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I'm sure this has been covered before, but here's how I filled my front license plate bracket holes that the dealer was kind enough to drill into our new Sport. I installed a different bracket to lower the plate below the bumper and this weekend's project was to get rid of the holes. I normally don't run a front plate, even in California, but since my wife drive this car 80% of the time, she didn't want to worry about it.
So, here's what I did. Sorry for the long post, and I'm definitely not a pro. First shows the before picture. Actually this was taken after I trimmed the area as shown in the next step. I didn't drill the holes to make them any bigger than they already were.
Since the screws tend to create a raised mound of material, the area was first leveled with a sharp razor.
A small fine stone ball was used to further work the area to slightly below surface.
Other options I considered, but didn't do. And I didn't want to pay $25 + $8 shipping from bumperplugs.com.
Bumper repair epoxy kit purchased at local auto parts store for $9.
Used a toothpick to get the material deep into the hole and left enough to be able to swipe down towards the tape to level.
Before drying quickly remove the tape and carefully clean up the area around the hole to remove all excess epoxy. Repeated a second time to get a more even surface.
I used a 1/4" punch to create a hole in regular painters tape matching the size of the area to be painted.
Using the Honda touch up paint ($10) applied 3 thin coats, allowing at least 30 minutes between coats.
Just before removing the tape.
Finished look. Not perfect, but if you didn't know they were there, hardly noticeable.
Done!
So, here's what I did. Sorry for the long post, and I'm definitely not a pro. First shows the before picture. Actually this was taken after I trimmed the area as shown in the next step. I didn't drill the holes to make them any bigger than they already were.
Since the screws tend to create a raised mound of material, the area was first leveled with a sharp razor.
A small fine stone ball was used to further work the area to slightly below surface.
Other options I considered, but didn't do. And I didn't want to pay $25 + $8 shipping from bumperplugs.com.
Bumper repair epoxy kit purchased at local auto parts store for $9.
Used a toothpick to get the material deep into the hole and left enough to be able to swipe down towards the tape to level.
Before drying quickly remove the tape and carefully clean up the area around the hole to remove all excess epoxy. Repeated a second time to get a more even surface.
I used a 1/4" punch to create a hole in regular painters tape matching the size of the area to be painted.
Using the Honda touch up paint ($10) applied 3 thin coats, allowing at least 30 minutes between coats.
Just before removing the tape.
Finished look. Not perfect, but if you didn't know they were there, hardly noticeable.
Done!