[T3] A bumper support bracket questions

[David Sanderson]

Hi Jim

Yes, that's the strange bit and made me wonder if they are supposed to  
be like that. The bumper and bumper brackets came from different cars  
I think - can't remember where all the parts came from. I will take a  
bit of time to see if they can twist back into what I think is the  
correct shape. Do you think that if you laid the bracket on a level  
surface, it would in fact lie flat> When I get back out to the garage  
today, it's still early (and cold) morning here, I will take them off  
and lay them on a flat surface and take another picture. On the good  
side, the bumpers actually line up pretty nicely with the body and  
even polished out reasonably well.
Dave
On Nov 20, 2011, at 6:53 AM, Jim Adney wrote:

> On 19 Nov 2011 at 19:36, David Sanderson wrote:
>
>> The front brackets that support the bumper appear to be twisted. Here
>> is a picture of the mounted bumper and bracket.
>>
>> [img]http://images.thesamba.com/vw/gallery/pix/867880.jpg[/img]
>>
>> You can see a twist. I managed to get things to align reasonably  
>> well,
>> but I am wondering if someone has a bumper support bracket in good
>> shape that they could photo and send to me or post here. To me it
>> looks like I have to do some work to straighten it but since I was
>> able to get the bumper aligned, maybe I'm wrong.
>
> I'm pretty sure you're right, Dave. While the bumper must clearly be
> horizontal, the mounting points on the body are vertical. That
> bracket clearly looks twisted. Sorry, I don't have a photo to share,
> but you should be able to figure out where it is twisted and twist it
> back. A little heat in the right place on the bracket should make it
> easy.
>
> Are both brackets twisted the same?
>
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