YUNG VEEZU
Active Member
Whats going on fellas! So I have a small problem and it recently has been a bit annoying for me. First off let me tell you about this car. I recently got back from deployment in May, and while on leave I bought this 97 Cobra with 103xxx miles for $4500 back home in California. Not a bad deal right? I drove it all the way back to Ft Carson, Colorado with no problems. This is actually my third Mustang I've owned (my previous two I had to sell because of money issues in high school).
However, this beautiful Cobra was a salvaged title and was involved in a minor accident by the previous owner. It is missing the passenger airbag and the front bumper looked funny because it wasn't aligned right. Take a look at the front bumper where the Cobra emblem is.
As you can see the front bumper is hanging at least 2 inches down from the hood (I know, I should have taken more pictures). I figured out that the plastic piece that holds the front bumper down was actually cracked. Not a big deal, so I bought a brand new plastic piece for a good price and decided to replace it.
During the removal, we found out that most of the rivets were missing. If you can see the right side of the Cobra emblem the whole plastic piece was gone! Other than that, the swap was very straight forward and easy. It took my buddy and I about 20 mins to unscrew everything and check out the damage. I had a picture of the trashed plastic piece, but I can't find it. It was cracked in three places.
The finished result:
You can see theres still a small gap. It didn't bother me at the time because it looked a lot better. Fast forward about three months, I came back to Colorado. She made it with no problems.
But recently its still been bugging me, especially when I see other SN-95s around and there is little to no gap between the hood and bumper. Heres an example:
And here is my Cobra
Its really bothering me. What do you guys think it is? Am I overreacting or is there another piece of the bumper that I need to align? Any ideas/input is welcome.
However, this beautiful Cobra was a salvaged title and was involved in a minor accident by the previous owner. It is missing the passenger airbag and the front bumper looked funny because it wasn't aligned right. Take a look at the front bumper where the Cobra emblem is.
As you can see the front bumper is hanging at least 2 inches down from the hood (I know, I should have taken more pictures). I figured out that the plastic piece that holds the front bumper down was actually cracked. Not a big deal, so I bought a brand new plastic piece for a good price and decided to replace it.
During the removal, we found out that most of the rivets were missing. If you can see the right side of the Cobra emblem the whole plastic piece was gone! Other than that, the swap was very straight forward and easy. It took my buddy and I about 20 mins to unscrew everything and check out the damage. I had a picture of the trashed plastic piece, but I can't find it. It was cracked in three places.
The finished result:
You can see theres still a small gap. It didn't bother me at the time because it looked a lot better. Fast forward about three months, I came back to Colorado. She made it with no problems.
But recently its still been bugging me, especially when I see other SN-95s around and there is little to no gap between the hood and bumper. Heres an example:
And here is my Cobra
Its really bothering me. What do you guys think it is? Am I overreacting or is there another piece of the bumper that I need to align? Any ideas/input is welcome.
