THIS BUGS THE **** OUT OF ME
 

The #1 thing that bugs me the most about my BRZ is not the "lack of horsepower", the "lack of torque", or the crickets.....

It is this stupid and terribly designed bumper harness....

http://i62.tinypic.com/2porz3c.jpg

I see tons of FRS's & BRZ's with this issue... Mine seems to be getting worse somehow........

I am willing to do just about anything to fix this issue. If anyone knows a good DIY fix for this or some sort of resource please share! I can't find anything.

If not I'm going to go to Subaru.... drop a large chunk of my paycheck on the desk... and tell me not to give it back till it's fixed

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this is one reason why i dont want to take off my bumper


was just on a local car cruise.... everyone who was lowered had this crap...

The only time I've ever taken my bumper off was to attempt to fix this issue... obviously I got no where... lol

Mine shows it a little bit, and I never took my bumper off.

I just can't take it.... It's a newer car......

Maybe I have OCD

If it's a newer car, and obviously not of your own doing (i.e.: you don't have a giant intake behind the bumper cover)... why don't you take it in for warranty work? They might replace those clips for free, if that's the culprit.

I took it in to try and get it fixed under warrenty and they wouldn't do it.

This is an ongoing situation for me. I was just going to tolerate it but I can't do it anymore.

Did you talk to a factory rep, or just the dealer? I'd escalate if its still under bumper-to-bumper, and if its a Scion, I'd call Scion Owner support number at Corporate. They are usually pretty helpful.

Well as of now my bumper-to-bumper is expired. Not because of the miles but because of time. I talked to multiple people at my dealer.

I can't believe nobody has a fix for this... not even on the other thread that is 6 pages long.

these exist, not sure how much you want to keep it stock though. also dont even know how well they work, just remember seeing them here a while back.

http://www.ft86speedfactory.com/move...l#.VcuRIPlVhBc

My bumper has been removed/replaced maybe 4 times now. Last time I did it I noticed same thing. Started over and got it on right. Just have to make sure it's lined up right and also make sure you put in the push rivets behind the side markers pulling the bumper back nice and tight. Also the metal strip that bolts along the top of the bumper cover, so there's tension drawing the bumper into position.

I had the opposite problem with condensation in the tail-lights, mine didn't do it until after I had passed the mileage on the bumper-to-bumper but still well within the time limit. Scion said Nope, sorry. There's no reason mileage should be a factor in that, particularly given my car is garaged about 50% of the time.

I've seen these... I'm not prepared to drill a hole through my bumper because subaru and toyota don't have their shit together....

Trust me.... it's not an alignment issue.

I dont mean the whole bumper, but aiming the tabs properly into the slot.

Still, I can see that they will pop out a bit but most people wouldn't even notice it.

MOR Quick Release or Quik Latch. Never moves... even after hitting an armadillo

Time for a complete body kit

Poor armadillo. Great news for the bumper release.
'Can withstand collisions with armadillos'

^^This^^
If the original complaint was made before out of warranty you still have avenues you can use.
If still no way then take it to any good body shop. I bet they can fix it up better than new for $100.

BTW if you come near an armadillo, don't touch it. They carry mycobacyerium lepraie, the cause of Hansen's disease (Leprosy).

Thing with me is that the gap makes me feel like the car has been in a accident or something... but it is new. ;(

I was actually impressed with how well and easily the bumper went back on after removing mine. Line up the clips with the holes, good push and it all clicked together like lego. My previous car, Audi A6, had a million bolts and clips holding the bumper on and it never went on right.

Like others have mentionned; a good body shop will be able to fix that for 1hr labor (60 - 100 bucks)

The bumper gap drives me crazy as well. Made me regret getting the winjet headlights.

I don't recommend these. You can achieve the same thing with these http://www.quik-latch.com/


Half the price. There is a thread around here somewhere that shows how its done.

http://a248.e.akamai.net/cache.lego....brickLarge&d=1

i run a body shop and i still cant get my own bumper to stay without slowly pulling away in that spot. new headlight retaining brackets and new fender/bumper brackets didn't really do anything. it seems to be the downforce on the front bumper pulling that area of the bumper down and out. mine was almost all the way popped out after a pass at the track (133mph). best solution we have found (designed by another forum member) is to attach the lower black plastic tray to the crash bar to keep it from pulling down under force. if that lower tray stays put and doesn't flex, it wont pull the whole bumper down with it

pics

http://www.ft86club.com/forums/showp...&postcount=115

Found this DIY you can try also. Although in french pics should be enough...
http://www.quebecfrs.com/forums/guid...-de-pare-choc/

Not gonna translate the whole thing but if anybody needs help with a certain section just holler. You can of course just throw it in a translator but that sometimes just gives you gibberish as an answer.

When I was going through survival training I gutted one and cooked it up. That was in 1985. Now that you mention it, my fingers seem a little ndtonm

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Nobody noticed your nose fall off?

I don't get out much.

A large, noseless, bear hugging, old, Hungarian. And @soulreapersteve still couldn't find you at a meet.

Lots of people have suggested this. I can't bring myself to drill a hole in my car and put a big ugly piece of metal on it... there has to be a better way.

I think I'm going to buy new corner supports. If that doesn't work I think I might take my wheel off, remove the wheel well plastic, and try to zip tie it together from the inside without drilling any holes.

Here's the link for the corner supports if anyone is interested

http://www.subarupartsamerica.com/pa...rner%20support

A lot of people have said the corner brackets don't help. I'm thinking I'll go the zip tie route as shown in the quebec forum linked above since that sure as hell won't move once it's done.

I hit a deer a little over a year ago, and kept having to take my car back to the body shop after the initial repair and argue with insurance over this issue. They kept telling me that it was fixed, but when I'd go back it wouldn't even be attached under the headlight. Insurance let me go to a second shop who made it better, but after a year the tabs on the bumper wore from the pressure pulling down and wouldnt stay at all. I talked to my insurance who let me take it back to the original shop. They only made it worse. I got so tired of the run around from insurance/shops that I ended up doing the lower plastic air dam to crash bar fix myself and all new bumper clips. That made it the best it has been and it stays engaged to the headlight clips now. If my outer bumper tabs hadn't destroyed themselves before doing this it would probably hold perfect. I'll have to get a new bumper at this point for that though.

It could be worse. My co worker just got focus st. Body panels were all miss matched. One side was sticking out while other was in. Worst one was one side rear door was sticking out half inch when fully closed. Did some research and this problem was somewhat common ?

I've never seen that zip tie method on the quebec forum, but that is probably what I'm going to end up doing. It's getting worse on my car.

Oh well... at least i don't have to deal with clips. Brackets do not help, trust me, its the loops on the bumper that get stretched.

If it's the loops on the bumper. Would putting a thin piece of aluminum underneath. to reinforce it help?