04-09-2024, 10:13 AM | #1 |
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Funky rear bumper
When I got PPF done, either I forgot to tell the installer or I told them and they forgot that I didn't want the strip under the trunk lid done. I just hate the visible seam. Anyway, I had them take it off, and a while later I noticed the center of the bumper where it meets the trunk lid has basically no gap anymore. I've tried just putting weight on it to get it to stay down, but to no avail. I have no idea what's going on under there, is there an attachment point that may have been broken? Maybe they used a heat gun on it and it's deformed? Not sure what the fix would be here.
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04-09-2024, 10:49 AM | #2 | |
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They do need to use heat (in some form) to remove the ppf. Possibly they overheated the area while doing so? |
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04-09-2024, 11:22 AM | #4 | |
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I can't imagine they took the bumper off for that little strip.
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Is there a fix short of a new bumper at this point? |
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04-09-2024, 12:28 PM | #8 |
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The rear edge of the bumper across the width of the boot / trunk opening should be located in a plastic channel. If it has been pulled backwards by a few mm when the PPF was removed, it may have been pulled out of the channel. Try seeing if the bumper can be moved a little backwards and downwards, then push it forward a bit to see if it locates in the channel.
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04-09-2024, 01:03 PM | #10 |
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Try removing the weather stripping and see if the bumper is indeed properly seated. If it is then it sounds like they overheated the bumper and deformed that area causing it to swell up. You should also reach out to the PPF installers and ask if they removed the bumper to install the strip. I as you highly doubt that, but it doesn't hurt to ask.
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04-15-2024, 09:11 AM | #12 |
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There was indeed a tab that had been pulled up and over the slot it is supposed to go into, was pretty easy to get it back in place. Thanks!
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