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Old 10-15-2007, 12:49 AM
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what do i use to take off the front license plate kinda like an allen wrench but its circle???
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i dont think it is...its like a circle and its not to take off the license plate itself its the whole bracket
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if you could get a picture it would be greatly helpful

its not a rivet is it?
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yea thats it its a rivet
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From the factory it'* rivets..

Just ask Travis, he found out in Idaho a couple years back.
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Take a drill bit a little larger than the rivet'* CENTER piece and drill it out. Thats the ONLY way to remove one.
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Keep in mind though...the heat from drilling will melt the rivet out most likely.
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do it a little bit at a time, so as to not heat up the rivit. it would even be good to use cutting oil to keep it cool also.
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