Help! re-shaping a "frowned" 1g bumper

[tsi_turboawd]

How would i go about making the front spoiler on my bumper nice and flat again like the good ol' days?

heres one of the worst pic, i mean best "frown" pic i could find:

 

[fivestardsm]

Originally posted by tsi_turboawd
How would i go about making the front spoiler on my bumper nice and flat again like the good ol' days?

heres one of the worst pic, i mean best "frown" pic i could find:

Just push it down, It should go back because ther is a metal brace piece in the bottom that probably got bent from hitting a curb or something. I just step on mine when it gets bent, And that's
ALL the time!!!!

Steve.

 

[Talonman]

Yeah just step on it. A few well placed sneakers will even it out give it nice constant pressure, worked on mine.

 

[tsi_turboawd]

Stepping on it 1-2 feet seemed to help even it out a bit. Still, for some reason it seems like the lip re-frowns back to shape.

The middle part of the lip, the actual body painted urathane part wont perferctly go back to flat, esp. the middle where it curves up. But the inner metal material sandwiched in between maybe have straightened out more. know wat im sayin?

 

[FrostbyteTalon]

I used one of those reverse clamp things to push it out and a heat gun... it helped. Its still not prefect, but well... it worked.

 

[DrZiplok]

Replace the metal bar under the front (it's not expensive). Also replace the air ducting for the radiator (since it helps hold the front in place).

Both of these suffer hard from kerb impacts; the bar is stupidly designed and not very strong (perhaps actually a good thing, since otherwise the kerb would rip the whole bumper off...) and the ducting flexes and rips over the years.

My car frowns much less after doing this. Replace the plastic clips too - also cheap.

 

[thehyena]

Personally I like it better that way

 

[tsi_turboawd]

Originally posted by DrZiplok
Replace the metal bar under the front (it's not expensive). Also replace the air ducting for the radiator (since it helps hold the front in place).

Good idea, never thought of that. I'll have to take a visit at the junkyard and hopfully i find a turbo 90-91 DSM. The plastic air ducting does look all bent, but i never thought it makes a difference. To get that metal bar, all i gotta do is unscrew all those "rusted-crapped" bolts under the bumper lip correct?

thanks Doc

 

[greyforestgst]

Originally posted by thehyena
Personally I like it better that way