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Old 02-25-2019, 10:12 PM   #1258
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I finally got around to cutting my rear bumper to fit my rear beam brace support for my swan neck chassis mount wing.

To make the perfect cuts... I found the center on both bumper and support as pictured. The result were basically the minimal width cuts I could make. However, I widened the openings up almost equally around to leave room for adjustments and/or movement.

Btw... the little black spots that look like miscuts are actually the black plastic underneath showing after I sanded and filed the edges...

I'm very happy with the end product!

What I did:

>>Measured centerline of both bumper and support brace.

>>Lined them up with a square.

>>Used a ruler and sharpie to make a dashed lines.

>>Connected the dashes with a white paint marker and ruler.

>>Used Dremel with cutting wheel, sanding drum, and file make my openings.

>>Cleaned the edges up with sandpaper on a piece of sheet metal.



Perfect alignment on first try!



















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