wrb30

So when we bought our 2011 STI it came with the front license plate holder. Sales person explained to me that the license plate would be screwed onto this and not into the bumper.

Well today I went to go take the dealership plate holders off and noticed that the screws for the front plate were long and screwed into the front bumper!

Was going to remove the front holder as a whole but now cant since I have 2 holes in the bumper.

What would you guys do?

Pramas

depends where you want to relocate the plate to, id simple stick the new 1 over top

gpssti4

iTrader: (6)

Errrr, go back to the dealership and ask them for a new bumper?

LegacySTi

iTrader: (13)

As a brand new car i would not be happy at all.

Shaks-STI

iTrader: (7)

I would go back and ask for a new bumper.

Abx

iTrader: (15)

any pics?

wrb30

Not relocating the plate. Just simply taking it off as I dont want a front plate on the car. When we were purchasing the car I asked what the front plate bracket was for as it was an extra item with extra cost. Sales person explained to me that it is a bracket to mount the front plate on instead of drilling into the front bumper. Well whoever installed the front plate used some long screws and now the bumper has 2 holes in it

That's what I plan on doing. I called our sales person as soon as I noticed this yesterday. Going in tomorrow to see what can be done

Trust me mate I am not happy at all. Very upsetting to see 2 drill holes on the front bumper when there aren't suppose to be any!

wrb30

The front bracket (black large plate bracket) is mounted from under the front bumper, but when they screwed in the plate the screws they used are probably about 3 inches long

joey_turbo

iTrader: (26)

Dont Perrin do a number plate blanking plate? I've always wondered what the purpose was, because over here we tend to keep the front plates on.

wrb30

I think they do, but that's not the point. The point is that whoever installed the front plate used the incorect bolts and now I am left with a front bumper with 2 holes in that were not suppose to be there in the 1st place

Abx

iTrader: (15)

Are they in the actual bumper or the oblong number plate mounting bit that is raised up from the bumper?

If the latter I doubt your dealer will replace the whole bumper, stick on a perrin blanking plate as you'd need one anyway for it to look ok without a plate and get a free service or similar from the dealer.

If in the actual bumper and still visable with the blanking plate then new bumper all the way.