Last night I removed my rear bumper in order to install some Pre-L bumperettes on my 74L. I have looked at numerous photos and combed the forums for the correct placement of the new Pre-L bumperettes on the vehicle. Everything I have read says that all the cars are a little different and that you may have to do a little grinding to get them to fit perfectly.
However, on the rear of the car is there a rule of thumb at how small the gab between the bottom of the taillight surface and the top edge of the bumperette should be? Some cars appear to have no gap where some appear to have a ΒΌ inch (see pic below).
I am also removing the front bumper and put some bumperettes on the front of my 74 and wondering if there is a correct positioning on this. With most of the cars I have seen the front bumperettes run pretty close to horizontal to the ground, however, I recently saw a GT5 where they are not level with the ground. Also what kind of measurement below the front of the fender where there is a sharp edge are most people running (hope this makes sense)? I have looked at the article by Thomas Bechtel on PanteraPlace.com regarding his conversion to the Euro Bumpers but do not see any measurements there either.
Thanks for any help you can provide.
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