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Old 08-06-2014, 01:31 PM   #441
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Originally Posted by digital_assassin View Post
@stevo_12v & @Top-Secret - Best I have of them are on this post

http://www.ft86club.com/forums/showp...&postcount=332

I know @glamcem put a single on each side on his BRZ after an off track excursion caused some fit up issues with his bumper. He might have got a better shot.

My advise is to just take off the bumper, remove the black clip that the bumper lip is supposed to slide and lock into and then replace the bumper. Drill through the bumper into the metal fender that was exposed after taking off the black plastic piece and take care to do everything at the angle you want the latch to sit on the bumper. Once the stud is installed you can do any fine tuning with simple bending of the sheet metal by grabbing the stud with some vise grips but by drilling through the bumper with a small pilot hole it should all be pretty damn close to start out with. I chose to do 2 latches on mine because it is really thin metal back there and I want to make sure it can stay put without any other clips on a track day so removal is super easy if I need to take it off.
unfortunately I don't have any pictures of the latches installed on the bumper.. My friend who works in a body shop installed them for me I gave them 2 pairs of mini latches ( 2 on each side) but he said he wasn't able to install 2 on each side and the one should be enough .. I still have some gap so I think I will have to have him add couple more :/
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