Ok let's see.
Where to start.
First off. Almost every panel required some form of modification to fit.
I had everything loose so that I could adjust gaps and insure a better fit.
The hood required tons of little things to make worm. Hood latch from 05-09 only worked with 05-09 hood lock. Hood lock had to be drilled out to close gap and then adjusted hood latch to accommodate that.
The 2012 hood also has lower nozzles so the wiper covers where dremelled to accommodate that
I also connected the water supply to it using the T junction of 08 hood and then cut into the 12 lines
Here is where stuff got time consuming.
Bumper Fitment was dead on. I naturally used gt fender 12 brackets
I got lucky and the 08 fender bolt on holes lined up with the 12 bracket. So I used nuts and bolts to secure that.
Front12 bumper reinforcement went right into 08 crash bar they are the same part.
Lower valance is not a bolt on to the 12 bumper. What I did is see where they met and self tapped screws. It works perfect and it retains the lower rad shape on 05-09.
engine cover also lined up in holes to be secured but had to dremel trim by the hood prop mount and windshield wiper fluid pour.
Pics later on that. it looks OEM
The headlights. Yea they don't fit. So I had to cut out to make space. Long story short, the bottom mounting holes are the same for all years. The top mount, different story I drilled out my own holes.
Pics of the work I used my bros 5.0 to use it as a Template of the hole I needed to make it fit
10-12
05-09
Marked
Cut. I sanded an painted after.
While paint dried I also redid wiring.
Needless to say 12 hids don't work with the 08 harness. The turning signals and parking lights where required since the turning signals go into headlamps
Headlights in
Bumper Fitment with them
I'm going to be ordering new headlights tonight. I'm thinking 10 non hids black housing. And then just use my h11 hid kit on them and everything else will be plug and play.
Tightened everything down and reattatched side skirts. Which btw don't fit correctly with 12 fenders. I knew this would happen since they guys converting to 12 sides have to trim to fit.