I removed the front license plate from my fit, just a dealer advert. and an eyesore. anyway there is a hole dead center in the front bumper and its bulging out from having a screw go straight into the soft plastic. I put the screw back in for now but does anyone have any cosmetically better solutions?

 

Same thing with my GE. I took off the pront plate holder only to find the same hole. I was pissed. Why does it require 3 fasteners to hold it on? I think the two on the bottom would suffice.

As far as a solution goes you could either put the plate holder and plate back on, take the screw out and live with the hole, see if a 96-00 civic license plate hole blockoff won't work (depends on what color your Fit is), or get a brand new front bumper (that's only if you're made of money and absolutely can't live with having a hole dead smack in the middle of your bumper).

 

you could also take it to a body shop and have it filled in and painted to match.
i had that done to mine and you cant even tell that there was a hole there

 

How much was that?

 

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That should do it.

~SB

 

Had the same thing with my 08 - Dealer put a plate on it with thir name, and as I removed it, I found out they had used too long screws that had scratched and pinched the bumper. Took it back the next day and had them fix it - no problem.

 

put the plate back, thats the cheapest and easiest thing to do :P

 

my dealer didn't use the 3rd whole... only the 2 bolts.... and i customized my plate holder... i turned it upside down and inwards... it looks 10x better

 

I thought that front license plate was holder was there to keep my kayak tie-down rope from scratching my bumper....

 

I find it outrageous that people would accept this terrible service.

Why are they even putting that third bolt there in the first place? Did you ask them to do that? No. It's like advertising or spam. Don't put up with it. Take it back the them and insist that they remove and fix it at their cost. Maybe if enough people do that they'll stop putting unwanted holes in bumpers.

When I ordered my fit, I told them that I didn't want any plates, stickers or adverts put on my car & made them write that into the contract. I recommend that any new buyers do the same.

Remember, you're the customer and it's your car!

 

Well we have to have front plate so no choice. My dealer stuff their plate frame onthe rear which came off as soon as I got home. I now have tinted blue covers front and rear

 

When I picked up my 2009 Fit Sport from the dealer, there was a front plate already installed.

Closer inspection revealed that they did NOT drill any holes on the front bumper. The license plate bracket they used bolted under the upper part of the front bumper.

Once I got home, I immediately removed the said bracket, and have been driving w/o my front plate since

Sorry for you guys who has to deal with holes

myke

 

I got the same kind of bracket- no holes in the bumper!! But I'd rather keep the CHP and Martinez PD off my case, so have the front plate installed.

 

Same here, no hole in the bumper luckily. I didn't inspect the plate holder very closely but I didn't really even see where a hole in the bumper would allow the bracket to be secured with another screw.

 

yeah, i see no reason for them to drill a hole into the bumper. The stock bumper is suppose to come with two hole at the bottom so you DONT have to have holes showing. its pretty dumb if the dealer purpose drilled the holes.
Anyways, there are plugs you can use to hide the holes, but i dont know if you can color match it with your paint since i think ive only seen them for the GD

 

Consider yourself lucky you live in a state where you don't have to run a front license plate. Here in New York, only Corvette drivers can get away without front plates.

 

that is why i didn't let the dealer put the plates on! I just picked the plates up at the dealer and installed the front plate without the holder under the bumper.

 

I have a bumper plug from a S2000. Can buy them pre-painted at the dealership.

 

great site. thanks.

i had holes drilled into my bumper too (not fit) with my last car and it really pissed me off when they could easily use a different type of bracket.

 

In Idaho, gotta have two plates, one on each end. The general cop philosophy has changed from "to serve and protect" to "write as many tickets and make as much money as possible". The butt-ugly front plate is a garaunteed fine. Another fav is "failure to signal a lane change or turn". Pull out of a parking lot without signaling, at any time of day (even 3am) with any type of traffic (including NONE at 3am), its an instant $78 ticket and TWO NIGHTS of freeking traffic school... that YOU pay for!!!!!!!! One good thing about the front plate is that it protects a few square inches of the AC condensor. Grasshoppers were really beating mine up until I screened it.