Fitting the Bumpers

Fit of the rear bumper Julian gave me.  He thought it was an OEM part; it's not. Way to low on right side.

Way to high on right side. I probably could work the height differences out, but don't want to try on a repro bumper, if possible. That's my daughter Tess, my 12 yr old female gearhead.

As you can see, the bumper is twisted. After consulting the VMF, they pointed out that I could move the rear bumper around quite a bit to help fitment. Will try again with an OEM bumper.

I really liked the look down the front left fender, with the new emblems on. My goodness, this paint job is growing on me!!

Here's a close-up pic of how I attached the front bumper side clip to the front fender hole.  I used a rubber washer and three stainless washers, then the bolt kit rubber gasket that's glued to the nutplate.

Here's a close-up of the underside of the right front bumper extension (around the right front fender).  I used the same washer build-up as on the left side. See how nice and clean it is!

All assembled! Unfortunately, the men who rechromed the front bumper overarched the right side a bit (see how the upper valance panel is not level with the bumper).  Probably no one but me will notice; however, when I get the car running, I'll need to have them re-arch the bumper to make it fit better.  That's a couple of years away, unfortunately... They did an amazing job with the chroming though!!

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