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[DannyJ7]

That was my only thought on trimming, I wasn't sure how much material would have to be taken off and if it would be at risk of breaking, although there are so many points its mounted to its probably fine.

Speaking of adjustments, did you have any issues tightening the christmas tree clips by the headlights, where the bumper mounts to side fender? Mine has a small gap that I couldn't fully tighten, and I'd give it another look If you havent.

Yeah it wasn't a ton of material that had to be removed, but I took a bit off, test fit, rinse and repeat a hundred times to make it right.

I did look at the area you're speaking of and didn't have hard time with that. The 10mm bolts pulled it nice and tight. I have a whole bag of new clips if I need to replace the ones that are there. I will be pulling the bumper again this weekend to do some final adjustments, so likely have to replace them at that time.

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[timd38]

I am confused, you stated in the post that on the website says it doesn't fit, so why order it?

 

[DannyJ7]

I am confused, you stated in the post that on the website says it doesn't fit, so why order it?

@unk on THIS website noted it, not American Muscle. I verified repeatedly with their sales chat that it would fit.

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[timd38]

@unk on THIS website noted it, not American Muscle. I verified repeatedly with their sales chat that it would fit.

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Sorry for my misunderstanding!

 

[DannyJ7]

Sorry for my misunderstanding!

Zero problem! I probably could have been clearer as well.

 

[Crew4991]

**** it. Made it fit. 3 hours and many adjustments later.

So what didn't fit/what adjustment did you make?
Looks fine to me. Curious why the EB bumper is different on the inside from the GT bumper. Usually they are the same internal tab/bolt placement regardless of grille design.

 

[unk]

So what didn't fit/what adjustment did you make?
Looks fine to me. Curious why the EB bumper is different on the inside from the GT bumper. Usually they are the same internal tab/bolt placement regardless of grille design.

That's what surprised me, unless they wanted to make it so that they don't mix up the GT bumper with EB grille or vice versa when assembling, since the two are different pieces (corner grilles, shaping). But from when I tried it really just was the clips that lock the grille in, they are slightly offset.

Excuse the quick screencap, but I'm using the RTR grille as an example. Those retaining clips are just barely off when attempting to install. At least, that was the issue when I was trying to install the MP concepts version.

 

[DannyJ7]

So what didn't fit/what adjustment did you make?
Looks fine to me. Curious why the EB bumper is different on the inside from the GT bumper. Usually they are the same internal tab/bolt placement regardless of grille design.

@unk nails the description. I had to use a dremel to widen the holes for the retaining tabs to fit through.

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