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Old Jul 3, 2006 | 01:17 PM
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Default Front Bumper: Fill in?

My SC recently just got out to the shop after being in there for almost two months. On April 27th a guy pulled out a parking lot and hit my car on the front right side at about the headlight. Anyway the shop had a hard time finding SC parts in the area seeing as there are not many of them. I love that I now have the car back, but the front bumper has two holes for a license plate bracket to go and I do not want to put one on there, but the two holes are kinda ugly looking. My question is there someway to fill this holes in? I would imagine that it would be similar to filling in holes of where emblems once where, so how do you guys do that?

I'm out of town, but I will post a pic when I get back.
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Old Jul 3, 2006 | 02:24 PM
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Go to http://www.bumperplugs.com/. A bit expensive, but can be color matched to many factory colors. Other than that I've heard of using some epoxy and touch up paint.
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Old Jul 3, 2006 | 02:35 PM
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those bumper plugs look like the trunk liner clips...I bought some of those, painted them with touch up paint and slapped em on

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Old Jul 3, 2006 | 07:10 PM
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Originally Posted by D3AN
those bumper plugs look like the trunk liner clips...I bought some of those, painted them with touch up paint and slapped em on

I think the holes were better. I say have it sanded, glazed and painted. make it look like it theres not supposed to be holes there, not a cover-up
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Old Jul 3, 2006 | 08:45 PM
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Originally Posted by hybridrift
I think the holes were better. I say have it sanded, glazed and painted. make it look like it theres not supposed to be holes there, not a cover-up



how much would this cost? I only have two holes compared to four.
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Old Jul 5, 2006 | 06:37 AM
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Originally Posted by 94lex83457
how much would this cost? I only have two holes compared to four.
A whole lot more than a couple of painted plugs. What color is your car? I think the painted plug route is the way to go. It's cheap and gets the job done. It may not look the best, but at 65mph no one will notice.
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