help deciding on linscence plate location and stripped phillips head

so i had my bumper cover liscence plate bracket holes filled with bondo when i got it painted. i put the liscence plate in the winshield on the drivers side. but it squeaks. if i grab it and bend it away from the winshield about an inch it shuts up. should i put a bolt of some sort through the hole to hold it out(and oviously something on the end to not gouge my winshield) or should i just say screw it and put it back on the bumper? stock headlights, hood, bumper, and fogs if it helps. let me know.

also i tore my lower shift boot putting my MGW in, and i have a new one. this time i took the whole console out, and got to the last bolt and it stripped. its a phillips head thats flush. screwed into metal. its one of the 4 behind where the radio is screwed into metal. i really want to take the console out down to my tranny tunnel so i can get it bolted in right this time, but do i need to take the radio out? its all one piece...... suggestions please?

thanks guys.