Bob_n_Cincy Head Light install procedure

[dougkirkbride]

wow, it would be great if all the tricky installation items had a video like this one. thank you Bob!

I have my panels fitted (clamped in place) about ready to put my buckets in and i am thinking my front bumper still needs to go down some. currently it is below my tube frame in front about 1/2". my pads in the area of the picture below are floating above the steel plates that they attach to about 3/4". do people add spacers there or did they end up setting directly on the steel pads? these are the pads that the outsides and corners needed trimmed down to allow the front end to move side to side.

Thanks
Doug
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[Bob_n_Cincy]

wow, it would be great if all the tricky installation items had a video like this one. thank you Bob!

I have my panels fitted (clamped in place) about ready to put my buckets in and i am thinking my front bumper still needs to go down some. currently it is below my tube frame in front about 1/2". my pads in the area of the picture below are floating above the steel plates that they attach to about 3/4". do people add spacers there or did they end up setting directly on the steel pads? these are the pads that the outsides and corners needed trimmed down to allow the front end to move side to side.

Thanks
Doug

Hi Doug
on most cars I've seen, the bumper site on the steel pads.
A lot of us used a piece of aluminum angle to attaché the bottom of the bumper to the 1x1 steel tube.
There is a 1/2 to 3/4 gap between the bumper and the steel.
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bob
PS: stop by as you travel south for vacation.

[TouchStone]

Hi Doug
on most cars I've seen, the bumper site on the steel pads.
A lot of us used a piece of aluminum angle to attaché the bottom of the bumper to the 1x1 steel tube.
There is a 1/2 to 3/4 gap between the bumper and the steel.
angle.jpg

Great idea, I picked up a piece of aluminum angle for this purpose today.

[NevaLift2Shift]

Hi Doug
on most cars I've seen, the bumper site on the steel pads.
A lot of us used a piece of aluminum angle to attaché the bottom of the bumper to the 1x1 steel tube.
There is a 1/2 to 3/4 gap between the bumper and the steel.
angle.jpg
bob
PS: stop by as you travel south for vacation.

Bob, Sorry to revive such an old post, but I was mounting my bumper this week and my bumper is sitting on the pads (up top), but the lower front part of the bumper is about an inch or so forward and 1/2 - 3/4" below the 1x1 tube.

Is that what you used the aluminum angle for?

The manual made it seem like the bumper and tube would be off by height, but not off by how far forward it is. I have the fenders clamped on the side sills and the front bumper, so I think my bumper placement is correct, but would rather cut once.