Anyone who has a Spider knows how crazy expensive a used bumper in decent shape can be. Mine is in fairly good shape so I wanted to make the best of it. The trim had pretty much disintengrated so I ripped it all off. Of course this revealed some inner rust beneath the rubber. Along with the small amount of rust was some 'swelling' - when the the rubber of the bumper expands due to the rusted steel. Not a lot, but enough to make the recessed gap wider at the center of the bumper than at either end. So, I removed as much surface rust as I could. I purchased adhesive chrome trim from Autozone for $18. I bought the widest they had [1.5"] so it would fill the widest part of the groove. After a small amount of trimming to get it in the groove, it came out pretty good. Not exactly stock looking but certainly way better than it was:
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