Making bad... good
Tags: lead loading metalwork solder
Once the front bumper had been reshaped into its once-piece glory (see here, it became clear how badly manufactured the grille section was.
This sits above the bumper and is a structural part as well as holding the grille, and was a remanufactured part that we'd had to get to replace my damaged one.
Shape-wise it was all over the place, and a bit of work had already been done on it, before it had been put into place (it formed a datum point for the positioning of the wings.
When the bumper was put in position, however, it became clear the bottom was nowhere near straight. In fact on both sides of the centre there was a pronounced inverted V-shape (due to poor pressing, I guess), which meant the gap with the bumper was far fro even. Hopefully the pic explains a bit better.
The only solution was to fill the bottom with lead (filler isn't really suitable for such a road-facing position due to the water that'll get kicked up there), which Lance duly did.
The result, a beautifully smooth line to go with the beautifully smooth onpiece bumper.
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