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Removing front number plate.
Posted: Mon Nov 05, 2012 1:54 pm
by nitin_s1
I wanted to remove my front number plate as I'm bored today and wanted to take a picture without the number plate.
So I went to unscrew it but the they are all rusty and the screw driver just spins.
How shall I remove it.?
Posted: Mon Nov 05, 2012 1:56 pm
by indigolemon
The screws in the number plate itself? You could use a hacksaw to cut a slot in them, so you can use a flathead screwdriver? I'd make sure you have new screws ready to go in though.
Posted: Mon Nov 05, 2012 1:57 pm
by RattyMcClelland
Drill em out.
Posted: Mon Nov 05, 2012 1:58 pm
by nitin_s1
Hack saw sounds like a good idea.
Posted: Mon Nov 05, 2012 2:09 pm
by NafemanNathan
Photoshop
Posted: Mon Nov 05, 2012 2:13 pm
by nitin_s1
NafemanNathan wrote:Photoshop
That was the original plan, if all fails then edit the picture.
But I need to remove it.
Posted: Mon Nov 05, 2012 2:17 pm
by NafemanNathan
So as Lemon asks, is it the screws holding the number plate to the mount, or the screws holding the mount to the bumper? Is it an OEM mount if it's that?
Posted: Mon Nov 05, 2012 2:21 pm
by nitin_s1
It's OEMly mounted.. So those white round tabs and then straight on to the bumper.
Posted: Mon Nov 05, 2012 2:21 pm
by nitin_s1
I've covered it with WD-40 for now.
Posted: Mon Nov 05, 2012 2:28 pm
by NafemanNathan
With the 4th you ideally need to get a spanner/on the 4-sided nut part of the clip/nut (slotted over the bumper) otherwise you risk that just turning and ripping through the bumper if it's seized.
Not sure if the 5th has those. (You'll know what I'm talking about if it does).