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Sat Mar 20, 2010 4:40 pm

After I put them on I tried to close the decklid and the lid itself was hitting the bumper???

So I scribed a tamplate on the bumper an cut it out so the decklid will open an close. This is a old crappy bumper an I have to get a new one next year when I get the car repainted. BUT I dont want to have to cut the new one????

Sat Mar 20, 2010 4:42 pm

What year car?

Sat Mar 20, 2010 4:44 pm

Sat Mar 20, 2010 5:17 pm

how much more room did you need to clear the bumper?

The bumper bracket mounting holes are slotted so they do have a little play. You may need to loosen the mounting bolts (the ones inside the rear fender area) and see if you can pull the bumper out a little.

If that doesn't give you enough room, you could possibly take a dremel and make the slots just a little bit longer. Or you could possibly add a spacer behind the bumper blade to make it stick out just a tad bit furter.

If you have stand-offs, then you don't really have to worry about the decklid gaps being even since the decklid isn't flush on the car. Possibly you could adjust the decklid mounts a little bit as well.

Sat Mar 20, 2010 6:18 pm

I have ran into this problem before.
You can slot the holes in your bumper brackets more, so you can move the bumper back a bit.

Sat Mar 20, 2010 7:02 pm

Cool, that is what I will do with the next bumper. I am going to replace both the bumpers an put new brackets on as well. But I will notch the reat brackets. I think I only needed half an inch or so.

Sat Mar 20, 2010 7:39 pm

If you need more cooling, consider propping the lid from the bottom. There are a few vendors that sell some pretty slick lower hood standoff's or you could go low buck like Glen Ring and use a tennis ball :wink:

Another option would be to use a vert lid with vents in it.

If you want to use standoffs because you like the look, I can't help you with that.

-jeffrey