wow it took me about an hour to install. my bumper fits perfect!

 

a couple reasons why i took so long are because at first i tried cutting the rivets off, didnt work, gave up after 1 1/2 hours. another reason was because i tried bending the license plate part of the retainer, wouldnt fit after trying to much, so had to break it off. the last reason is because i had to do some cutting and estimating/guesstimating so i can fit in my carbon/ti exhaust.

for anyone who thinks the carbon/ti exhaust will fit with the jdm ix bumper, it doesnt.