Project "Face Off": 1980 Mercury Capri aero to four eye Progress Thread!
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Ehhhhhh ... I can see a gap pretty clearly on the Aero bumper, as well. The only difference is that it seems to stick out a bit more whereas the Capri bumper looks more tucked under the tail lenses ... maybe because the LX lenses are shaped differently (they bulge out more)? 
Face it. You're just never going to be happy with that car, are you.
Face it. You're just never going to be happy with that car, are you.
Ehhhhhh ... I can see a gap pretty clearly on the Aero bumper, as well. The only difference is that it seems to stick out a bit more whereas the Capri bumper looks more tucked under the tail lenses ... maybe because the LX lenses are shaped differently (they bulge out more)?
Face it. You're just never going to be happy with that car, are you.
Yes.
But, where's the harm in trying to figure out the problem and maybe fixing it. 
Shaolin Crane
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LiquidGT
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IIRC they made a brace that bolted on the steel bumper to prop up the bumper cover on these cars back in the day. They have some 1/8" thick x 3/4" wide x 4' foot (or so) long aluminum bars at Lowes, they bend nicely in a table vise... its a quick and easy way to make custom light duty brackets or braces.
Actually, that's exactly what I did on the corners because the lower edge on the sides was bowing outward. I just cut about a 3/4" "wedge" of wood and shoved it up between the metal bumper support and the outer shell, and it lined things up better. It helped a smidge on the topside gap, but it mainly just fixed the bowed-out look on the bottom edges. I tried reaching up under there with my hands and lifting the bumper up to see if it'd fix the gap, but apparently upward pressure wasn't helping to close the gap at all, so I don't think a few blocks stuck on top of the metal support would do anything in this case.
Aaron
20+ Year Stangneter 
Screw it. Convert it to an aero
Only YOU would say that after all the work involved in this conversion
Screw it. Convert it to an aero
OH NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO YOOOOOOUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUU DIIIIIIII'IIIIIIIIIN'T!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
crapola
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93 LX
Founding Member
You know I think there is a metal piece just above the bumper on my Capri. I also saw in a rag along time ago where you could buy this piece of styrofoam that sits on top of the bumper to remove the sag of the bumper cover. I did this on my Capri since it sags too but I forgot to secure the foam and one day on the freeway I saw it leave my car. Next time when I have the bumper off I will attach it with glue.
So my tail lights showed up today. They look nice! I'll snap a pic of them tomorrow.
QUICK91LX
Founding Member
Came home last night to a nice surprise. Dave put the tail lights on for me.
Seems like the rear bumper cover looks a TON better with the right tails in there! Keep the pics comin along!
Matt
Aaron
20+ Year Stangneter
OK - now that everything is just about finished, you gotta get a good camera out and take pics!
Agreed. It does.
I still need the front air dam.
Gotta wait awhile to build up the rest of the funds.
Gotta wait awhile to build up the rest of the funds.
You can use mine. Its a 10 Megapixel digital with a hundred things I dontknow how to use. Ill give you the owners manuel and Dave can rewrite it to 800 pages (its only 180 now) and then you can read it and teach me how to use it
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