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Christ, took me a damn hour. I had to remove the entire license plate surround on the trunklid and the morons at Ford designed this lame-azz screw/bolt that is press fit. To anyone who does not have rusted bolts, replace them with stainless or plastic ASAP!
Dan Parmelee
1999 Acura Integra SiR-G coupe
"I heard Affleck was the bomb in Phantoms"
"Word, bitch! Phantoms like a muhfuka"
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Had the same problem about a year ago. i put a pair of vise grips on the back of the trunk and they came off with little troble.  srewed the first one up though.
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Yeah I tried to drill it out, but the damn things are press fit so it is a major *****. Damn Ford.
Dan Parmelee
1999 Acura Integra SiR-G coupe
"I heard Affleck was the bomb in Phantoms"
"Word, bitch! Phantoms like a muhfuka"
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A MUST HAVE is a jar of antiseize compound. I put some on my rear screws when it took me OVER an hour to change the freaking things. Best money I spent, now they come out a lot easier.
Also good to put on caliper bolts as well.
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Contourguy, you must be getting new IL plates. Too bad the old ones are probably seven years old!
I removed the rusted hex head screws and had one bolt break in my old car's frame. I got new stainless screws and I had to use the bottom holes, which were not used.
2000 SE fleet, V6, ATX, ABS, no spoiler, T-Green/tan. Built 01/2000 in MO.
Added 12 spoke factory SE rims, K&N. Biggest mod: ESP Plan!
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I read about this problem here before... I take mine out every 6 months and spray the threads with a lubricant. Mine haven't stuck yet
Norman
Montreal Canada
1998 LX V6 ATX
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i went for vice grips, twisted the heads right off...so i had to drill them out. GRRRRR!!!!!
1999 Silver Frost SVT
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Born on 12/3/98
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ElKy Mesh Grilles
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I did the same thing with the vicegrips took the heads right off but al I did was use the bottem ones and it seems to be ok (for now) 
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I just took a wrecking bar to mine. Pulled them right out. Then, I tapped the plastic and put in a stainless bolt. Wifey was not happy, but she'll live. 
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I sympathize with you all. I tried vice grips, a grinding wheel, WD-40...All no use. I finally resigned myself to buying a new back reflector, well, until I found out that it is $280 from Ford. Ford does recognize the problem, and have a solution for those who have let the rust monster win the battle. It is a strip of PVC plastic with anchor holes set into it. The surgical procedure involves using a 5/8ths boring blade on your drill and removing the offending rusted anchors entirely. The new piece has double stick tape, and adheres to the inside to the relector piece. The new screws are wood/sheet metal looking things, and sink into plastic, so rust will no longer be an issue. Note that the part will only fix two of your four mounts for the plate, so two of these baddies may be necessary. Price was $10-15, iirc. If interested, I will dig up the part number.
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