Shaved front liscence plate?
 

I just did a few searches on the topic and I was wondering if anyone has actually had the liscence plate holder/mold on our stock front bumpers shaved off? I'm getting my front bumper repainted in a few weeks and Id love to do this. Like I said, I havent found anything about this, but I remember somewhere reading that someone said it was a huge pain in the ass. Has anyone done/attempted this?


btw...I realize that my car wouldnt be 'legal' without a front liscence plate, but id probably just throw it up on my dash to take care of that one

i think its a waste of money.. but thats my opinion.. it would be nice to see it done.. but its something so small.

I took off the plastic license plate holder..and there really isnt anything there..you cant really see the little hole at all.

http://www.7thgencivic.com/memberrid...2/IMGP0950.JPG

and i put my license plate right there. its kinda euro looking..

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v3...k/IMGP0952.jpg
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becuase my bumper is so shiny..it kinda looks like theres a big chrome piece on it..LOL.

But i guess its different for the older 7gens..on the 04-05s..the holder is not a part of the bumper..i hated the look of that license plate holder too..big hunk of plastic..

Yeah, only the 01-03 front bumper has the license plate holder molded on it.

nah juzt leave it. here in ny theyll mess with you for having ur plate up there... or maybe its juzt my luck

its been done and it looks clean. when i have some money to blow i'm going to be doing it and another little thing.

I think Im going to give it a shot. I personally think it'll look a lot better because I think it kinda kills the flow of the bumper. I'm going to find out how much it'll cost and go from there

its hollow, if u sand it down u'll have a whole there, u have to have some work done to it to make it work

thats what I figured the job entailed, I'll keep you guys posted in a week or two when I go to see how much they're gonna charge to do this

I too would like to know the cost???

take it to a body shop and get a quote.
My shop quote won't be the same as your shop.