Rattling due to taking off of front plate??

AdAm BoMb · 03-27-2009, 05:01 AM

So I decided to take off my front license plate completely (yeah i know, kinda late) Anyways, I took it off and decided to hit up the mall afterwards. As I was driving on the freeway and once i hit about 75-80mph-ish, my front end begins to excessively rattle. Could the license plate holder possibly have created a gap between the front bumper and the sort of insert that goes inside the front bumper? I have an 07' SI sedan, did anyone else have this problem?

lovecheese · 03-27-2009, 05:10 AM

No. I just rattle everywhere else. Doors, Passenger seat, behind the radio, under the glove compartment... yep if I'm rattling up that far, I def cant hear it through all my other rattles.

***obert*** · 03-27-2009, 09:31 AM

The plate only has those to bolts that hold it on so there is probably something else going on with your car. It does not hold anything together.

***J-Ro*** · 03-27-2009, 09:52 AM

The grille and bumper are all one molded piece, so nothing to rattle there. Try putting the plate back on (just as a test) and see if the noise goes away again.

***w00t692*** · 03-27-2009, 10:46 AM

Did you drop one of the little backling clips that the bolts screws into down into your bumper?

***J-Ro*** · 03-27-2009, 10:48 AM

^ Ooooh, good call. Honda likes to call that a "nut, special"

AdAm BoMb · 03-29-2009, 02:45 AM

k, thanks for the insight, ill probably take the bumper off tomorrow and get a closer look

***07mugencivic*** · 03-29-2009, 02:49 AM

yeah check that...but i think that wouldnt be too loud

ninja_bankai · 03-29-2009, 06:09 AM

this might be a possilbity, but if you have foglights, the wires mights be hitting the bumper.

03-27-2009, 05:01 AM	#1 (permalink)
AdAm BoMb Senior Member Join Date: Aug 2007 Location: SoCal Age: 20 Posts: 735 Adam iTrader: 2 / 100%	Rattling due to taking off of front plate?? So I decided to take off my front license plate completely (yeah i know, kinda late) Anyways, I took it off and decided to hit up the mall afterwards. As I was driving on the freeway and once i hit about 75-80mph-ish, my front end begins to excessively rattle. Could the license plate holder possibly have created a gap between the front bumper and the sort of insert that goes inside the front bumper? I have an 07' SI sedan, did anyone else have this problem?

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lovecheese Senior Member Join Date: Apr 2008 Location: Germany Posts: 15,671 James iTrader: 8 / 100%	No. I just rattle everywhere else. Doors, Passenger seat, behind the radio, under the glove compartment... yep if I'm rattling up that far, I def cant hear it through all my other rattles.

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*obert* # 1 Friend Whore Join Date: May 2007 Location: Seattle Wa Posts: 40,263 Robert iTrader: 100 / 100%	The plate only has those to bolts that hold it on so there is probably something else going on with your car. It does not hold anything together.

03-27-2009, 10:46 AM	#5 (permalink)
*w00t692* VIP Member Join Date: Jun 2008 Age: 24 Posts: 3,312 iTrader: 1 / 100%	Did you drop one of the little backling clips that the bolts screws into down into your bumper?

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AdAm BoMb Senior Member Join Date: Aug 2007 Location: SoCal Age: 20 Posts: 735 Adam iTrader: 2 / 100%	k, thanks for the insight, ill probably take the bumper off tomorrow and get a closer look

03-29-2009, 06:09 AM	#9 (permalink)
ninja_bankai Senior Member Join Date: May 2008 Location: OC, SoCal Posts: 274 iTrader: 0 / 0%	this might be a possilbity, but if you have foglights, the wires mights be hitting the bumper.