Front Bumper - Plastic Tabbed Wing Bracket

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Eh -up all,

Having now fixed the PDC ( yipee) as per my earlier post i have deduced that someone has had the bumper off prior and broken the little plastic clip bracket that is mounted to the underside of the wing and that secures the bumper. ( Hope that makes sense)

As a result the bumper is "saggy" under the headlight simply because the clip is not supporting it.

I have sourced the plastic bracket and it looks like its secured by two screws at either end (no problem to get off ) and its then a push fit into two holes on the wing itself with plastic snap fit clips that are moulded onto the bracket itself. This secures then secures the bracket and as a result the bumper can sit flush up to the wing.

I am assuming that once the screws are off you can pry / drill/ lever (i can hear the snap already ) of the bracket ( no doubt the snap fits will break) from the outside and there is no reason why you should need to get behind the wing itself ?

Has anyone ever done this and how easy.

I can get the bumper off easily and given its only the one corner i am sure i can work it, but need to understand if its just as simple as i make it sound. what worries me is i am missing something that i cannot see on the flip side of the inner wing !!

As always any help appreciated - last thing i want is the bumper worse than before i start .....it has been known.....

Cheers
 

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I thought ii would close this thread out, this weekend I took of my bumper again to replace the broken bumper corner clip.

It’s a press fit retained by two Torx 20 self tappers at either end. The plastic moulding pushes into the wing via snap fit (read snap off !!) mushroom buttons.( see pics)

The access to remove the Torx is easy, there is very limited room to get at the plastic corner clip only from both sides and you need elf fingers which are triple jointed (see pics)as such I think its inevitable it will break if you try and remove it, I would advise always getting a replacement as I could not find a way of removing without breaking the clips.

You can see from the photo where mine was broken and the wing tab was missing hence the bumper sag.
I put the replacement part in with no issues after cleaning the area; make sure you align everything especially the whole where the bumper wing tab slots into (see photo).

Refit screws and double checked it all lined up and back it went – great result and chuffed the bumper now aligns perfectly.

Hope this helps someone in the future.


Cheers all.

[wpoll]

The hardest part of this job is paying for the replacement clip - they are spendy! 

[Colin]

WOW  i think iv'e got bumper sag
must check it out ..

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Eh up,

Wpoll - i got two clip of ebay for £16.99 for both - thought i would try them first before paying £35.00 + from the dealers.

The parts were ok in fairness - not OEM quality though but fit for purpose  - will see how it holds up.

Colin - Not great having bumper sag  - by the way the clips come in satin black so no need for painting - keep up the good work.

cheers all