So, the previous owner of my car installed a front plate holder into the bumper. Although obviously unnoticeable with the front plate in place, it bugs me that there are holes in the bumper behind the plate. The question is - do I fix/repair it to have a nice clean bumper, or just leave it? Down the road if I ever do sell the car, is it worse to have to disclose paint work, or to have an "all original, no paint/no bodywork" car with holes in the bumper behind the plate?

 

Bumperplugs.

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I've used them on 3 of my P-cars.. Paint matches perfectly so you hardly notice unless you are looking for them..

On my turbo the dealer had 4 mounting holes, so I had to order 2 pairs..

 

A Repainted bumper makes no difference for future value.
Metal should be original paint.

Drilling holes makes the bumper anyway 'non original' as they didn't come with holes from factory. So repaint or holes, you decide.

I would prefer a repainted bumper with no holes if your state does not require a front license plate.

Alternative, buy a used bumper, there cheap.

 

I'm in the same position... It drives me insane to have the holes, but fortunately on Atlas Gray they are pretty concealed somehow. I'm wanting to wrap my car, possibly, but feel I'd have to get the holes taken care of for the vinyl to stick properly, and I think wrapping over the bumperplugs would look weird. I probably will try the bumperplugs first and think about it more

 

imho, on a car with more than ~20k miles, repainted plastic bits are not a concern, so long as you can't see a bad match or something. The bumper covers aren't even terribly expensive to replace if someone wanted unmolested.

 

I have used the bumper plugs on a couple of different cars here in AZ, as we don't have front plates req'd. They would be a good start prior to going to a replacement plan.

 

Funny to ask the question.


Would you ever buy a car that had holes in the bumper?

 

I had a friend who took European delivery of his GT3RS several years ago & when he picked it up at the factory in Stuttgart it had a European plate drilled to the front bumper ,so when he got it home it had 2 holes spaced really far apart for the Euro plate that wouldn't even coverup with a US plate,needless to say he was pretty pissed.

 

I just purchased my first 997.2 and did not realize I had the same issue until I saw this thread. Sure enough I pulled off the decractive plate and there is the pathetic solution. I ordered the plugs. The plugs arrived today and they were installed. Looks much better than leaving them exposed or having a decractive plate to cover them up. I can't believe holes are drilled in the bumper to install front plates. How does Porsche develop some of the best performing vehicles in the world and come with such a crappy solution to install front plates. I still can't understand it! Hopefully, they wake up and come up with a better solution.

 

My GT3 came from New York and had the front bumper drilled. I couldn't believe it. Needless to say, bumper plugs are on the way as we speak. Absolutely drives me nuts to see that.

 

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Just ordered bumper plugs for my 09 TT.

 

Thanks for all the input guys. I think I'll be ordering those plugs too. Nice option.

 

BumperPlugs is the way to go. I once refused to take delivery on a new car because it had a dealer paper plate and frame on the front bumper even after I told the salesman several times that I didn't want the bumper drilled. They offered to take off the bumper and repair it but I refused. The dealer wasn't too happy but the sale didn't go down and I had to wait for another car. I think a front plate ruins the look of a Porsche, just my 2 cents...

 

When I picked up my European delivery car in Leipzig in 2012, they put the front plate on with zip ties through the holes in the grill--which still remain! No holes drilled