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 darzmat
Senior User  Location: nairn Registered: 14 Jan 2011 Posts: 879 Status: Offline |
Post #1
Anyone sorted their sagging front bumber?? If so what did u do??I dont know where to start with it tbh, but its really anoying me. Thanks ________________________________________ 1997 blaze GTI-6 bought january '11 £800 Spend to date on parts £827.88 |
 Posted 1st Jul 2013 at 23:55
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jimmyhackers
Seasoned Pro  Location: birmingham Registered: 14 Jun 2011 Posts: 1,149 Status: Offline |
Post #2
take it off. and heighten every mounting point by whatever mm your sag gap is. you may have to do some prehand thinking and studying to desipher if and how you need to raise some more than others. ballache it is. with chipped paint and very poor metal working skills i did it. the results underneath wernt pretty but they get covered up by the bumper, looks grand so alls well ________________________________________ the world is changed by people in sheds |
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Posted 2nd Jul 2013 at 00:36
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JWP EFi
Turbo Legend!  Location: edinburgh Registered: 07 Mar 2010 Posts: 2,163 Status: Offline |
Post #3
it needs a bra |
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Posted 2nd Jul 2013 at 07:29
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stan_306gti6
Forum Admin Location: Kent Registered: 18 Jan 2004 Posts: 21,768 Status: Offline |
Post #4
Has your bumper still got the three mounting straps attached to it underneath?I suspect not. ________________________________________ "Supercharged - 454.1bhp/317.5lb/ft"Peugeot 306 GTi-6 2000 (X), Moonstone  |
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Posted 2nd Jul 2013 at 10:27
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russbez
Seasoned Pro  Location: Inverness-Shire Registered: 19 Dec 2005 Posts: 7,459 Status: Offline |
Post #5
stan_306gti6 wrote: Has your bumper still got the three mounting straps attached to it underneath? I suspect not. i would check this good ole group n engine mounts used make my front bumper shake a lot i noticed one of mine are broken off now too  ________________________________________ TEAM HIGH BOOST SUPERCHARGED RALLYEMy Rallye project thread |
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Posted 2nd Jul 2013 at 10:41
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eliotrw
Seasoned Pro  Location: Southwark Registered: 18 Jul 2010 Posts: 4,864 Status: Offline |
Post #6
in my experience its more important to get someone to lift it up wards as you are tighening it that anything.You have to be quite rough with it. ________________________________________ Ex- Phase 3 China GTi-6 T-Reg |
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Posted 2nd Jul 2013 at 10:45
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matt evans
Seasoned Pro  Location: Stourbridge Registered: 16 Sep 2009 Posts: 2,290 Status: Offline |
Post #7
well padded block of wood on a gently worked trolley jack, just under the numberplate area of the bumper normally suffices as an extra third hand when tightening the bolts behind the slam panel________________________________________ 1999 Astor Grey GTi-6 OEM+ (now gone...)2004 Aegean Blue 206 GTi 180 (also gone...) 2006 Skoda Fabia vRS in Sprint Yellow honestly3k wrote: Do you wrestle for a living matt? You sound like a monster  owain wrote: Nothing involving a 306 can be considered worthwhile. |
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Posted 2nd Jul 2013 at 10:55
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gilesy
Seasoned Pro  Location: Greenwich - in that London Registered: 03 Apr 2006 Posts: 5,133 Status: Offline |
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eliotrw wrote: in my experience its more important to get someone to lift it up wards as you are tighening it that anything. You have to be quite rough with it. Gayest post of 2013 right there  |
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Posted 2nd Jul 2013 at 11:05
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stan_306gti6
Forum Admin Location: Kent Registered: 18 Jan 2004 Posts: 21,768 Status: Offline |
Post #9
gilesy wrote: eliotrw wrote: in my experience its more important to get someone to lift it up wards as you are tighening it that anything. You have to be quite rough with it. Gayest post of 2013 right there  ________________________________________ "Supercharged - 454.1bhp/317.5lb/ft"Peugeot 306 GTi-6 2000 (X), Moonstone |
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Posted 2nd Jul 2013 at 11:54
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Niall
Seasoned Pro  Location: Epsom Registered: 06 Jun 2012 Posts: 1,941 Status: Offline |
Post #10
