Well I got the chin spoiler on, and the mach 1 grille delete on with the Snake in the center.
The chin spoiler went on pretty quickly and no problems with alignment. I just marked center of bumper, ad then that point around on each side and then drilled my holes. It came out perfect for being the first try.
The grille delete was a different story. The original grille had 4 screws that faced upside down and were a PITA to get to, especially with my fat fingers. Then the grille came out and I installed the grille blank for fitment first. What I found out while I first fit placed it to make sure there were no fitment issues I found that there were some design flaws.
First flaw I saw that did not look right to me was after you installed the flat base, and then the radiator support cover went on after that. Once I placed the support cover on, I noticed that the tabs that have the front two screw tabs over hung the grille delete by at least 3/4", which looked stupid ugly. Also, the push pins that secure the grille delete in place were too short to allow the plastic screw to go down all the way, the grille delete was too thick. Then there is the body color that is under the radiator support that is exposed once all is in place.
So, to fix the support screw issue, I used 2 of the original grilles slider nuts and slide them on the core support tab, then used the 2 screws of the grille to fasten the whole assembly down. That thing is not moving now. Way stronger than the original setup.
Then there was the core support yellow paint showing through and made the install look ugly. I taped off the area above the grille delete and where the plastic core support cover goes, and painted it all black so everything blended instead of the yellow standing out inbetween the core support plastic cover and the grille delete.
Then there was the core support plastic cover that had the forward two tabs that overhung the grille opening where the old grille would of been. Which made for a eye sore of sorts. So I trimmed about 1/2-3/4" off the tabs and rounded them and smoothed it to look like it was like that from factory and then I used the push pins to secure it.
Then the horse emblem and mount that came with the kit I put aside for a snake. I fabricated 2 screws that I cut the head off, then tapped 2 seperate holes in the back of the snake at top and bottom, drilled two holes into the center piece of the core support and pushed the upper and lower screw through each hole and then installed a nut on the inside, then a lock washer and nut on the backside so to tighten against the front nut. Came out like it was supposed to be that way from factory I think.No other way I could think of to mount it since it is not an OEM snake for the cobra front, but a larger 5" snake.
Then there is the finished front grille. I did more fabrication then I ever imagined to make this look halfway sharp. It actually with the hood down, and the blacked out painting I did, made the whole thing look awesome.
