License Plate Bracket Damaging Our Cars?

JohnsZ

One thing good about this forum is that no matter what kind of problem you have about your Z, someone else will have the same issue. I just bought an '09 370Z and the dealer had black screws in the front plates and stainless steel ones in the back. I just assumed they were of the same length so I decided to put the stainless steel ones in the front and use the stainless steel ones from my older car in the back. Unfortuately I didn't realize the ones I took off the back were longer than the black ones and when I screwed them in to the front bracket and plate, they hit the metal on the body behind the license plate bracket. No big deal since you can't see it and the marks are very small but this sure pissed my off being half mad at myself and have mad at the dealer who gave me the screws.