How to install chrome grill guard bar onto front bumper over riders?

[dltalfa]

I have a new grill guard, (the bar that connects to the top of the two front bumper overriders). I can't figure out how to install it. It has two bolt holes where it bolts to the over riders. But I can't tell if I am supposed to drill holes through the rubber strips and install it OVER the rubber,....of if I am supposed to trim the rubber strip off the top section and bolt the bar dircetly to the chrome.

Has anyone had experence with this installation?

[jfa.series1]

When I bought my car over 40 years ago, the dealer had cut off the rubber and installed the guard directly to the chrome. As Carl B. says - FWIW!

[EScanlon]

And I've seen it done both ways... over the rubber and cutting out the rubber.

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[Carl Beck]

As I recall - most were installed over the rubber for 70-72, but as others have said they could have been done either way. Then a Technical Service Bulletin directed that the bar be bolted directly to the guards with the rubber in place for 73. The 73 Guards were larger and spaced differently than the 70-72 guards. It seems important for 73 that the bar be installed parallel to the ground..

TS73-76

FWIW,

Carl B.

Edited February 9, 2013 by Carl Beck

[ollie]

My 73 had the guard bolted directly to the bar which meant the rubber had been cut. The issue I have is this; try finding replacement rubber for the 73....I searched for months and finally ended up with some NOS rubber strips, brand new. Even though I paid a lot of money to rechrome all the bumper surfaces, no way am I cutting the rubber strips so I am not going to install either front or rear guards unless I find more rubber strips in decent shape. I think you could install the bar in either form, drilling through the strip or cutting it, and to Carl's point cutting it as mine might have been an exception as the dealer installer probably just ignored the service bulletin.