Ratman

Having moved my front plate to a new location, I now want to put some decent grill mesh in front of the lower airbox (to replace the cheap-looking "radiator-protector" I fitted behind the plastic slats).
First stage; number plate bracket removal. So what's with the WELDED-on nut on the bracket???
I don't want to do permanent damage removing it (in case Plod wants the number plate back in situ), so any suggestions? Dremel Multi to cut through the bolt then drill it out?

Cheers,
Ratman

Matt_H

hi,
Is it just a 'star' kindof shaped allen bolt with a raised
cylinder in the middle? if so you can get tools to undo them.
I had those bolts on mine when I took it off and put a stick on
no.plate on the lower spoiler.

cheers,
Matt

Ratman

Is that like a Torx screw? Mine are just standard Phillips heads,as I recall (or at least I have a screwdriver bit that fits them OK), it's just that the damn thing won't budge!

I'm wondering now if perhaps I'm missing something and there's a different (easier) way to remove the bracket. I'll have to have another look.

Cheers,
Ratman
MY98 Wagon

carl

What Matt is talking about is a 'tamperproof' Torx bolt -- they work on the basis that the quite expensive ordinary Torx drivers don't fit them, so you have to buy the extraordinarily expensive tamperproof Torx drivers.