yes it takes alot of time! I'm assuming you have all the fenders,hood etc lined up.
I started with the main bumper support bracket lined up to the hood center. But basically the carriage bolts on the bumper mounting brackets are slotted to move the WHOLE assembly left and right. The bolts above the headlights move each headlight frame independently left or right. The bolts below the headlight frames move the chrome bumper left or right, and the sub frame mounting bolts move the whole bumper in and out AND up and down at the same time.
You really end up going around tweaking this, then going back and moving here and there, it just takes time. It can be very frustrating! I thought mine was all lined up, only to go out the next day and low and behold it was crooked...LOL
Good luck! Just be patient! It will eventually fit correctly. To me nothing looks worse than poor alignment of the nose on a bird.