This makes 2 days I have wrapped up in not getting the bumper lined up

Actually if it were my car I would have bonded the things to the fenders an hour into it LOL! I restore cars professionaly and work for a private collector in Dearborn Michigan. After 25 years in this business you would think I have run into just about all of it - but this thing has been a trip. I have great lines everywhere else on the car - the brackets appear to be bent and I am considering the options. I will say this - virtually everything else on the car came off without a hitch, so I guess I was due a little grief lol.