front bumper side brackets

steved · Post by **steved** » Tue Dec 10, 2013 3:53 pm

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

general · Post by **general** » Tue Dec 10, 2013 9:36 pm

here you go, they are on the bench

general · Post by **general** » Tue Dec 10, 2013 9:39 pm

And they go on the side, you can see one in the picture

steved · Post by **steved** » Tue Dec 10, 2013 10:02 pm

What is the other part??

sjd

steved · Post by **steved** » Sat Dec 21, 2013 7:43 pm

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

wejewill · Post by **wejewill** » Fri Mar 07, 2014 4:38 pm

Off topic, but is the black blackout paint on the front of the grill suppose to be there?

steved · Post by **steved** » Mon Mar 10, 2014 9:18 am

I blacked all of mine out...but i'm not going stock...

sjd

wejewill · Post by **wejewill** » Mon Mar 10, 2014 4:22 pm

Oh, I am trying to go back to stock?

Post by **sdweatherman** » Mon Mar 10, 2014 6:57 pm

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.

Post by **Eric** » Mon Mar 10, 2014 7:56 pm

Most dark colors got it too (my B7 blue car has it)

wejewill · Post by **wejewill** » Tue Mar 11, 2014 6:41 pm

Guys, that make sense because the color would really stand out in the front of the cars. That might be a bit much.

71_bronze_gtx · Post by **71_bronze_gtx** » Thu Mar 13, 2014 9:33 am

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?

Post by **sdweatherman** » Thu Mar 13, 2014 8:12 pm

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.

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