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front bumper side brackets
Posted: Tue Dec 10, 2013 3:53 pm
by steved
front bumper brackets
are there little brackets to the left and right vertical edges of the front bumper? Does anyone have a good picture of what they look like? I seem to have spotted them in the "green" thread, but am not really sure what' i'm looking for as I scrounge through my boxes...
thanks Kenny!
sjd
Re: front bumper side brackets
Posted: Tue Dec 10, 2013 9:36 pm
by general
here you go, they are on the bench
Re: front bumper side brackets
Posted: Tue Dec 10, 2013 9:39 pm
by general
And they go on the side, you can see one in the picture
Re: front bumper side brackets
Posted: Tue Dec 10, 2013 10:02 pm
by steved
What is the other part??
sjd
Re: front bumper side brackets
Posted: Sat Dec 21, 2013 7:43 pm
by steved
Found them in a bag today with a bunch of rusty fender bolts! scuffed, painted, and assembled!! I knew I'd seen them somewhere...
just a couple adjustments, and the front bumper and grille are on.
sjd
Re: front bumper side brackets
Posted: Fri Mar 07, 2014 4:38 pm
by wejewill
Off topic, but is the black blackout paint on the front of the grill suppose to be there?
Re: front bumper side brackets
Posted: Mon Mar 10, 2014 9:18 am
by steved
I blacked all of mine out...but i'm not going stock...
sjd
Re: front bumper side brackets
Posted: Mon Mar 10, 2014 4:22 pm
by wejewill
Oh, I am trying to go back to stock?
Re: front bumper side brackets
Posted: Mon Mar 10, 2014 6:57 pm
by sdweatherman
Most lighter colored cars got the blackout treatment on the front side of the upper/lower radiator supports so that the color would not show through the grill.
Re: front bumper side brackets
Posted: Mon Mar 10, 2014 7:56 pm
by Eric
Most dark colors got it too (my B7 blue car has it)
Re: front bumper side brackets
Posted: Tue Mar 11, 2014 6:41 pm
by wejewill
Guys, that make sense because the color would really stand out in the front of the cars. That might be a bit much.
Re: front bumper side brackets
Posted: Thu Mar 13, 2014 9:33 am
by 71_bronze_gtx
From the FSM, they call that bracket an "impact pad". Don't know why. Maybe to help stabilize the bumper since the mounting bolts are all down low?
Re: front bumper side brackets
Posted: Thu Mar 13, 2014 8:12 pm
by sdweatherman
Nope, sorry. The impact pad and the bracket are two separate entities. On the previous page (3-33) in the FSM in circle view V, the bracket is bolted to the impact pad. The other end of the bracket goes to the side of the front bumper. Hope this helps.