End module assembly for installation on a vehicle and method for making the same

A method for assembling an end module assembly for installation on a motor vehicle, said method comprising:

• providing an exterior fascia configured to comprise a portion of a vehicle body when said assembly is subsequently installed on the motor vehicle;
• providing an external visible component configured to be positioned in a predetermined orientation with respect to said fascia with a surface of said external component facing exteriorly of said fascia;
• providing an external assembling fixture having supporting surfaces positioned and configured to engage said exteriorly facing surface of said external component and exteriorly facing surfaces of said fascia so as to support said external component in said predetermined orientation with respect to said fascia;
• positioning said external component and said fascia in said external assembling fixture such that said supporting surfaces engage said exteriorly facing surface of said external component and said exteriorly facing surfaces of said fascia so as to support said external component in said predetermined orientation with respect to said fascia;
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• while said external component and said fascia are positioned in said assembling fixture, securing said external component and said fascia in a fixed relation to one another so as to fix said external component in said predetermined orientation with respect to said fascia, thereby allowing said assembly to be installed on the vehicle without requiring reorientation of said external component.