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Old Apr 8, 2014 | 01:30 AM
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Do any of you ever feel that you remove the bumper its never perfect and theres gaps? where the headlght is and the side of the bumpber

also i blacked out my headlight and it doesnt fit nicely with the bumpber maybe cus of the reseal

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Old Apr 8, 2014 | 01:47 AM
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Yep I removed my bumper for led upgrade with the headlights it never quite looks the same ..
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Old Apr 8, 2014 | 02:57 PM
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Yep I removed my bumper for led upgrade with the headlights it never quite looks the same ..
Thanks for the feed back
Yes I feel that the black plastic housing once you have to put force and pressure into to pierce through the sillicone when you reseal it its never really sealed
I honestly had a big huge gap in between cus I couldnt clamp it to seal it and I was too scared to re-bake it again as I baked it a couple times prior to doing this..

One side of my headlights dont fit perfectly it kind of bothers me
Do you have a photo of yours?
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Old Apr 8, 2014 | 03:03 PM
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Originally Posted by Ants250
Yep I removed my bumper for led upgrade with the headlights it never quite looks the same ..
The bumper for the LED upgrade will sag a little because you cut the headlight supports and can only screw in 2 of the 3 screws. I'm not sure why yours is sagging though OP.
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Old Apr 8, 2014 | 03:43 PM
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Mine don't sag just don't fit quite the same I should have pics on my page.
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Old Apr 8, 2014 | 05:08 PM
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I assume this was geared towards the front bumper, and I can imagine the front being more difficult to assign. But I can say that I was pleasantly surprised that the rear bumper (when removed for the GFX rear spoiler) went back on with NO zero additional gaps! I was a happy camper.
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Old Apr 9, 2014 | 01:31 PM
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I will post photos shortly!
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Old Apr 9, 2014 | 03:38 PM
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yeah same here, did a bumper replacement and it never was quite the same with how it came when i bought it, live with it, you got a lexus love it haha
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Old Apr 9, 2014 | 07:56 PM
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yea it will always look off from factory :/ when i did my blacked out headlights i took out all of the silicone and applied brand new silicone in the gap clamped it and re baked it with the clamps on it
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