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[Black 03 Z06]

Walking the dog and feeling a bit off this morning.

 

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[Black 03 Z06]

 

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Another! .. Those bumpers must be really heavy where they come around the front end. Either need a better jack or stronger arms to align that baby when installing.

 

[Black 03 Z06]

And yet XFIRE said many pages ago he could install the bumper himself! Think he even had a picture of him sitting on the floor install on a red car?

 

[Dave91TM]

Another! .. Those bumpers must be really heavy where they come around the front end. Either need a better jack or stronger arms to align that baby when installing.

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I started this bumper alignment thing, so blame me. I did a bit of research, found a bumper install kit, 60 pieces (20 each of bolts ,nuts and washers) also found the bumper is 4 pieces. I'm guessing the thing is a bitch to line up and get right. What continues to irk me is the principle of paying big bucks to get a restoration and getting it back crooked! It cannot be impossible.

 

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I started this bumper alignment thing, so blame me. I did a bit of research, found a bumper install kit, 60 pieces (20 each of bolts ,nuts and washers) also found the bumper is 4 pieces. I'm guessing the thing is a bitch to line up and get right. What continues to irk me is the principle of paying big bucks to get a restoration and getting it back crooked! It cannot be impossible.

Sort of separates the Pros from the Amateurs, but I bet 95% of the car owners do not even notice or don't care........LOL....Dave, maybe you and Murray, Don, Richard and I are all just too picky!

 

[Murray20c8]

Sort of separates the Pros from the Amateurs, but I bet 95% of the car owners do not even notice or don't care........LOL....Dave, maybe you and Murray, Don, Richard and I are all just too picky!

I'm not picky! Hmmph!

LOL.

 

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I'm not picky! Hmmph!

LOL.

I meant Murray hiding at black 03 Z06 sorry! At least we all know how you feel......LOL

 

[Dave91TM]

Sort of separates the Pros from the Amateurs, but I bet 95% of the car owners do not even notice or don't care........LOL....Dave, maybe you and Murray, Don, Richard and I are all just too picky!

If we were picky we'd be looking for a thousandth of an inch. The misaligned bumpers aren't even "pleasing to the eye from 10 feet away". IMO, its just as easy to do it right as it is to do it wrong and, cockeyed is not right.

 

[Black 03 Z06]

 

[Dave91TM]

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Where is this? By the flag it is somewhere in Canada. Google lens says could be Lochniver Vacation Homes or Hotel Bernina or a Bathroom Faucet ?!?!. I think we have stumped A.I.

 

[Black 03 Z06]

If it was not for the lake in front I would say it was Oshawa 1960's era.

 

[Black 03 Z06]

 

[Dave91TM]

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See , it can be done right!

 

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Trim is nice and straight but I don't recall seeing that horizontal crease in the bumper below the trim........Maybe an aftermarket bumper!

 

[12cents]

Could be a reflection creating an optical illusion of a crease

 

[Black 03 Z06]

 

[Black 03 Z06]

 

[Dave91TM]

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Pic #2... Looks like SBS (Sagging Bumper Syndrome) wasn't confined to chevys.
Pic #3 safety in 1958, boy loose in back seat, girl standing up in front seat, open hatch. The fumes don't come in unless yer goin slow?!?