[s-cars] Bumper cap fixed, sorta...

[Bob Frizzell]

Riff,
I assume you are trying to put the whole bumper back on.  I struggled with
this a bit, got my "bitter half" out to help me, she has no patience, so I
sent her back inside the house to make herself beautiful.  At any rate, this
is what I did and know:
1. The bumper supports are adjusted for length by rotating them - make sure
you have the threaded hole on top. Get them straight and push the bumper on
as best you can. I had a couple of small boxes for the ends of the bumper to
sit on but don't worry about putting the ends in until last.
2. Use a mag light or similar to look up through the hole in the bumper to
see if things are line up.  Stick your hand up through the lower grill area
to feel if things are lined up. Adjust until you see at least part of the
bolt hole through the hole in the bottom of the bumper. Stick a phillips
screwdriver in there to line it up. Put the bolt in on the end of a hex key
(my sockets wouldn't fit in there. Tighten a bit, do other side.
3.  Push ends of bumper up into bracket and snap in lower bracket thingy.
4. Tighten up hex bolts

That's what I did. There may be a better way

Bob
93 Canucky S4


----- Original Message ----- 
From: <riff944 at cox.net>
To: <s-car-list at audifans.com>
Sent: Thursday, September 30, 2004 4:41 AM
Subject: [s-cars] Bumper cap fixed, sorta...


> Hi ALl-
>
> First off, thanks for the heads up on those hangers (Wow!! a cheap Audi
part, almost as rare as cheap Porsche parts) got mine from the dealer
yesterday, special order.
>
> Anyway, following the TB procedure, the bumpercap came off without a
hitch, parts were swapped, and I figured this would be one of the shortest
(timewise) fixes ever.  Then I tried to put the bumper cap back on......
>
> OK what is the secret handshake needed to get the hex bolt holes to line
up with the bumper cap???  Mine are just plain "off" though I was able to
get one lined up.  The other side won't!!  Are the bumper attachments
adjustable for length??  If rotated, will they move in/out from the body?
The bumper cap looks like it is one square to the body, but these won't line
up.
>
> BTW those of you that can do this as a one man job, I salute you.  I
earned myself a sh!tload of house work by enlisting the aid of my wife to
get this thing on.  Of course the replacement and removal (5 times?) trying
to get these holes lined up did not help.
>
> Any advice?
>
> TIA,
> Riff
>
> //S6...Looking better, but still not right.....
>
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