Topic: Bumper no longer flush?

[BravoZero]

I took my front bumper off today do to an intercooler swap, and when I put it back on and bolted everything back up, I noted the very far corners of the bumper that meet the fender aren't flush anymore, they stick out badly. That top bolt isn't overtightened, all of the clips are in place... I don't understand. It's the same way on both sides.





It wasn't like this before and it's actually depressing. Any ideas???

[lancer22]

having removed my bumper about 7 times I've seen this before

mine is similar but not that bad I  kept trying to perfect it but it never went back the same

[ryan09lancergts]

Can you possibly add a pic looking directly at it

[BravoZero]

Can you possibly add a pic looking directly at it

From what angle?

[ryan09lancergts]

From what angle?

From the side looking directly at it

[RCameron412]

IIRC theres a square hole on the bumper that fits into the square plastic retainer thing that the screw goes into. maybe its not fitting snugly over the retainer

[jhun35]

I've had this same issue with my eclipse bumper. I have metal bumper braces (i guess you call them that) the my bumper clips into. I played with those and changed their angle some to help get it back to how it was supposed to be.

[blazersman]

IIRC theres a square hole on the bumper that fits into the square plastic retainer thing that the screw goes into. maybe its not fitting snugly over the retainer

Yep, I agree.  It must be in a bind somewhere and the square plastic retainer must not be lined up right before you insert the screw.  I'll admit, these bumpers are definitely finicky... a big pain to get back on exactly right with all the screws and snaps installed 100% correctly as stock!

[nickflow]

hammer it hahah jk mine did the same thing it was never the same