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Old 10-05-14, 11:20 AM
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Default Rear bumper cover sagging

Has this happened to anyone else? I just noticed it the other day when washing my car.



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SON OF A B#%CH

Pass side





Drivers side



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Originally Posted by v8sten
SON OF A B#%CH

Pass side





Drivers side


Get Q-Bond to repair.
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Mine has a tiny bit of sag, maybe as much as yours, but those plastic pieces that aren't cracked.
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That isn't sagging.
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uh yah it is
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Damnit. I just checked and mine is sagging, where I can see white clips in between the gaps...

Is this a quick fix? And I hope I dont have broken tabs. Are those replaceable?
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Originally Posted by jum3
Damnit. I just checked and mine is sagging, where I can see white clips in between the gaps...

Is this a quick fix? And I hope I dont have broken tabs. Are those replaceable?
Yah I wanna know what everyone else had done. Im thinking of using RC Car tire glue to fix mine. that glue sticks to plastic real well
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Those are sagging,im in the same boat! except mine is a bit more sagging. I can literally pull up the bumper with my hands and it moves up. its pretty annoying! i just learned to avoid you.
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I had the same issue with mine. It seemed the tabs on my bumper weren't holding on to the black bracket tight enough as I could pull my bumper up a bit too. Before I could address the problem someone was nice enough to roll into me at a stop light so my bumper was replaced.

Try removing the bumper and looking at your bumper brackets located directly under your tail lights. Mine weren't broken so I assume it was my bumper.
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At my age, almost everything on my body sags...LoL Try reinforcing it with JB Weld.
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Originally Posted by Rickna
At my age, almost everything on my body sags...LoL Try reinforcing it with JB Weld.
think I will. Good suggestion
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Originally Posted by v8sten
Yah I wanna know what everyone else had done. Im thinking of using RC Car tire glue to fix mine. that glue sticks to plastic real well
I already tried brother the glue is very strong but also very brittle, and then I even tried slow-cure resin / very strong glue with nano-tubes for my rc helicopter, and still failed over time ..The plastic seems to become weak from weathering over time..
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People go crazy over the smallest things, that's sagging like.... less than 2mm! I believe my F was like that when I bought it and hasn't changed in the 3.5 yrs I've had it. Carfax looked clean so I know it wasn't in any accidents. Not that this matters but my DD sags even more than that and it's not detrimintal in any way.
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Originally Posted by v8sten
uh yah it is
Uh, no it isn't. It's a natural space between two body panels. Look at the front fender/headlights and bumper and there will be a similar space. And you can fret all you want over the plastic being broken outside the screws, but that has nothing to do with keeping the bumper up. All those screws do is secure the bumper to the body of the car.


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