DIY Bumper Plugs for .38 cents @Home Depot

[ayenoc]

Aights guys, i know some of you guys might have a hole on your bumper cuz of your dealer. Now it's never to late to cover that up.. Don't pay $25 bucks for a pair of bumper plugs at bumperplugs.com. Here is a cheap mod.. First you will need a Push in Fashener at Home Depot for .38 cents or any local hardware store 375" Nylon and UPC is 030699459483, a drill and a dril bits, Spray paint can (depends what car color you have), gloves, flat or philip skrew driver (optional)

Now.. if you have a skrew on your bumper, try to remove it with a philip skrew driver or a flat skrew driver. Then drill the hole, to smoothen out the hole. Next grab a pair of golves for your protection. lol. holding the tip of the fashener, spray paint it with 3 coats. Make sure to wait couple of minutes about 5 mins each to coat to dry up. Then wala.. slap it on.



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Spray Paint FtWiN.

[shawn-o]

looks like a body-coloured zit.

good cover-up though

[jrMartinez24]

+! ...Don't know why they drill em in the 1st place

[SiCali]

umm "photo bucket bandwith exceeded" pls repost da pix

[abs0lutexer0]

Thank God mine doesn't have a hole... but good job on DIY!

[ThaJazz]

LOL looks good!

[brooklynscat69]

Or you can go to http://bumperplugs.com/

[DNieves]

$25 for bumper plugs?! I guess there really is a sucker born every minute ($5 including shipping makes sense- $25 is taking advantage, that's capitalism for ya). The only problem with the Home depot solution is that you really should primer the nylon first so the paint has better adhesion (it'd be a pain to pry it out for a repaint).

[GALAXY~SI]

they are sometimes required in NY

[firmhonda]

removed my plate yesterday and heading to home depot today.

repped

[CraigH]

I used a small little plastic plug from a dead CPU fan. Much smaller than the one in the pics and I didn't have to drill the hole larger.

[Bootsie]

I did this with a smaller plug, and I used my honda touch up paint. (already had it, and it matches perfectly) As for repaint, you could always tape if off, that is what i am going to do for a little bit of clearcoat. (just going to brush on, not spray) Looks better than a hole or a license plate.

[firmhonda]

Well as of right now I have a screw in my front bumper.. I'm not 100% worried about the appearance since the body shop that fixed my front end put about 1/2 coat of paint and no clear coat up front.. so I have more rock chips than I do horsepower. No bueno. This is a good fix for someone that's in a situation like mine.. I want my car to look better, but don't want to spend much money until I can afford to have it fixed right.

[acuramech]

man this pisses me off... .go to pull the front plate and low and behold a damn screw in my bumper.. i work on acura. we have plates that are supposed to have this extra screw in the bumper too.. but you can tell me that the two on the bottom wont hold. i have never drilled into a new bumper for a damn plate.... never have and never will.... just dont get it.

[SI_ckness]

that sucks that they would drill into ur bumper in the first place . nice way to cover up the mess they did

[e60.deluxe]

Originally Posted by CraigH

I used a small little plastic plug from a dead CPU fan. Much smaller than the one in the pics and I didn't have to drill the hole larger.

yeah, you can buy the 315 plugs. they work better. also they have metal hole plugs in home depot in the same section. the 3/8" ones work well and are tiny.

[infinite0216]

could u give me more detail on the spray paint u used? my car is the same color.

[tpofa-07LX]

Just took my front license plate and holder off. Just unscrewed plate and used a rachet wrench to undo the 2 bolts holding the plate holder on, then removed 2 metal peices. The dealer is supposed to put on the plate holder with these 2 bolts because built into my lower grill and back 2 inches are holes to mount the plate holder.

[infinite0216]

just got done removing all of it and painting my plug. friend took the plug to clear coat it.. yes! i'll post a pic once it's installed =)

[raymoseng]

Question for anyone who has perfected this.

There is another thread using a .315" plug. Which diameter would better fit the stock drilled hole? the .315" or .375"?

Thanks