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Fitting the Bumpers | ||||||||||||||||||
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Fit of the rear bumper Julian gave me. He thought it was an OEM part; it's not. Way to low on right side. |
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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. |
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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. |
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I really liked the look down the front left fender, with the new emblems on. My goodness, this paint job is growing on me!! |
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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. | ||||||||||||||||||
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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! |
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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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