94-98 Droopy Front Fascia - What's the Fix? ----- I see this all the time and now I finally have the problem. This is where the bottom lip sags from the weight of the urethane. Anybody come up with a fix for this? Some kind of support? Thx, Joe
I think you have to buy a new facia or fix the droop by making a custom brace to straighten it out...
actually, this is a "new" fascia, never been on a car until i had my accident 6 months ago. ironically, the one that was destroyed in the wreck was still holding up nice and level after 6 years on this daily driver just hoping somebody had already engineered a fix...seems like "custom" is becoming my way of life i've been thinking of a brace, maybe a piece of c-channel for good support, but the trick is how to attach it to the urethane itself. i want to avoid drilling holes in it with washers/screws/rivets showing. maybe there's a type of super-duper glue/epoxy/bubblegum that would bond metal to it?
You might try double sided tape to attach the brace to the underside of the fascia where it is drooping.
Did you buy a genuine saleen pice when you replaced it? That's not to say that they have outstanding quality or anything, but still.... I think replacement is all you can do.
yep, it was the real deal, just like the one i installed originally (a clone, but all true Saleen stuff). alot of the original Saleens running around have this problem so if I find a fix, i'll be sure to let everybody know.
Mark throws a screw in there. Notice where it's pulled up in the middle now. This particular car had the droop before. He hee.
ahhh, so he did....lol actually mine has a bit of that too, but the real problem is the lower portion, closest to the ground. It droops down almost an inch in the center of the opening.
See what this guy did for his MR2 bumper... http://groups.msn.com/TOYOTAMR2MKIINA/borderurethanebumper.msnw?action=ShowPhoto&PhotoID=420 I used this technique on my MR2, and used a two-part epoxy in a black tube from O'Reilley's that would bond plastic to metal. I scuffed up the inside of the bumper and sanded the alumninum tube and it has held with no problems. I do not know the space constraints for the 94/98 mustang bumper, but something like this might work.
That's exactly the kind of thing I was looking for......the key being the strength of the epoxy to bond to the urethane AND the metal. Glad to know that there's something that will do it. Thanks for the tip!
