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Fix Sagging 5G Rear Bumper
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Fix Sagging 5G Rear Bumper
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:
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:
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.
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.
Slightly off-topic, I also gave the metal shield thingy for the 4WS actuator a coating of black Hammerite paint too:
And here's the finished product (the following day after washing & waxing the car):
In retrospect maybe I could have raised it on the right by another mm, but I'm happy with it.
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:
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:
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.
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.
Slightly off-topic, I also gave the metal shield thingy for the 4WS actuator a coating of black Hammerite paint too:
And here's the finished product (the following day after washing & waxing the car):
In retrospect maybe I could have raised it on the right by another mm, but I'm happy with it.
Last edited by CARRisma on Sat Aug 30, 2014 2:18 pm, edited 1 time in total.
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looks good
bristol_bb4 wrote:ahhh a 5th gen, i love 5th gens
Dino wrote:I loves the 5th gen really.... just dont quote me on it...
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Mine has a saggy arse
How straight forward is it to remove the rear bumper?
How straight forward is it to remove the rear bumper?
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The rear lip?nitin_s1 wrote:don't forget to take the plastics bits of the bottom bumper
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Cheers dude
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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.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).
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CARRisma wrote:
Quick question, is the black bar in this pic the bumper support bar you moved up?
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