Raising the slam panel is important because it in turn raises the headlights, allowing vertical movement of the bumper. Especially if the bumper is already tight under the headlights. I also removed the fir tree clips that prevented the bumper from being raised as much as was needed
I've had a quick look at my own cars bumper this afternoon whilst replacing the shannon tube and it would appear that the fir tree clip does restrict the bumper from closely aligning to the 'S' edge on the wing, when the clips are fitted there is still a gap between the wing and the bumper, the gap on mine has been improved by raising the slap panel as per the 'How To' instructions, but I feel that the wing / bumper joint would be greatly further improved by removing the fir tree clips in the wing leading edge, which would then allow the bumper to fit closely to the wing.
Has anyone realigned the bumper and removed the fir tree clips to achieve the best possible fit of the bumper to the wing?
Steve