Front license plate holes...Not 2....

mauibuilt_328 · 12-27-2011, 06:23 PM

But 8 HOLES!?!?!?! WTF am i the only one that had this happened to them??

Car was bought overseas in Italy and I just moved to Florida where front license plates aren't required. Read about these bumper plugs and decided i would go that route. Went to take it off and got this....(BTW i know the car is filthy. I just got it back a few days ago from shipment)

DTrain17 · 12-27-2011, 06:28 PM

skinrock · 12-27-2011, 06:30 PM

That's what I call a good reason to get a new bumper.

mauibuilt_328 · 12-27-2011, 06:31 PM

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Originally Posted by DTrain17

I know right?! Those Italains went crazy with the drill!! And 8 bumper plugs would NOT look attractive at all lol

Slow_335i · 12-27-2011, 06:33 PM

welp your probably best off using a plate in the front.

sucks

N0OS3 · 12-27-2011, 06:44 PM

as said above.... maybe get a fancy little vanity plate to stick up front or get a new bumper. OR you could just get a body shop to fill and repaint the bumper, but it's almost not worth it on OEM bumper, might as well mod it

#Tee · 12-27-2011, 06:49 PM

wow thats some shaolin monk shit

sourphish · 12-27-2011, 06:57 PM

Those are speed holes...makes you go faster. =)
Yeah, try to get a new bumper if you can

mochi · 12-27-2011, 07:05 PM

lol

hipnotic · 12-27-2011, 08:03 PM

looked like someone shot the front of your front bumper. ROFL. get new bumper

fdriller9 · 12-27-2011, 08:21 PM

One set is euro plate holes and the other set is US plate holes.....normally in your situation....

mauibuilt_328 · 12-27-2011, 11:26 PM

I decided to just rock the front license plate or a vanity plate in the front (nothing corny though) I'd rather spend the $$ on something else than a new bumper. Thinking about performance exhaust as the first mod....

tbracing · 12-27-2011, 11:59 PM

That sucks! When I was in Italy they just put two in the middle to mount the cover plate bracket, I get back to the states and the stock bracket wouldn't fit so the dealer put two more above. Won't the long (Italian cover plate bracket) cover all your holes?

edirtaynine · 12-28-2011, 02:46 PM

cover it with stickers.

or play connect the dots.

Syndicategt · 12-28-2011, 03:23 PM

Put some real/fake euro plates back on (if that's legal in your state) or buy an upgraded bumper

328RR · 12-28-2011, 03:30 PM

yuuup thats how my front bumper looks like right now... =(

Tuesday · 12-28-2011, 09:12 PM

I've driven in Rome, all through Tuscany, Naples, Milan, Positano and Pisa - from Ljubljana, Slovenia to Trieste, down to Vince - trust me, you need that many screws to secure plates to your car in that country. It's anarchy on the autostrade, lol. I'm exaggerating about the chaos, but it still makes sense to me that many holes were deemed necessary.

reficuliu · 12-30-2011, 07:52 PM

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Originally Posted by *********

One set is euro plate holes and the other set is US plate holes.....normally in your situation....

+1

My bumper looks like that as well because of a previous Euro plate.

Arran73 · 12-31-2011, 05:03 PM

Yup there is a screw for every corner on Italian plats

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N0OS3 Colonel 147 Rep 2,217 Posts Drives: E90 Join Date: Feb 2010 Location: Oak Harbor, WA iTrader: (5)	as said above.... maybe get a fancy little vanity plate to stick up front or get a new bumper. OR you could just get a body shop to fill and repaint the bumper, but it's almost not worth it on OEM bumper, might as well mod it
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tbracing Lieutenant 22 Rep 413 Posts Drives: 1993 318I/ 2011 335i Join Date: Jan 2011 Location: At home :) iTrader: (0)	That sucks! When I was in Italy they just put two in the middle to mount the cover plate bracket, I get back to the states and the stock bracket wouldn't fit so the dealer put two more above. Won't the long (Italian cover plate bracket) cover all your holes?
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