Well, that's a revolting development. Bought the Pilot in March, dealer swapped plates and put some awful phillips screws on the rear plate in all 4 locations, apparently made out of something guaranteed to corrode quickly
. Today I had to put new stickers on, which means taking the plate off and out of the plastic frame. The two top screws came out without too much fuss, the bottom ones steadfastly refused. Doused with PB Blaster, waited and waited, and couldn't budge them with a screwdriver. Even tried tapping them out with the impact driver, no go. Finally broke the plastic frame out from underneath them and tried the Vice Grips. The heads sheared off
. So, I got the plate reattached with the upper ones (used anti-seize this time), but the nubs of the lower ones are still sticking out. Now what? Keep dousing with Blaster, heat the tip with the propane torch? Drill them out? Thankfully they are these small blocks welded to the body so they stick out from the tailgate a bit, which would make it considerably easier to heat the remaining screws with the torch. I suppose I could just not worry about it, although having the plate rattle when the tailgate is shut is annoying.