Bumper alignment

[wallace]

Hope the pictures highlight what im asking, although its worse when actually viewed!

has anyone got any tips to stop the bumper from keep on popping out of alignment?

ive had the bumper off but its still being stubborn and popping out again - very annoying. Cant see any damage to the clip parts either?!

 

[litchy]

Hope the pictures highlight what im asking, although its worse when actually viewed!

has anyone got any tips to stop the bumper from keep on popping out of alignment?

ive had the bumper off but its still being stubborn and popping out again - very annoying. Cant see any damage to the clip parts either?!

Had a look at a lots of Clio's, so many are the same and I'm not sure why......

 

[Womble]

Clips are broken

 

[litchy]

And it's always the passenger side. Think it's more than clips being broken.....

 

[wallace]

The clips definitely arent broken, damaged or mishappened maybe?

 

[Chris]

Mine did this, once i removed it to sort out a light one time, when i put it back on it was cured...

 

[Raptor6767]

I'm having the same problem. As the 90% of other 197's that had their bumper removed at least once.

 

[cliovirgin]

Mines the same, both sides, just push them back into place every morning.

 

[wallace]

Cheers Guys, its a case of just accepting it then..............:thumbdown:

 

[litchy]

Once that bloody bumper comes off, it never goes back on properly. Not sure why it's the passenger side though. It's funny cause at FCS, most of the 197's had the same problem. The other common problem on the 197 is rust under the rear window wiper.

 

[Drummond21]

Mines far worse than that, border line embarrassing after the garage had the bumper off.

On the ever ending list of jobs to sort :swear:

 

[austin197]

Mine does that too on the passenger side! I'm sure there is a fix on here somewhere and I seem to recall it had something to do with the passenger side headlight?

 

[Chris]

I'm the minority then. Taking the bumper off cured mine

 

[wallace]

Mines far worse than that, border line embarrassing after the garage had the bumper off.

On the ever ending list of jobs to sort :swear:

I sold a 28year old R5 GT Turbo for my 197 - the list is tiny in comparison to that f**king thing lol

 

[wallace]

i'll have a play about and if i can get a solution i'l post something up - especially as it seems a common problem.....

No biggy really but i do like things to line up..........bloody OCD LOL

 

[Drummond21]

i'll have a play about and if i can get a solution i'l post something up - especially as it seems a common problem.....

No biggy really but i do like things to line up..........bloody OCD LOL

Let me know if you find anything buddy. You've got to admire the french craftsmanship

 

[wallace]

Found some time to look at the annoying bumper alignment issue, my solution is by no means a great fix - but it does hold the corner in place and makes removing the bumper not so much of an issue in the future - basically drill bumper&wing and bodge together with a cable tie!

What im intending on doing for a permanent fix is to either, nylon nut & bolt where ive drilled, or, use a small screw.clip clamp to hopefully hold everything together and stop it popping out.

Either way its sorted mine and will do for the moment until a proper job can be done as above

Hope this is some kind of help anyway

 

[cliovirgin]

Bodgit & Scarper !

 

[Elbucho]

One solution:

Drill the bumper at these 2 points :kiss:

 

[Chinny375]

There is a simple & easy fix for this, you have to wedge something between the black plastic support attached below the headlight and the front crash bar, this lifts the bumper up at the corner and holds it in place.
I will find a picture tomorrow so you can see exactly what i mean.