Stripped Beauty Ring Bolts

[TyGuy40]

Was curious if anyone had the same nightmare of an experience as I did trying to take off the beauty rings. I plasti-dipped mine in all black, but getting them back on was not a fun experience. Two of the bolts stripped completely, can't even unscrew them off now if I wanted to.

Any tips on how to remove a stripped bolt from the beauty rings would be helpful.

And 3 of them won't even screw in all the way now. No idea why these are hex bolts. So frustrating

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[1970AMCAMX]

Most likely the fasteners are galled and will snap off when you remove them. Normally you would add heat but you won't be able to do that. In the end you will most likely have to drill them out, then drill, tap, and install helicoils.
When you do reinstall the bolts, use anti-seize or you can also use locate blue (it will help a little just not as good as anti-seize)