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At Step 50 of 50 and front bumper hung up on passenger side.
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<blockquote data-quote="AZ SVT" data-source="post: 15984175" data-attributes="member: 3472"><p>Yeah, all bolts and push pins are out. The wheels are off the car. Its not just friction holding it in. Its friction on the fender side, but the bumper cover is wedged between the fender and another piece and the part of the cover that is wedged has slots cut into it. That part on the other side has tabs that snap into those slots, just like the tabs that hold the grill in the bumper cover. And those tabs are solid unlike the bumper cover. I suppose the plan is for the slots in the cover to stretch enough to somehow ride over the tabs. But if a particular tab is a little sharper than most or that part is just slightly closer to the fender than "normal" so the tabs are closer than the thickness of the bumper cover, the slot can tear. I suppose if only one of the 3 slots tear things will still line up when reinstalled.</p><p></p><p>You can bet I'm going to file those tabs way down before reinstalling and debur the slots in the bumper cover. There is not consistency in tolerances in these cars. As I said the driver side only needed maybe a 5-10 lb pull, almost nothing. The passenger side I'm guessing I stopped at about 30-40 lbs and it didn't come lose just bent. The ONLY difference is the distance between the fender and the part with the tabs and/or the sharpness of the tabs.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="AZ SVT, post: 15984175, member: 3472"] Yeah, all bolts and push pins are out. The wheels are off the car. Its not just friction holding it in. Its friction on the fender side, but the bumper cover is wedged between the fender and another piece and the part of the cover that is wedged has slots cut into it. That part on the other side has tabs that snap into those slots, just like the tabs that hold the grill in the bumper cover. And those tabs are solid unlike the bumper cover. I suppose the plan is for the slots in the cover to stretch enough to somehow ride over the tabs. But if a particular tab is a little sharper than most or that part is just slightly closer to the fender than "normal" so the tabs are closer than the thickness of the bumper cover, the slot can tear. I suppose if only one of the 3 slots tear things will still line up when reinstalled. You can bet I'm going to file those tabs way down before reinstalling and debur the slots in the bumper cover. There is not consistency in tolerances in these cars. As I said the driver side only needed maybe a 5-10 lb pull, almost nothing. The passenger side I'm guessing I stopped at about 30-40 lbs and it didn't come lose just bent. The ONLY difference is the distance between the fender and the part with the tabs and/or the sharpness of the tabs. [/QUOTE]
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