New bumper

[Pagliaro]

Originally Posted by Mr2Hard2See

It’s a much more involved process to convert the rear for sure. Yes my cowl lines to bumper match up perfectly like yours no problem with that I just would like to close the gap between the actual bumper and hood. If I were to guess I’d say the sides of hood have about 1/8” gap but the front of hood has about about 1/4” gap. You can kinda see the push pins a little

Great to hear 2 for 2!

I honestly studied hard and bit the bullet on a wimb which paid off in the long run. Still wish they would have made it off of the other bumper lines as we would have had more hood options.

I have a fix for the sag / pins in mind but it means removing the bumper yet again. Not that I haven't done it a million times already.

I'll be modifying the bumper to do it though. Rather than have the bolts be on the fender side I'll have nuts. I feel this will give better control of the tightness.

I'll be removing the bumper , replacing the t' nuts, screwing in the bolts from the reverse and gluing them in.

This way the nut side will be on the inner fenders.

[Mr2Hard2See]

Yes I’ve heard about the nut and bolt trick from evil orange. I don’t have the hardware for the belly pan install today. I have a video I made and will add just an extra clip of the hood/bumper cowl lines. Repost here after a quick YouTube upload

[Pagliaro]

Originally Posted by Mr2Hard2See

Yes I’ve heard about the nut and bolt trick from evil orange. I don’t have the hardware for the belly pan install today. I have a video I made and will add just an extra clip of the hood/bumper cowl lines. Repost here after a quick YouTube upload

I must have missed that trick in this thread but I feel it would be best.

I had to grind my sidemarkers a little too for a better fit.

[Mr2Hard2See]

Go to the 1:00 mark if you want to skip straight to the cowl line match up

[Pagliaro]

Originally Posted by Mr2Hard2See

Go to the 1:00 mark if you want to skip straight to the cowl line match up

I didn't have to grind the crash bar what was the purpose of that ?

[Mr2Hard2See]

Maybe since I bought my bumper later it changed somewhat and this version was touching. I was informed by another guy who had the same issue. This is the best pic I had of it I deleted the others already but the fog light bezel was up against the impact bar. I did a 1/2” in trim on the outside edge and my bumper relaxed.

[Pagliaro]

Thanks I'll take a look at mine next time I'm out in the garage.

[alice]

I ordered the tubular crash bar from West Coast to replace the stock unit because I did not want to see that ugly stock unit in back of the grille and it blocks a tremendous amount of air feeding the intercooler/radiator.

[Pagliaro]

I sprayed mine black
But that does look better.

[alice]

Yes, black hides the stock unit nicely, good choice if not replacing it with a tubular bar. I have to tell you, when I first set that front bumper in place and looked at it on the car, I had an adrenaline rush! What an awesome modification to the 5th Gen Camaro! And Ikon Motorsports put together an awesome kit, very nice pieces. I am completely happy with the kit and the price. Can't wait to get it on permanently but I am taking my time and it may take a while because my business is very busy and time is at a premium.

[Mr2Hard2See]

Alice that looks sweet I really like that. For now mine will stay stock.

[Mattchew]

Originally Posted by Mr2Hard2See

Maybe since I bought my bumper later it changed somewhat and this version was touching. I was informed by another guy who had the same issue. This is the best pic I had of it I deleted the others already but the fog light bezel was up against the impact bar. I did a 1/2” in trim on the outside edge and my bumper relaxed.

had to trim the side of mine also seems to e a version 2 of the bumper as ive had about 4 different ones and this most recent one is the 2nd version it seems

[Mr2Hard2See]

Originally Posted by Mattchew

had to trim the side of mine also seems to e a version 2 of the bumper as ive had about 4 different ones and this most recent one is the 2nd version it seems

I totally remember you saying you had multi bumpers. I don’t remember if you ever mentioned pick up in person. Aren’t you in Socal? Glad you confirmed that trim thing otherwise ppl would have thought I was messing up. I’m just trying to give out helpful and correct info as well

[Mattchew]

Originally Posted by Mr2Hard2See

I totally remember you saying you had multi bumpers. I don’t remember if you ever mentioned pick up in person. Aren’t you in Socal? Glad you confirmed that trim thing otherwise ppl would have thought I was messing up. I’m just trying to give out helpful and correct info as well

im in socal but the place would just ship out a bumper and then I would send it back as the packaging would be thrashed and the bumper would not fit or be scratched so communication with the company means I only really paid for 2 bumpers and 0 shipping but got to preview alot of bad ones