i just got my 8 back from the body shop today. it had some front end damage where the front bumper had to be replaced. well, naturally i opted for the mazdaspeed bumper rather than the oem bumper. well, i noticed that the oil coolers don't match up properly on both sides of the grille. it seems to sit a bit higher. well, i hope i'm wrong but it just doesn't look right. can anyone with a mazdaspeed bumper post a close up pic of how the oil cooler should be mounted?? are there flaps underneath the oil coolers that needed to be removed? i asked for the bumper installation instructions but they trashed it. sorry bout the sucky pic. that's the best i could do with a mini mag lite and a camera phone. i'll try to take a better pic tomorrow during the day. thanks for the help in advance.

here's the pic

 

What pic? It's tomorrow

 

input anyone?

 

I can't see where it doesn't match up.

 

Looks good to me...

 

if you look carefully at the pic, you can see that on the bottom of the oil cooler there's a plastic piece that tapers up to the left. i'm guessing that piece either should be at the bottom of the grille opening or it should be removed.

 

you can remove it then

 

do people remove them? i don't want to remove the bumper and find out that i'm not supposed to remove them.

 

i kept mine on.. looks fine.. looks great!