racerx520

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i bought this bumper for my car this summer (i believe around june) and i got it to replace my telephone pole dented one, iput it on, and all looked good, but then as the summer went by, it progressively sagged more and more and more and now...i replaced the honeycomb shock absorber pad behind it, and the only problem putting it on was that it was really tight to stretch ontot he front end. i'm trying to figure out how to fix it.....anyone have any similar problems or have any idea how to fix it?

here the bumper problem:
OLD BUMPER:

^^yeah that kinda mkaes me sick to my stomach lol^^

NEW BUMPER:

NEW BUMPER ON CAR:


HOW IT SAGS NOW:




and heres a picture after i was able to pull the bumper up a little but i can still see some saggage....i was really planning to take my second gen firebird emblem that i bought and put it on the front but the way that it has indents stuck in it, i dont think i'll be able to....




i was really hoping for it to be fine, but i guess it all went together too smoothly lol

royslsbry

when women have a saggage they tighten up their bra straps

ryan91rs

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that was useless.

racerx520

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well i looked online for a new bumper, i looked at hawks to get a bearing of what the top dollar would be....it was like 350, i found a site called like autopartswholesale.com, they had it for 280 so i bought it, i didnt know the warranty was for 1 month lol but yeah, i looked backon their site and now they want like 380 for it,i suppose this was the last of the crappy batch or something lol? me and my dad are thinking of trying to push it up from under with some sort of steel rod or something he thinks....i dunno


any suggestions? i have tried tightening everything i can but it doesnt help...

is it possible that the tightness from the sides could have pulled the bumper like this?

Brennan

maybe you could put some support on the back of it like ribs or something and the tightness from the sides sounds like a possibility

racerx520

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my dad looked online for a bumper for his monte and theyre pretty much set up the same, no real support, just the bumper holds its own shape...but there was apparently a similar problem so now they glue a piece of metal to the inside of the bumper to stop the giant dimple/dents from appearing like in mine.....so we may try that or we may try a piece of metal from the license plate mount under neath to push it back in place.....i wasnt sure if anyone has had a similar experience or anything like that

Brennan

thats what i was talking about cuz i am having the same problem with my car and i havent gotten around to trying to fix it yet

racerx520

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well i was able to pull up the passenger side a little but that was only half the problem....he said we'll make something up when i have money to constantly go up to his job and try stuff to fix it but i'm out of a job so right now i'm S.O.L. lol

Brennan

i know how the money situation feels but i cant see this fix being expensive just time consuming. college+part time job=neglected thirdgen

racerx520

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lol i hear ya on that....even though i'm going to a community college, i dont have time during the day really and i was hoping to have a job so i could save up and buy some interior parts for this summer, but i cant seem to find a job anywhere lol

Brennan

thats like me but as soon as i got some money saved up something always comes up as of right now im looking for a fourth gen rear and power windows and hopefully leather fourth gen seats the list never ends with these cars. and i gotta ask what is the name of that orange on your car i love that color, i wonder how it would look on a camaro?

racerx520

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yeah i have a huge list going too....i actually have 3 sheets of paper taped to my desk right now, each one is a list....body, interior, and engine/mechanical....each time i have money saved up something brakes too lol and the color is supposed to be Go-Man-Go, its the color of the dodge daytona trucks, but it was 225 a quart....i found a place who could mix it for me for 50 a quart....unfortunately its not the exact same color but thanks for the compliment though!

Brennan

if i wrote all the things i wanted down i would be drove nuts just lookin at it all knowin i cant have it yet lol and the thing that sucks for me is that third gens are so rare around here ive lived here for about 16 years of my life and ive seen roughly 1 formula 2 trans ams and 4 or 5 camaros its crazy i had to drive ten hours to get mine

racerx520

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see i am just so bored i figured i might as well dream a little lol...i know all about the no third gens....i dont see too many around here, mainly camaros but sometimes a trans am around my year but mainly formulas or firebirds....where are you at? i'm in NJ, central jersey actually

Brennan

newfoundland,canada where almost every car over 5 years old has so much rust they look like cheese graters i had to spend close to 3 grand on a new floor and two new rear wheel wells when i bought my car and im suspecting rust under the gfx im just to scared to look till i putt it away for the winter

racerx520

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oh true, yeah i live about a mile from the beach and it still floods like hell....buti'm going to do a rust search on the inside when i re-upholster the interior

Brennan

just pray you dont need an inner wheel well for the rear they are damn near impossible to find took me 2 1/2 weeks to find a set of new ones for mine

dr1

I would imagine something is still tweaked if your having such a hard time putting it back on

looks like its being pushed hard in the middle

TA In Progress

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Try the dealer,you might be surprised. I bought mine 3 years ago for under $300 from them. Also, try buy-oem-parts.com They had this for about $300-$350 a while ago, and it was an actual GM part. I had a junk aftermarket cover on my car, but it was sagging too. Put a new GM cover on it, problem solved (3 years running)

racerx520

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hmm....yeah i really dont want to paint the bumper again and stuff....but if i cant find someway to fix it, then yeah, i'll have to go GM....we're thinking about putting some support from underneath to kinda push the bumper back out