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Old Mar 13, 2009 | 09:25 AM
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So the old owneres license plates are stuck on my 99 4 door

the bolts are very rusted and I can't even turn them at all , i've tried everything , how can I get these off , should I just pay a shop 40 dollars to do it for me?
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Old Mar 13, 2009 | 09:45 AM
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have you tried heating them up? and leaving them soaked over night with like wd40 or white lithium grease?
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Old Mar 13, 2009 | 11:34 AM
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ouch.. that happened to me and the bolts ruined the hubs... now my plate runs with sticky since 2 years ago...
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Old Mar 13, 2009 | 12:17 PM
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use p/b blaster heat might melt the plastic around it before it gets hot enough to be helpfull....all the shop will do is break the heads off, take the surrounding plastic off, heat and remove the bolts. now you know how to do it. have at it.
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Old Mar 13, 2009 | 12:26 PM
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wd40? soak it pretty good and let it sit for a while.
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Old Mar 13, 2009 | 12:46 PM
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wd40 sucks, pb blaster is where its at. wow i just realized all the noobs are stuck on wd40.

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Old Mar 13, 2009 | 12:49 PM
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Originally Posted by teamworxek9
wd40 sucks, pb blaster is where its at. wow i just realized all the news are stuck on wd40.
news? lol.
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Old Mar 13, 2009 | 12:51 PM
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noobs??? or news?? lol.
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Old Mar 13, 2009 | 01:06 PM
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yeah it was noobs opps. didnt catch that.
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Old Mar 13, 2009 | 02:17 PM
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kroil if you can find it and it's way better than pb blaster, we have to special order it so I dought you will find it like pb blaster... this is why I replace all my bolts with ss shcs, one they don't rust and two if anyone wants to try to jack my plates I dought they will have an allen wrench handy.

http://www.kanolabs.com/
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