How to cover holes on front bumper
09-25-2007, 02:39 AM
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How to cover holes on front bumper
My dealer accidentally drilled holes on my front bumper for the license plate. What is the best method to cover these holes besides painting it?
09-25-2007, 08:16 AM
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I don't know how feasable this is but can't you tell the dealer to give you a new front bumper ? I mean he is the one that drilled the holes in them.
09-25-2007, 08:22 AM
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They sell these small plugs that cover up specifically those types of holes in the bumper. They even sell them with color matched paint. Do a search for it, can't remember off the top of my head.
09-25-2007, 09:52 PM
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09-25-2007, 11:07 PM
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bumperplugs IMO are a rip off.
You could buy a couple plastic appliance plugs for 5 cents each from Home Depot and get some touch up or spray paint (www.paintscratch.com is excellent) and paint them youself for a fraction of the price and you will have lots of extra paint just in case.
You could buy a couple plastic appliance plugs for 5 cents each from Home Depot and get some touch up or spray paint (www.paintscratch.com is excellent) and paint them youself for a fraction of the price and you will have lots of extra paint just in case.
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10-05-2007, 02:57 AM
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I would have been completely irate with the dealership... especially if you told them NO FRONT PLATE. If you made a big enough stink they probably would have replaced it for you.
10-05-2007, 03:23 AM
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10-05-2007, 03:28 AM
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I left the licenses plate screws in but bought those license plate bolt caps and just panted them the same color as the car. looks great
http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/CHROM...spagenameZWD1V
http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/CHROM...spagenameZWD1V
10-05-2007, 03:40 AM
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I left the licenses plate screws in but bought those license plate bolt caps and just panted them the same color as the car. looks great
http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/CHROM...spagenameZWD1V
http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/CHROM...spagenameZWD1V
10-05-2007, 05:06 AM
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GPI, Just call the dealer up, they have someone that can fix it for ya, no need to go hostile. When i was at a dealership and something like that would happen, they would pick up the customers vehicle, or the customer would drop it off and pick up a loaner, paint perfect would come in and fix it. not a big deal at all, plus they used to do business with multiple body shops, and they could easily tell the shop to hook em up... so before you get all crazy filled with the internet commandos ideas, call up the salesman, sales manager, or service director and have them fix it.
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GPI, Just call the dealer up, they have someone that can fix it for ya, no need to go hostile. When i was at a dealership and something like that would happen, they would pick up the customers vehicle, or the customer would drop it off and pick up a loaner, paint perfect would come in and fix it. not a big deal at all, plus they used to do business with multiple body shops, and they could easily tell the shop to hook em up... so before you get all crazy filled with the internet commandos ideas, call up the salesman, sales manager, or service director and have them fix it.
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10-05-2007, 11:45 AM
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10-05-2007, 01:22 PM
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lmao what bumperplugs charges is highway robbery... 25 bucks for 2 tiny pieces of plastic?
last time i got some for my acura, and they had a whole box full of them for each color, and they gave me a pair for free (part shop at the dealership).
last time i got some for my acura, and they had a whole box full of them for each color, and they gave me a pair for free (part shop at the dealership).
