keys2myMARO

and there are two ugly screw holes on the frame. How do you guys smooth over the holes and cover them up?

keys2myMARO

anybody?

VIP1

Details....
* What car?
* What holes?
* What did you remove exactly (pics)?
* If its a Camaro and you removed the stock grill then there should be 6 holes.
* If its a Firebird and you removed the license place cover/fill-in the the holes are there so you can mount a license plate.

Rescue Ranger

iTrader: (10)

put a black or chrome grille on.. IMO worst camaro mod ever is !grille

keys2myMARO

Its a 96 camaro rs
Its two holes that are used to hold the plastic rack frame thing for the front license plate. The license plate is then screwed on top of this. To remove this plastic rack you need to use the 6 pointed star shaped screw driver to remove the screws.
I would post a picture, its just that I dont have a digital camera.
im kinda new to this forum and the whole mod car scene in general, will adding a grill require much body work? Right there is just two holes and the lower front part of the car, If I put a grill over that it will look kinda tacky.

GoldenBird

Do you know what that special screwdriver is called? I was actually trying to remove my dealer-installed front plate frame today and noticed it's a weird screw that's been drilled in. Looks almost like a Torx or something but then with 3 extra little tabs spoking out. This was the only relevant thread that popped up when I searched....

keys2myMARO

i dunno whats its called, its got like a 6 pointed star shape to it, just ask at a home repair place, the guys should know what you are talking about

jwhert

could it be a hex or allen wrench?

3800RS

iTrader: (15)

its a torx t-30 i've done it

GoldenBird

Ok thanks...I'll try to pick one of those up. I've used smaller Torx (because it's basically all you need to disassemble a thirdgen, lol) but this one didn't look like a typical torx, maybe because it's so much bigger. I also wasn't sure whether to even ask here because I wasn't sure if the plate frame was even factory. I could see it being a dealer add-on depending on your state and they could vary. For instance when you remove the plate, the frame says "DOMESTIC" on it. Maybe GM buys them from a distributor and doesn't actually make them, but that kinda tipped me off it was probably some aftermarket hack job since all GM's would be "DOMESTIC", lol.

VIP1

No Need to be rude.

I dont know what to do about those thwo holes, but here is what you can do about the stock plastic grill in general:

You can remove the stock black grill and replace it with a metal bar grill (as Rescue Ranger suggested) or a plastic grill or you can leave the grill off and fill in the left over holes (the 6 holes to which the grill mounted). The area behind the plastic grill is painted body color and the word "Camaro" is punched into it (just like the rear).


Metall bar grill:


Plastic Grill:



No Grill - holes not filled-in


No grill -- holes filled in
-- the search feature isnt working so well so I couldn't find a pic --

Here is what's available at After Thoughts Auto:
http://www.afterthoughtsauto.com/grilles.html

There are more options but thats a sampling.