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Originally Posted by Chilow
Help! I was attempting to remove my license plate frame to put on a registration sticker, but both of the screws were on super tight and stripped. I used one of those stripped screw extractors and it made it worse so now both are beyond extraction. How do I go about removing them? Can it be done from the back? Behind the hatch plastic panel?
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1. Drill it out slightly smaller than the original.
2. Use a screw extractor tool in the new hole (lots of WD40)
3. Use a tap to clean out the hole after the old screw has been removed.
4. Use stainless screws from now on.
If the old threads or hole is too damaged, drill and tap to the next larger size.
I've replaced all my license plate screw with stainless and never have a problem.