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Old 05-01-2022, 09:01 AM
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Originally Posted by north View Post
The last post was not my opinion, it is what the assembly manual specifies. This rear bumper (sorry, don't have a picture of the entire rear of the car) is an original factory chromed bumper (luckily never dinged in back) and we installed it as per assembly manual rear bumper alignment specs (they are quite detailed).
That looks great to me. Pretty much identical to how I set mine.
However, the spec for the gap at the corners of the bumper are .49 to .61". But I'd say yours is closer to 1/4" just like mine is. I wonder how many of these cars actually left the factory with these gaps within this spec.


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