already.