So the next step for me was to push the back side of the rivets into the bumper cover, and shake the cover so the back parts of the rivets fall down to the ground. When you're done carefully drilling, you should see this, note the drill bit did not touch the bumper at all, the plastic front part of the rivet falls off at this point: So as you can see from that last picture, if you use a large drill bit even if you go a little too deep you still won't hurt the bumper, you'll start to hurt the actual plastic plate holder. Just be careful, you're only trying to drill the rivet out, not actually drill through and hit the bumper. First the 'before' picture: So very slowly, drill out the four plastic rivets using a larger drill bit (at least 1/4'), the bigger the better up to 3/8'. Use common sense, it's tempting to use your fingers but don't LOL.
If the rivets turn while you're drilling, you may need to use some needlenose pliers or something else to kind of hold the outer edge of the rivet from turning with the bit. 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. It's pretty straightforward as you can see from the following photos. Personally I think the car looks cleaner without the front plate, and fortunately my local laws only require one rear license plate. This is super easy, it shouldn't take more than ten minutes. License plate brackets make it easy and convenient to mount license plates, but their usual mounting. Chevy Equinox 2019, Front License Plate Bracket with Mounting Hardware by Replace®. I begged them to not put on the front license plate bracket, but they informed me that since it is illegal to. Examples include Chevy Equinox, Cruze, Ford Explorer, Fusion, Chevy Silverado, Subaru, etc. If you have plastic rivets holding your license plate bracket on, this should apply. Note: The process shown here will apply to many different makes and models of vehicles. This should apply to 1996 & 1997 Thunderbirds & Cougars, and the process should be similar for 1989-1995 models. How To: Remove Front License Plate Bracket Thanks to my friend NetKeym who helped me figure out the right way to remove the front license plate bracket from my T-Bird.
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