my bumper is falling off why??

[hideric]

guys, my 97 202 bumper seems to be falling off? theres this gap between the side of the bumper to the car, i dont get it? i didnt hit anything nor did n e body hit me..... has this ever happened to you?

why is this happening? i wanna kill somebody now

[rollinrealbig]

the bumpers have brakets on the side just below the fender - the bumper slides in them and they are made of plastic so check them out so that they are tightened and not broken.

[714guy]

show us a picture. and we can help from there

[hideric]

ok pictures gunna be up when i get my cam back

[97C28O]

Originally posted by hideric
guys, my 97 202 bumper seems to be falling off? theres this gap between the side of the bumper to the car, i dont get it? i didnt hit anything nor did n e body hit me..... has this ever happened to you?


I sorta have a small gap in between the read bumper and the trunk lid, under ther tail light panel, its about less then .5 inches.. But my car is black so you dont notice it much.

[Pagz]

dont kill anybody...everything will be alright;)

[Pagz]

also,the brakets on the sides of the bumper are an "L" shape with 4 fixings for adjustment...you will most likely find the fixings to be loose thus causing the bumper to seperate from the gaurd...
an easy way to check this would be to remove the plastic liner infront of the wheel and check the bracket.

[trymonlam]

my front is kinda off as well. any practical solution to this?

[Pagz]

Originally posted by trymonlam
my front is kinda off as well. any practical solution to this?
there is plently of adjustment in the brakets located infront of the wheels,just remove the plastic liner,loosen the braket and slide to desired position,re-tighten.

[Pagz]

Originally posted by hideric
guys, my 97 202 bumper seems to be falling off? theres this gap between the side of the bumper to the car, i dont get it? i didnt hit anything nor did n e body hit me..... has this ever happened to you?

why is this happening? i wanna kill somebody now

hmmm after reading this again....do you mean a vertical gap?,or are you refering to the bumper sitting out from the guard around 10mm which is a stock feature.

[trymonlam]

in my case, the front bumper sitting a little lower on the on the corners than it does it the middle, which leaves a gap between the plastic strips under the headlamps and the front bumper. but then this is just my side of the story, let's hear it from the thread starter.

[hideric]

my problem is exactly the same as trymonlam, only that it is happening to my back bumper

[Nes]

What the hey!!!

I have this irritating bumper gap on the one side too!!!! :mad:

Did you guys manage to sort out the gaps!?!

All I have to do is remove the cover under the wheel arch and be able to access the brackets right??

[trymonlam]

hmm... no
the gap's still there. if u r in a hurry to sort it out, o what 23K said. it sounds like it would work and that man knows his cars.

[nzbadboy]

so danm tru, thought it was just my car that the bumper had a gap

[Nes]

I cannot stand those irritating gaps on the bumpers...

I am going to try to sort it out this weekend. I will do what 23k said.

If bumper gaps were people they would have been shot the very first time I saw them.... :cool:

[DRM]

okay i think this is the gap you are referring too correct? I see heaps of 202's with this gap, including mine.

http://i17.photobucket.com/albums/b97/Drmzxjd/gap.jpg

Did a search and couldn't find out how to remove the rear bumper? Anyone have instructions?

Thanks!

[BBW]

Remove all the bootlining, and you will see 4bolts etherside of the crossbar bulkheads, simply unscrew them & pull the bumper out.