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Old 03-24-2022, 07:51 PM
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Originally Posted by roger1 View Post
Evidently not!
Here's a quote from Ames:

TEST FITTING RESULTS: OVERALL QUALITY LOOKS GOOD. RADIUS ON INSIDE BEND NEEDS TO BE BENT MORE TO FIT THE CONTOUR OF THE GRILLE. WE HAVE DONE THIS ON OUR CARS WITH EXCELLENT RESULTS.

What did you end up doing btw?
If I remember correctly, what I did was use longer screws, then slowly tightened them all around the perimeter. Then when they bottomed out, I used shorter screws, pulling in the trim evenly until it was flush and I was able to use the correct screws.