Ah ha!....After finding this thread, looking closer at the pic's of my car I think I see where the gap concerns are coming from. Are you guys talking about the gap between the headlight bezels, the grille & the bumper?
If that’s what it is, I think the dark paint of my car is reflecting in the chrome on the bumper and making it appear that there is a large gap there. I didn’t really notice it in the pic’s because I see my car in person all the time. Anyway, I measured 3/8” of a gap from corner to corner between the bumper, bezels & grille.
Gilly, I went over the installation a little more in-depth in a different thread….In case you haven’t seen it yet, here’s the jist of what I did……I used my SEL’s existing chrome & bumper support with the SEC bumper cover. The contours would be all wrong otherwise like you said and I wouldn’t be able to close my hood either.
Snibble, could you measure the gap on your car for comparisons sake?