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Sounds like you've been really busy. On 28 Feb 2005 at 21:57, Kevin Guarnotta wrote: > I replaced the front bumper-the original was quite rusty on the passenger > side. I think when the passenger side was hit, that someone heated up the > bumper to get it to bend back. Does anyone have any pics of the > reinforcement bar around the axle? Mine doesn't sit quite symmetrically. ON > the passenger side it is practically hitting the axle, and on the driver's > side there is a gap of some size. Because of this asymmetry I can only get > one of the two screws that attach this bar to the bumper in. I would start by prying between the reinforcement and the axle beam, to see if you can push that beam forward a bit. If that part is bent, it will be hard to get it back straight again, but it may just be sticky and need to be pushed to move. I think the holes in the bumper brackets, where they bolt to the body, are slotted. You might be able to move the bumper to line up that way. Be careful, though, those bolts are likely to be rusted in place and they may just break instead of loosening. -- ******************************* Jim Adney, jadney@vwtype3.org Madison, Wisconsin, USA ******************************* ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ List info at http://www.vwtype3.org/list | mailto:gregm@vwtype3.org ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~