ok took off my front bumper to put IC piping on etc.. well I am putting my bumper back on and seems like no matter what i do i keep getting a small gap under the two lights!! everything is on there and stuff... whats going on?? i still havent put my undertray back on tho.. is the undertray going to help that?? thanks!

 

same thing happened to me!!!!!!!!!

although i never have run any undertray and no that wont make ur bumper any tight fit.

 

u cant help it

 

it wasnt like that before i took it off!!!

 

Once you sit the bumper to the front of the car, are you clipping the front in place? Or just bolting it up as it sits there. You have to put the bumper on the car then press around the inner corner of the lights and it will snap closer to the car.

 

ok i'll try that.. i bolted the front up and then did the wheel well bolts

 

i cant get it to line up flush under the light by myself.. going to need someone to hold it up to the light while i put the bolt/clips in!

 

yep, that happen to me to. and I hate looking at it. Well anyways my car is getting repaired from a front collision so hopefully is all fixed.

 

your making me not want to take my bumper off now....some pics? to see how bad the gap is.

 

I had no problems putting my bumper back on today except for it hitting the intercooler a lil bit

 

Put some painters tape over the white tabs that go into the hole in the fenderwell before removing or installing it to/from the car. Last thing you want is one of those little crappers to slide in the hole and snap off when you pull the bumper off/on. You really just have to get it set up there, I use 2 little boxes to get it to height. Then pick each side up about an inch and pop it in. Once it is hanging onto the car (but no bolts or snaps are locked), I press in both inner corners near the lights and it pops flush to the car. Theres only one way for it to go on. Mabye your brackets got damaged??

 

Gottalove mitsu for some reason those damn front bumpers never go on the same again. Maybe we just didnt notice how off they were from the plant

 

The evo is the first car I ever removed a bumper from cause I always figured I would never get it back on like the factory but it went on fine for me. Just make sure you a getting all the snaps in before trying to bolt it down. It all just snaps together. Good luck wish I could help but it one of those things were you have to be there looking at it.

 

Yeah, try and try again. Itl go back right. There always was a small gap whether you had noticed it or not. But it shouldnt be THAT big

 

mine did the same damn thing