NJRoadFan

Mine is exactly the same. The reason is likely that the front plate holder is made for the Japanese market which has slightly larger plates with different screw locations. If you remove that center screw and the two screws just below the holder near the ends of the grill, you can pull off that holder and see that there is a euro plate holder underneath.

Hobbes

Mine is the same also. I don't see any reason to blame the dealer for this. If you don't want a front plate it is better to get the correct filler trim anyway instead of keeping that trim. The plate-delete trim looks much better if you aren't going to run with a front plate.

IBNew2A4

Thanks for the tip. I removed the cover as suggested and now see the euro style plate. To bad that they drilled all the way through, so the euro plate also has holes. I will just order a filler plate.

Thanks all!

IBNew2A4

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a4Happy

Don't look at it as a problem. Look at it as an opportunity!!! Just put a plate on and drill new screws into the plastic... (I still need to replace my screws with some white ones so they don't stand out so much.)

MiracleWhips

Be sure to order color "Plantinum Grey" plate filler/delete if you want it to match your grille exactly. Stone Grey is available, but it is a much lighter grey color.

IBNew2A4

Hey, thanks for that! I was wondering which color to order!

IBNew2A4

Thanks for the help guys!

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