[T3] A bumper support bracket questions

[Mike Fisher]

A LOT of bumper brackets get twisted!  Put one end in your vise and
bend/twist them back into shape with your pipe wrench/hammer.  Trial
and error will get your bumpers hanging perfectly straight on your
car.

On Sun, Nov 20, 2011 at 6:53 AM, Jim Adney <jadney at vwtype3.org> 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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