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It looks like its rivited or something does anyone know?
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im pretty sure its riveted in...from what i understand u can drill the rivets out but i tried that and broke a drill bit...so i dunno, im interested hearing the answer as well
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A sharp drill bit is all you need. A hardened bit is best.
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Tiger wrote:
A sharp drill bit is all you need. A hardened bit is best.
yea i bet i just used the wrong one...my dad wasnt to happy about it tho haha
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i used a hardened boring bit small scale but it worked
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i never had that front plate bracket on my splash... then when i repainted my bumper.. i decided to weld those holes shut which loos a lil better but then once i went to put the bumper billet grille in.. it was made to use those holes to mount so i had to modify it to fit... no biggie... it worked anyways... front license plates SUCK!!!
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take a punch and punch the center first,makes drilin rivets waaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaay easier.
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IBM are you guys talking about? mine is bolted in. never had rivets. is anyone speaking from experience?

rivets are crazy. seems a bit much, don't you think?
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factory =rivets, non factory=whatever they put in there.
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all i'm sayin is, i bought my truck from my dad, and it had bolts in it. i asked him if he put them in there and he said, "why the hell would i waste time doing that? sounds like something you'd do."

but i didn't do it.
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well i got pulled over today for my aparent headlight mis-alignment and he also got me for tinted side windows, no front plate, and the trailer hitch ball needs to be removed because its blocking my rear plate. the officer made me get out the truck and pop the hood to see if i had any engine modifications. he even asked me if i did anything to my mas air flow sensor. I just looked at him and said whats that? prick. anyway i dont think i will be taking my plate off for a while now anyway. at leats until i get my ticket signed off.
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awoooooo. i'd be fightin' that the badger. ridiculous.
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zip tie that bia to the bumper!
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mine was just a flat headed bolt so i took em out with vice grips an a wrecnh an put spikes in place of the bolts
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