74 charger frt bumper bracket

[rudyjrusa]

hi - does anybody have a better picture of bracket screwed on frt bumper??  i forgot how this is screwed onto top of the front bumper.  thanks

[Nacho-RT74]

not a pic, but easy to answer... use a fastener ( C or U or J clip, dunno remmeber the specific one ) on brackets and then the bolt throught the eyelet hole on bumper. as far I remember, the bolt fits from bottom to top

[rudyjrusa]

not a pic, but easy to answer... use a fastener ( C or U or J clip, dunno remmeber the specific one ) on brackets and then the bolt throught the eyelet hole on bumper. as far I remember, the bolt fits from bottom to top

the bracket does not lay flat on the bumper piece - it is on a angle - it is hard to get the screw through.

[Nacho-RT74]

yes is not flat, is angled... some tricky... tab on bumper must be angled too

[rudyjrusa]

yes is not flat, is angled... some tricky... tab on bumper must be angled too

tab on bumper is not angled - it is straight - i sent bumper out for re-chrome - not sure if they sent me another bumper or they straightened out the tab??

[Nacho-RT74]

eeehm... could it be any of both options. Straightened tab vertical or horizontal? any of both options is easy to fix with a plyers. That tab is not hard to bend. I hope is horizontal, because if they put vertical is lot to bend on its original position and will be easy to break.

71 bumpers and I think 72s too are with a flat vertical tab surface, like a reinforcement since bracket as far I remember attachs diff. Thats what I remember right now

[rudyjrusa]

eeehm... could it be any of both options. Straightened tab vertical or horizontal? any of both options is easy to fix with a plyers. That tab is not hard to bend. I hope is horizontal, because if they put vertical is lot to bend on its original position and will be easy to break.

71 bumpers and I think 72s too are with a flat vertical tab surface, like a reinforcement since bracket as far I remember attachs diff. Thats what I remember right now

maybe i will use a longer screw and leave it in the same position.

[rudyjrusa]

picture of bracket and front bumper tab.

[Nacho-RT74]

simply bent the bumper tab untill meet with bracket angle, thats all... definitelly was straigtened on chrome shop!!!

and I think the bumper is a little more outer that it should be

[rudyjrusa]

simply bent the bumper tab untill meet with bracket angle, thats all... definitelly was straigtened on chrome shop!!!

and I think the bumper is a little more outer that it should be

thanks - i will try to bend the tabs up - i guess i need to be careful i don't break them - i hope the chrome does not come off.  it was tough putting the front bumper back on - for some reason one side of car was off a littler and had to use clamps to get the bolts back in - not sure why that happened.

[Nacho-RT74]

crhome will hols... is not that much what you have to bend...

[Charger1973]

Heres what mine look like if that helps any.

[Nacho-RT74]

yeeeah, that's it!!!

[rudyjrusa]

thanks for the pictures - that helps alot - not sure why i got it back from the chrome company straightened out - why would they do that??  unless they sent me another bumper??  i told them to re-chrome mine and i didn't want someone elses bumper.

[Charger1973]

glad the pics helped.   

[Nacho-RT74]

maybe they assumed those tabs were bended... tipical... i got the same

[rudyjrusa]

maybe they assumed those tabs were bended... tipical... i got the same

what is the best way to bend them??  how do i protect the chrome from cracking??