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Originally Posted by austria3
To me it looks more like you front bumper did have some kind of contact (see scratches on top of bumper an broken fog light glas) which pushed the bumper downwards. Leading the smile to open a gap.
You might want to open the four screws behind the front rubber holding the bumper and see if you can lift the bumper a bit. |
You might be right. I’ll have to have a closer look at it.
It was my dad’s car, and it sat for decades before he passed away and I inherited it. I know that at some point very early in his ownership, a woman he was seeing at the time hit
something with it. It bent one of the headlight housings. I was told at one point that the gouges seen in the bumper were caused while pulling it into a garage at one point, but I have no idea if that’s accurate.
The fog light was just broken out of carelessness at one point and the picture I posted came from right after I got it and cleaned it up. I’m the glass has since been replaced.
I’ve intended to take the bumper off and have it repaired/resprayed anyway. Was just looking to see if I could solve the smile beforehand, but you’re right. That might be part of the issue