Wanted to hopefully save someone some grief.

Bought some bumper inserts (stainless steel) from a reputable source. There were no instructions and it seemed straight forward enough to install them......stick the double sided tape on the back of the letters and plop them on. No Problem.

Little did I realize that surface that the letters go on is not completely flat. To avoid a huge problem, I should have dry fit them. I would have bent the letters with slight curves so that they contoured with the curves in the bumper. Mine are COBRA. I ended up bending the bottom of the B R and A considerably. I also had to curved all the letters crossways slighty.

Perhaps the thickness of the material is important. Mine are 14 gauge. I think some places have 16 gauge. I think the thinner the better.

Anyways, they look great. Hope this helps.

STEVE

 

Yea I had that same problem. I just let it go because unless you up close you cant see that the bottom isn't touching.

 

this is probably the easiest thing you could do. all you do is stick them on. Mine came with no instructions and they went on perfect

 

if theres any wax it wont stick.
mine didnt stick well even aften i cleaned the surface to remove the wax.
some sellers provide you w/ a 3m cleaner to help ensure the stick

 

I happened to notice that the letters were perfectly flat before I installed them and bent each of them to the right shape before installing them.

 

you can use rubbing alchohal to take the wax off

 

i tried alcohol several times before putting them on...

the rep i bought them from emphatically said "dont bend them" when i asked, so i listened.

 

I can see where you'd want to bend them to make them fit nice & flush. But if they're chrome/SS then wouldn't the reflection look weird if they were bent?