I'm not a body man, and til now have been happy with the shoddy gap on my front bumper. I got an ebay front end off some local guy on craigslist for pretty cheap and am trying to figure out how to adjust the stock front bumper. Worst case new shock i figure, but the shop manual doesn't really say anything besides how to take it off and put it back on...

Here you can see a gap between the bumper and the air dam in the front, as well as the gap between the bumper strips on the bumper and fender, as well as 3/4 inch or so back the air dam needs to go to meet up with the fender.


Close up of the amount it has to go back still.


My dumb ole dog blocking a front shot... (sitting on car dollies, this thing is not a rally car)


Will probably use a couple screws to the fenders on each side and leave it unpainted for now, would just be nice to have an idea where i can custom mount this huge radiator i've got, and maybe toss in a rear mount for the air dam so the back part doesn't flop around at high speeds. Thennnn pull it off and rattle can it and reapply. Fogs and brake ducts at a later date unless i see some come up for sale, i've got bigger fish to fry for now...

 

you need to pull that air dam back so that the sides slip over the fender lip, then the gap in the front will disappear.

this is with it loose

 

Ditto !!!!!