In Hawaii we've got safety checks every year, and they put 2 1"x1" decals on your car, one for year one for month, so the cops can quickly check if they've expired...

Well, when I got my car painted, I didn't bother to get them put back on, but now they're expired and I don't wanna put them on the paint, so I did what a bunch of people around here have. It's a piece of sheet metal that's the right size with a 1/2" lip that they connect to the bottom of their bumper. I've got the piece, and the lip has a strip of adhesive, but I don't trust it to hold for too long so I want to put a couple of small bolts through it...

So my question is, how can I drill through the bottom of the bumper without damaging the paint around it? Put a couple strips of masking tape and drill through the tape?

 

ive seen alot of that in hawaii last time i was over there. you guys have a pretty dope import scene from what i saw the 2 weeks i was there. minimal rice, lots of dope *** CLEAN cars... done up right

any ways... if you drill on the underside, you have nothing to worry about. make a L bracket out of sheet metal, drill 2 holes through the under side lip of the bumper and the the braket and bolt it on. i dont think theres anything to worry about as long as your bit is sharp and you dont slip.

 

use double sided tape, **** drilling

 

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I'm not sure how far I trust double sided tape...

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any ways... if you drill on the underside, you have nothing to worry about. make a L bracket out of sheet metal, drill 2 holes through the under side lip of the bumper and the the braket and bolt it on. i dont think theres anything to worry about as long as your bit is sharp and you dont slip.</TD></TR></TABLE>

I already have the bracket, my question is if it's safe to drill the bare paint, or should I put some masking tape or something on to keep the area around it from cracking...

 

I noticed that when I was up there... can't you somehow mount it on the tow hook?

 

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I'm not sure how far I trust double sided tape...

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I drilled into my front bumper last night and no paint besides the actual drill hole was damaged. Just get a good drill with a sharp, newer bit, our bumpers are quite soft and plasticy and are made to flex w/o cracking paint.

Cliff notes: Get a good drill and a sharp bit, dont go ape **** and you wont have any problems.

 

can you also put masking tape or duct tape over the spot to be drilled and drill over that? would that help any do you think?