Front Bumper Woes!

[jenson]

Hi i'm in the middle of a big bumper conversion, got the back one on fine, but the front one is a real pain!  The frame of the bumper is not lining up with the 4 bolt holes, i have tried everything, has anyone had this problem and solved it?  by the way bumpers are aftermarket not oem

[jase555]

can you post any pics and info on the bumper?

might be able to see what you mean then bud

[pegasus]

try putting the frame in without the bumper skin on it, see how that goes (if it fits without the skin then u know uv got a duff 1)..... HTH

[Thom89]

Get your tape measure out, and measure the distance between the bolt holes on your old bumper brackets, then compare to your new ones, new bumper brackets may need tweeking! also, have you run your bolts through the threads on you new bumper brackets.. Ive seen non gen stuff many times without the threads cut!
Tom

[jenson]

ye the threads are there alright! its like the bumper is goin in too far or not far enough, the bolt is just hittin the metal of the frame its just not lining up 

[JMallows]

Get someones help, and get under their with a torch.. Get them to push the bumper in, and when you see the hole lining up, pop the bolts in Repeat for the other side... I found mine a bit of a pain the first time, and i can never get them on without someones help! Also, it never made any difference to me for OEM or aftermarket, they were both a pain!

Some people mentin you need to support the engine to do this, even the man in the VW gaRAGE told me this, apparantly one of the Haynes manuals says it too. Mine doesnt say this at all, nor the Specialist VW garage i take my car to (they know FAR more about VW's than VW!). I have never needed to jack the engine up, but just as a thought, you know it has been mentioned by a few people, so you can try and get the jack out if all else fails

[jenson]

Thanks, finally got the bloody things on  pics soon!