As mentioned its likely the mounts are a little out or the irons bent. Most
sunbeams have the angled down or up depending how much effort they have put
in to aligning them. I did this on my alpine at the start of the year.. took
hours of twisting, bending and aligning the bumper irons to get the bumper
sitting level and with an even gap the the front valence on both sides..
small tweaks make a big difference.. be patient and adjust small amounts at
a time. Do not twist using the bumper.. release the tension on it and twist
the irons
On 19 September 2010 01:16, Ron Fraser <rfraser@bluefrog.com> wrote:
> Jim
> The Parts List does show a different part # for each bumper bracket
> and I don't know if they are marked.
>
> The mounting point on the body for the bumpers in not that robust it
> can be bent out of position; the bracket could be bent some too. Put a
> longer bolt into the mount point and use a pipe or lever arm to slowly
> rotate the angle of the mounting point until the bumper is level.
>
> Ron Fraser
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: tigers-bounces@autox.team.net [mailto:tigers-bounces@autox.team.net]
> On Behalf Of Rollright@aol.com
> Sent: Saturday, September 18, 2010 10:16 AM
> To: tigers@Autox.Team.Net
> Subject: [Tigers] bumper alignment
>
>
> Hello,
>
> Friend Gary Fish came over with his newly chromed bumpers mounted on his
> black Tiger. Nice!
>
> Except.....that in the front, the side parts were at a 45 degree pointing
> down and the front pointed up. After sorting through my extensive
> collection
>
> of junk front bumper brackets, we found that they were handed, and tried
> mounting the bumper, swapping the brackets from one side to the other.
> Didn't seem to make a difference.
>
> Is there anything written on the subject? Any ideas what we are doing
> wrong? BTW: my bumper has not yet been replaced with the new one (been on
> for
> quite a while) and it suffers from the same sort of issue.
>
> Please help.
>
> Jim Armstrong
> Mk 1A 382002083
> LRXFE
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