[azrial03]

I had removed the front license plate that came with my car but the wholes are kinda bugging me. Anyone have any suggestions on a cheap repair or making them less noticeable?

The only idea I had was painting the screws white and putting them back in.


*I don't know why the image rotated like that fyi*

[BradMacklin]

I'm also interested....when I used to own my S2000 there was a company that made painted plastic plugs or caps that pushed into the hole

[WaleeF30]

I have the same question, I'm going to remove mine soon and was wondering how it would look.
I have a black car though so I don't think it would be as bad but still wouldn't want to see the holes up close

[azrial03]

Besides the holes, I think it looks a lot better! I think its worse even if you have black paint cause you know they are there.

[Momir13]

You can buy little plastic or rubber plugs at Lowe's/homedepot and paint them. If you want it to be paint matched you could potentially buy some touch up paint as well

Also since they sell them for other cars you could probably just buy them for a different model. I don't see there being a difference between license plate holes on different cars since license plates all have the same mounting points

[1QuikWS6]

Go to bumperplugs.com

They have what you want and they come prepainted in oem BMW colors

[4dirty5]

try this website. i bought them for my nismo 370z before i got the bumper replaced.

https://www.bumperplugs.com/index.ph...&product_id=73

[tkm3158]

Plugs are the way to go! Heaps less noticeable once you get them in

[kuradile]

The only acceptable solution for me would be to take the bumper to a body shop, have the holes filled and then painted over. Anything else sounds more like a band-aid instead of a proper fix, especially if you're going to leave the front fascia completely exposed. That's what I did on my E93.

[ntailor]

Originally Posted by Momir13

You can buy little plastic or rubber plugs at Lowe's/homedepot and paint them. If you want it to be paint matched you could potentially buy some touch up paint as well

Also since they sell them for other cars you could probably just buy them for a different model. I don't see there being a difference between license plate holes on different cars since license plates all have the same mounting points

I did this on my X5. Its located in the same area as screws/nuts/bolts. I bought a couple of the plastic plugs, wasn't sure on size. I just used some sandpaper and touch up paint. Worked great and costs $2-3 minus the touch up paint (already had it)

On my 340, I had 6 holes. No freaking idea why. I took it to a body shop to fix.

[JDTX]

Your in luck, as your Alpine White I used the home depot plastic plugs for furniture and although I painted them, even if flaking off they are white.

Here's my F36 (excuse the dirty car...)



Bonus is they are like $2 for a package and they are much smaller than the BumperPlugs

[JDTX]

Use these...

https://www.homedepot.com/p/Everbilt...2194/204275874

Might need to use rubber cement to keep them in place.

[azrial03]

I had already order the bumper plugs. They are a perfect match for my paint which is actually the Mineral White Metalic (getting paint to match on my own might have been difficult). I did have to widen the holes using a 1/4 drill but they look very natural. Much better than two little holes in the bumper.