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Sagging rear bumper fascia issue
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<blockquote data-quote="ArkLightning" data-source="post: 15773574" data-attributes="member: 162117"><p>I more or less fixed mine. It's not an ideal approach but I no longer have a gap. I basically hitched it up. I bought some 5 mm rods threaded on one end and fashioned some clips out of 1/8 inch thick aluminum strap. I then drilled a 1/4 inch hole in the trunk pan pinch weld above and to the outside of the mufflers. I ran one rod to a clip nutted to the top of the screw that secures the exhaust tips to the lower valance. I bent a hook in the rod after cutting it to length and double nutted it to the clip. The other clip and rod I secured to a threaded screw that secures the lower black trim to the bumper cover - 2 rods per side. I raised the bumper cover with a padded floor jack and tightened up the nuts on the rods. This kind of gives you an idea although I had only one of the rods in place at the time.</p><p></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1452957[/ATTACH]</p><p></p><p>The second rod and clip secures to the threaded screw visible through the valance/bumper cover connection to the left. I don't currently have a photo with both rods in place but I can get one after Christmas.</p><p></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1452958[/ATTACH]</p><p></p><p>This is basically what I ended up with.</p><p></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1452959[/ATTACH]</p><p></p><p>The only shortcoming I see (other than the Rube Goldberg fix) is the strain on the outer exhaust tip bolt/bracket puts a bit of a curve in the valance below the exhaust. It's back underneath and you can't really see it unless you get down on the ground and look for it - but it's there. But just about any approach with this bumper puts a little strain on something somewhere.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="ArkLightning, post: 15773574, member: 162117"] I more or less fixed mine. It's not an ideal approach but I no longer have a gap. I basically hitched it up. I bought some 5 mm rods threaded on one end and fashioned some clips out of 1/8 inch thick aluminum strap. I then drilled a 1/4 inch hole in the trunk pan pinch weld above and to the outside of the mufflers. I ran one rod to a clip nutted to the top of the screw that secures the exhaust tips to the lower valance. I bent a hook in the rod after cutting it to length and double nutted it to the clip. The other clip and rod I secured to a threaded screw that secures the lower black trim to the bumper cover - 2 rods per side. I raised the bumper cover with a padded floor jack and tightened up the nuts on the rods. This kind of gives you an idea although I had only one of the rods in place at the time. [ATTACH=full]1452957[/ATTACH] The second rod and clip secures to the threaded screw visible through the valance/bumper cover connection to the left. I don't currently have a photo with both rods in place but I can get one after Christmas. [ATTACH=full]1452958[/ATTACH] This is basically what I ended up with. [ATTACH=full]1452959[/ATTACH] The only shortcoming I see (other than the Rube Goldberg fix) is the strain on the outer exhaust tip bolt/bracket puts a bit of a curve in the valance below the exhaust. It's back underneath and you can't really see it unless you get down on the ground and look for it - but it's there. But just about any approach with this bumper puts a little strain on something somewhere. [/QUOTE]
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