Holes in front bumper!!!

alexpila · 10-30-2009, 03:21 AM

Last night we decided to remove the front number plate bracket on my car and underneather the bracet there is the square number plate holder in which thebracket goes on to but... beneath that the are two reasonably large holes in the bumber! they are cut very uniform looks like factory done i will get a picture later to show you.. Any one notice this or know why its done..

they are here on the car..

Maybe has something to do with jap spec?... How can i check if my car is JDM??

Modshack · 10-30-2009, 08:39 AM

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Originally Posted by alexpila

Maybe has something to do with jap spec?... How can i check if my car is JDM??

Nothing like that on US spec cars....but our plate styles (and mounts) are different..

ChrisSlicks · 10-30-2009, 01:09 PM

Mine has the license plate holder screwed into the black trim "mouth", and the holder itself wraps up and over the bumper where your holes are. The dealer ended up accidentally putting some marks on my bumper by using screws that were too long for the plate. I guess for South Africa they didn't bother to engineer a proper plate holder if it was a non-standard size.

PapoZalsa · 03-14-2010, 10:36 AM

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Originally Posted by Modshack

Nothing like that on US spec cars....but our plate styles (and mounts) are different..

Wrong! Nissan give "technical" written instructions to the dealers to drill two 2" holes on the bumper to attach the license plate holder because the screws that hold the license plate are too long.

Which is freaking STUPID!

bumblez · 03-14-2010, 10:41 AM

My dealer made scratches on my bumper too because of tech used long screw...

but they repaint whole front bumper for me last week.

kenchan · 03-14-2010, 05:21 PM

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Originally Posted by PapoZalsa

Wrong! Nissan give "technical" written instructions to the dealers to drill two 2" holes on the bumper to attach the license plate holder because the screws that hold the license plate are too long.

Which is freaking STUPID!

holy crap!

azn370z · 03-14-2010, 05:33 PM

It's also in the manual.

kenchan · 03-14-2010, 05:39 PM

who the hell reads the manual anyway? half of the people here dont read manuals including the oldguy.

Jamaica · 03-14-2010, 09:45 PM

lol

PapoZalsa · 03-14-2010, 10:25 PM

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Originally Posted by azn370z

It's also in the manual.

Good, since you read the manual. In what section and page you found the instructions? Because Nissan Co. is denying that they wrote those instructions for the holes to be drill.

Thanks!

kenchan · 03-14-2010, 10:27 PM

yah, dealers dont read the manual either looking at their botched splash guard install....

TipsZ · 03-15-2010, 08:48 AM

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Originally Posted by alexpila

Am I the only one who saw this pic, and thought .. "Wow, that dude looks like Charlie Chaplin" ??

Modshack · 03-15-2010, 09:42 AM

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Originally Posted by PapoZalsa

Wrong! Nissan give "technical" written instructions to the dealers to drill two 2" holes on the bumper to attach the license plate holder because the screws that hold the license plate are too long.

Which is freaking STUPID!

Common sense is a lost art...

FuszNissan · 03-15-2010, 10:01 AM

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Originally Posted by kenchan

yah, dealers dont read the manual either looking at their botched splash guard install....

Splash Guards are installed by Nissan.

kenchan · 03-15-2010, 02:25 PM

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Originally Posted by FuszNissan

Splash Guards are installed by Nissan.

should be checked by dealer.

therefore, dealer's fault.

10-30-2009, 03:21 AM	#1 (permalink)
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