How To Remove Rivets From License Plate Holder

Will that bracket fit my 2004 Tahoe LS. If you put a drill bit in the cener you can easily drill until the head falls off.

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They said fine they would remove and re-rivet no problem.

How to remove rivets from license plate holder. I used paint pens to color them. Just dropped mine for PPF and asked that they remove the bracket replace after XPEL is on. I ordered bumper plugs as well.

Obviously there will be holes in the bumper cover when youre done. Start with about a 18 drill and carefully and slowly drill out the center. If the rivets turn while youre drilling you may need to use some needlenose pliers or something else to kind of hold the outer edge of the rivet.

Once youve drilled that out there are two tabs that hold the plate holder on. Its held on by aluminum rivets. Ive heard of folks using little rubber plugs for the holes with kind of small mushroom caps but I havent done anything yet.

How to remove riveted license plate holders with no damage to your bumper. Take a pair of needle nose pliers and snap off the rivets. Go to a slightly larger drill until the rivet falls out.

The stock rivet size is 316 by the way. Now that the damage is done I want the bracket reinstalled and the holes covered up. When drilling rivets you need to drill slightly larger than the center of the rivet for it to just pop off.

If not you have to take the bumper off as they are secured to the crash bar cover. Simply take a larger drillbit on a drill and slowly drill the center of the rivets. Basically you need to remove the plate itself which will expose four plastic rivets which are what hold the holder onto the bumper cover.

The two holes can be covered with two small plastic cosmetic fasteners. Remove Front License Plate from carrier exposing 2x rivets underneath securing black plastic plate holder unit to the bumper fascia. If you still want to remove the bracket you will have to carefully drill out each rivet.

You will then have holes in your bumper. Should be an easy replace once XPEL is installed. Simply take a larger drillbit on a drill and slowly drill the center of the rivets.

Just grab it and twist. I hate that my license plate required in TX just bolts to the bumper. STEP 2 Get out appropriate sized drill.

Its pretty straightforward as you can see from the following photos. Otherwise you leave a thin cylinder of the metal rivet in place still holding the part attachedthe Boer cover is a great deal seems like. Push the middle of the plastic rivet through.

This is literally all there is holding it on. Drill out 2x rivets. Again there is nothing more to it than those two rivets.

Hopefully the color match is right on. I did this the day after I got the truck lol. How to remove riveted license plate holders with no damage to your bumper.

Then get some 14 tiny hole plugs from Autozone. Id like to have a mounting bracket for it. I now pop my front plate on-off as desired.

Gently pulling it should allow it to pop right off. Its pretty easy really just get a drill bit thats slightly larger in diameter than the hole in the middle of the rivet drill the sucker until it pops off and voila. The no-holes-in-my-bumper ship has sailed.

Also I have to sayits a shame the simply drilled three. Silver and black matches close enough for tiny dots on the bumper. Plate gone looks great.

Wanna sale after you drill out the rivets if it will bolt onto mine. Its pretty straightforward as you can see from the following photos. If you want to get rid of your Ford Explorer front license plate bracket its as simple as taking a 764 drill bit and drilling out the 2 or 3 rivets there.

For a 20012002 you have to drill the rivets out since theyre rivets and not bolts or screws. Maybe I just keep the license plate bracket and 3 new plastic rivets in the frunk in case of emergency or fixit ticket. Basically you need to remove the plate itself which will expose four plastic rivets which are what hold the holder onto the bumper cover.

The plate holder is secured ONLY by two plastic tabs and the rivets.

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