73 impact bumper question
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Racer
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73 impact bumper question
can it be adjusted in to make a fiberglass nose fit better?
the center brace that holds the impact bar show slots for adjustment but the nut n bolts that hold it together are odd. anyone know of this?
the center brace that holds the impact bar show slots for adjustment but the nut n bolts that hold it together are odd. anyone know of this?
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I do not know what you mean by 'odd'...in regards to the 'nuts and bolts'.
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heres the brace, you can see the bolt poking out. you can also see were the adjustment slots are. so i assume the impact bar can be move inward. am i correct? or why would it have those slots?
heres the brace, you can see the bolt poking out. you can also see were the adjustment slots are. so i assume the impact bar can be move inward. am i correct? or why would it have those slots?
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Racer
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Attachment 47939480
heres the brace, you can see the bolt poking out. you can also see were the adjustment slots are. so i assume the impact bar can be move inward. am i correct? or why would it have those slots?
heres the brace, you can see the bolt poking out. you can also see were the adjustment slots are. so i assume the impact bar can be move inward. am i correct? or why would it have those slots?
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Maybe extrude was the wrong word, but that assembly as a unit is intended to absorb the impact. The assembly is held tight and the impact is absorbed by the movement back into the slots. It does not return like the later shock absorbers.
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Racer
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oh ok that makes sense. so that square nut on the bolt 'extrudes' back. i thought it was a one piece. but after looking at it again it makes sense what you say. so the slots are not adjustment. but i should be able to push it back a inch and not effect its purpose?
Last edited by Omarsvette; Dec 18, 2015 at 09:32 AM.
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ALSO consider that your front bumperettes on each side of where your front license plate goes... may be holding out the bumper...and not so much the impact bar....THUS...you will have a gap at each side fender area. These bumperettes can be slightly adjusted towards the rear.
When I am doing these ...if I get it like you have it I test fit the fiberglass bumper cover and see how it fits....then go from there. NOT 'saying' that you had not already done this...
Is this a rigid fiberglass front bumper cover???
DUB
When I am doing these ...if I get it like you have it I test fit the fiberglass bumper cover and see how it fits....then go from there. NOT 'saying' that you had not already done this...
Is this a rigid fiberglass front bumper cover???
DUB
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Last edited by DUB; Dec 20, 2015 at 07:25 PM.