After removing a license plate (for appearance purposes) on the M3, what is the best method, product, etc to use to fill in the hole(s) and touch up so it looks like nothing was ever there? I have a silver itouring and until my plates arrive I have removed both front and back plates. The back ones will obviously need to stay there but the front ones I'd like to fill in permanently! Thanks.

 

For now I just put the bolts back in, but I am going to get blackplastic plugs and put in the holes, if I don't like the way that looks I will use touch up paint on them. But my car is darker also.

 

May I suggest... pushing in the left over plastic andCAREFULLY filling the holes w/clear, two-part epoxy. Thenusing your touch-up paint, carefully brushing over that.
Kinda' like this!



It's not professional, but can't be detected by a non-professional from 3 ft away!!

 

Cool, that's along the lines of what I was thinkin. I pushed the flared-out plastic around the holes into the opening, which helped, but it needs to be finished! Hmmmm I never thought about using plastic plugs... maybe that's a good ideacauseI can paint over them but remove them with a screwdriver if an Oregon cop pulls me over for no front plates (illegal here, dunno about other states)

 

It's legal to display the front plate in the windshield here in Texas, and so many ppl do. If you look in the pic I included in my above post, you can just barely see it poking out fromover the wiper arm.
I use industrail duty silicon rubber sucction cups attached to the top of the plate so that it won't move, but can still be removed.

 

I know around Molalla, Colton and WoodburnI got hassled in my Gran Torino, But it was a New Hampshire car and they only had 1 plate.
Here in Tennessee the only vehicle that needs a front plate is a commercially registered truck, and then we don't have a rear plate.

 

virgin1 what type of epoxy?..Idiots at the dealer put the holes in after they told me they wouldn't.[:@]

 

Siber, do you live here in Oregon? If so, whereabouts?

I think Oregon law basically states "if you areissued 2 license plates, they have to be front and back...if issued one or given one, it has to be in back". I figure I'll just put my license in my front window and take my chances. I did it with my Civic for years until I started getting bugged all the freakin time. Where I live, cops are bored and pull you over for anything. I miss L.A., you really had to be causing trouble to get pulled over! Around here the cops should be focusing on the horrible meth problem we have, not stupid license plates on the front of nice cars! But their priorities are as straight as the government's

 

Siber lives in Tennessee... and I strongly agree w/your stand on"our" governments priorities.

Oregon must have a DOT website. Search for the site, then search for displaying auto license plates or registration. It may take a while to do the search so be patient.
I finally found the laws surrounding ours, printed the page out and carry it in my glovecompartment just in case I run into a bored cop w/nothing better to do that hassle me.

 

I lived in Colton, Salem and Mill City on the western side of the Mountains and Metolis on the East side. I was there about 3 years.
My Sister still lives in Boring (Yes Richard it is really the name of a town)
I moved from there about 15 years ago.
BTW, I am originally from LA.