Bumper not lining up near fender? - Page 17 - Toyota GR86, 86, FR-S and Subaru BRZ Forum & Owners Community

solidONE · 10-24-2015, 08:02 PM

^ without having to resort to modifying the exterior or drilling hole on the outside of the bumper, I meant.

tracerit · 10-25-2015, 12:23 AM

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Originally Posted by jc0522

Just left the dealer. They said since I have scapes on the bottom, the warranty would be void and I'd have to pay for a new bumper. However they did try to realigned. The right side is fixed but the left is still sagging a bit.

Side note. I'm running a staggered set up...dealer still decided to rotate my wheels.....had to have them rotate it back.

Thats BS! What dealership is this? Southcoast Subaru?

jc0522 · 10-25-2015, 01:01 PM

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Originally Posted by tracerit

Thats BS! What dealership is this? Southcoast Subaru?

Irvine Subaru!

I've read good things about them....but I guess not this instance.

toby714 · 04-24-2016, 01:54 PM

im thinking about buying some splitter support rods to fix the issue.

notout86 · 10-07-2016, 12:33 AM

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Originally Posted by RallySport Direct

Had this same problem. I scratched my head for at least an hour taking the bumper on and off trying to figure it out. Eventually one of the guys here said it felt like something was pushing the bumper down as we could push it in a bit and it would kinda "pop" back out. We tracked it down to the front lower air dam(hard plastic piece under the bumper/radiator) and the bottom of the bumper lip/tabs, we messed with it for a bit until everything lined up perfectly, and voila no more gaps!

Please note we are using the APR Carbon front lip, so we thought that may have been contributing to the problem with getting everything lined up as we had no flex in the bottom of the bumper, but hopefully this may help some of you, or at least give you an idea on where to look.

Thanks!
Rick

Edit, I stole this picture from @DC-FRS, hope he does not mind

The large plastic air dam(#22 in pic) was not sitting right with the lower portion of the bumper and was sort of forcing the bumper down a bit. I had to push, pull, prod, poke, talk nice to, and yell at it until it was all lined up perfectly.

Brilliant example of VERTICAL thinking.

dezmoondo · 10-15-2016, 12:09 PM

http://www.ft86club.com/forums/showthread.php?t=108535

It seems like this can be a fix

10-24-2015, 08:02 PM	#225
solidONE Senior Member Join Date: Dec 2012 Drives: FR-S Whiteout Location: California Posts: 2,863 Thanks: 1,808 Thanked 791 Times in 611 Posts Mentioned: 42 Post(s)	^ without having to resort to modifying the exterior or drilling hole on the outside of the bumper, I meant. __________________ Intent > Content cowardice is the mother of cruelty.

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