Crap. tore the bolts though the bumper....

Oh well 128.00 down the crapper..

Is the bumper assed now?

From the pics you posted, it looked like the clearance wasn't affected too dramatically (maybe 1" or so)...

I think the trick is if you leave the A3 dirty no harm will come to it; if you do clean it (especially after ext. mods)something bad will happen.