stan_306gti6 wrote: Has your bumper still got the three mounting straps attached to it underneath? I suspect not. This. On my old bumper these were missing. I got 3 sepia of metal and tapped them to the bumper and crossmember, readjusted the bumper and looked perfect. |
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Posted 2nd Jul 2013 at 12:01
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darzmat
Senior User Location: nairn Registered: 14 Jan 2011 Posts: 879 Status: Offline |
Post #11
Ive got at least two of the 3 straps at the bottom i cant remember off hand.But i think the two inner bolts through the slam panel are missing/sheared/fallen into bumper/i broke them... Might whip it off just now and see ________________________________________ 1997 blaze GTI-6 bought january '11 £800 Spend to date on parts £827.88 |
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Posted 2nd Jul 2013 at 13:50
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stan_306gti6
Forum Admin Location: Kent Registered: 18 Jan 2004 Posts: 21,768 Status: Offline |
Post #12
It's these lower straps which keep it level and stop the sagging. These will be the issue.  ________________________________________ "Supercharged - 454.1bhp/317.5lb/ft"Peugeot 306 GTi-6 2000 (X), Moonstone |
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Posted 2nd Jul 2013 at 14:02
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mik
Seasoned Pro  Location: Kent Registered: 17 Feb 2011 Posts: 2,100 Status: Offline |
Post #13
stan_306gti6 wrote: It's these lower straps which keep it level and stop the sagging. These will be the issue. I'm not sure about that - the three straps are as floppy and insubstantial as a politician's morals and would not keep the bumper straight or stop it sagging vertically as they will just bend. My new OE bumper has all 3 on there and to me it appears all they do is help position the lower lip longitudinally (from front to rear). My repainted second hand bumper has a bit of a gap on the right side and as said above by Matt and Eliot I think it is more to do with positioning it correctly with helper or trolley jack and wood before tightening the nuts, and if necessary adjusting the white eccentric round bumper mounts on each side that provide a degree of vertical adjustment. ________________________________________ Cherry Rallye SOLD |
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Posted 2nd Jul 2013 at 17:32
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stan_306gti6
Forum Admin Location: Kent Registered: 18 Jan 2004 Posts: 21,768 Status: Offline |
Post #14
Possibly, but the three straps have elongated holes in them to allow you to position the bumper where you want it before tightening up the bolts. This is the way I've always done it and then finally tightened the main bumper fixing bolts.  ________________________________________ "Supercharged - 454.1bhp/317.5lb/ft"Peugeot 306 GTi-6 2000 (X), Moonstone |
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Posted 2nd Jul 2013 at 19:03
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jimmyhackers
Seasoned Pro Location: birmingham Registered: 14 Jun 2011 Posts: 1,149 Status: Offline |
Post #15
the other solution. could be to remove your bumperhang it upside down and very carefully with a heat gun, heat the top edge to get it to sag in the opposite direction. this should work if your extra careful. if you over do it you could bubble your paint or end up with a bumper that looks like an escher painting. ________________________________________ the world is changed by people in sheds |
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Posted 2nd Jul 2013 at 23:37
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stan_306gti6
Forum Admin Location: Kent Registered: 18 Jan 2004 Posts: 21,768 Status: Offline |
Post #16
jimmyhackers wrote: the other solution. could be to remove your bumper hang it upside down and very carefully with a heat gun, heat the top edge to get it to sag in the opposite direction. this should work if your extra careful. if you over do it you could bubble your paint or end up with a bumper that looks like an escher painting.  ________________________________________ "Supercharged - 454.1bhp/317.5lb/ft"Peugeot 306 GTi-6 2000 (X), Moonstone |
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Posted 3rd Jul 2013 at 08:59
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eliotrw
Seasoned Pro Location: Southwark Registered: 18 Jul 2010 Posts: 4,864 Status: Offline |
Post #17
gilesy wrote: eliotrw wrote: in my experience its more important to get someone to lift it up wards as you are tighening it that anything. You have to be quite rough with it. Gayest post of 2013 right there No worries, I actually need to take the bumper off again soon. Maybe you can be the one giving it stick when the time comes ? ________________________________________ Ex- Phase 3 China GTi-6 T-Reg |
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Posted 3rd Jul 2013 at 09:07
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