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Fix Sagging 5G Rear Bumper

Post by CARRisma » Tue May 08, 2012 5:39 pm

Originally posted on PUK & LB 26/05/2011:

It seems this is a common 5G trait. Over time the rear bumper sinks lower creating a gap between the top of the bumper and the rear wings. While at JapFest I had a look at other peoples 5G Ludes and saw it was a common problem. Here is what mine looked like:

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To sort it, you will need to remove the rear bumper and the rear bumper support bar which is fastened by four of these rusty things:

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Apologies for the bad photo (rushed taking photos with my camera phone). You will need to elongate the bottom of the screw holes of the bumper support bar with a file. Maybe by 3 mm, depending on how far it has sunk. The photo below shows insulating tape indicating where the bar was originally located. I've moved it up a few mm.

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Here's the bar refitted in its slightly higher position. I gave it a coat of black Hammerite paint to help protect it from rust on top and under. While faffing around under the car, I decided to give the rear facing section of the exhaust back box a fresh coat of Halfords High Temperature Engine Enamel Paint. It last had a coat about 2 years ago and was flaking off so needed a fresh coat.

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Slightly off-topic, I also gave the metal shield thingy for the 4WS actuator a coating of black Hammerite paint too:

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And here's the finished product (the following day after washing & waxing the car):

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In retrospect maybe I could have raised it on the right by another mm, but I'm happy with it.
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Post by mercutio » Tue May 08, 2012 5:43 pm

looks good 8-)
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Post by rob quilter » Tue May 08, 2012 5:45 pm

Mine has a saggy arse :lol:

How straight forward is it to remove the rear bumper?
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Post by JayJay » Tue May 08, 2012 10:47 pm

Is it the same idea on a 4th gen? Mine needs doing (I think I just used washers where the bumper connects to the support bar, but obviously that's not ideal).
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Post by nitin_s1 » Tue May 08, 2012 10:50 pm

rob quilter wrote:Mine has a saggy arse :lol:

How straight forward is it to remove the rear bumper?
Really easy Rob, don't forget to take the plastics bits of the bottom bumper. I forgot to take mines of last time and snapped them off. :oops: there are two of them. :twisted:

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Post by rob quilter » Tue May 08, 2012 10:51 pm

nitin_s1 wrote:don't forget to take the plastics bits of the bottom bumper
The rear lip?
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Post by nitin_s1 » Tue May 08, 2012 10:53 pm

rob quilter wrote:
nitin_s1 wrote:don't forget to take the plastics bits of the bottom bumper
The rear lip?
They are near there, I'm not sure how to describe them. I'll get a pic of them tomorrow, :twisted:

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Post by rob quilter » Tue May 08, 2012 11:06 pm

Cheers dude 8-)
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Post by CARRisma » Wed May 09, 2012 7:48 am

JayJay wrote:Is it the same idea on a 4th gen? Mine needs doing (I think I just used washers where the bumper connects to the support bar, but obviously that's not ideal).
You've got the idea. It's much easier on the 4th gen, you just need to lay some sort of spacers on the rear bumper support bar. 'Cos of the design of the 5th gen rear bumper support bar, you can't do this. Pushki did a writeup over on PUK on how he sorted his.
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Post by rob quilter » Fri May 25, 2012 7:28 pm

CARRisma wrote:Image

Quick question, is the black bar in this pic the bumper support bar you moved up?
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