I hit a cone in Autocross which dislodged my front passenger lower bumper. There seems to be a peg which connects the bumper to the frame that has detached from the bumper side. Any ideas how to fix this? Do I need a new peg? How does it attach to bumper?
Thanks!

 

When I had that issue there was a very old thead that used epoxy bond etc on it. Didn't work well and ended up with a new lip.

Took a little search but here it is

https://www.evolutionm.net/forums/04...ont-lip-repair

 

Isnt that the problem? You start taking your EvO to the track, & its starts looking like the track

My Evo is fully track prepared, so Ive latched my from bumper cover (not for the faint of heart). Heres a much cleaner version of a quick release

 

I had the exact same problem. My solution was to drill through the wheel-well side into the lip and bumper tabs and zip tie. Cheap solution and holds up until you kill another cone . You won't see it unless you know to look for it.

 

^That's not going to help the OP in this case. His issue is something that I deal with all too much when I fail to properly avoid the cones

If you look closely its the lip that is seperating from the bumper cover, not the attachment of the bumper to the corner of the fender. I've had that happen too but the much more common thing is the clip of the lip giving up.

I dont know much about plastic welding but it seems thats how the piece is joined on in the first place and then you use a screw to attach the lip to the bumper. However what happens is that the tab or whatever you want to call it lets go of the actual lip from repeated impact or just one really good murder of the cone especially on a nice cold day.

I wish I had a good method to repair them (I'd imagine some form of plastic welding would be best) however I end up using a 2 part epoxy which does the trick. JB weld works fine basically anything that is a 2 part since I feel those work much better than a standard adhesive.

However let it be known that the epoxy will still fail if you smack the cone good enough so you may find yourself epoxying the thing more often than youd like.

So to summarize its very simple. Stop hitting the cones! Youre doing it wrong and it costs you 2 seconds every cone. If you must hit a cone smack it with the rear bumper that is far more robust. That's my specialty Also, avoid hitting cones with the side skirt; those clips are really brittle and also suck. But if you must hit the cones a 2 part epoxy is your friend.

 

^^^Youre right. That pic through me off. Thought it was the upper attachment

 

I've superglued this lip like a dozen times now lol. until that black bracket breaks (mine is starting to) you have no problems

 

I'd expect that noobness from Sam not you, lol!

Superglue pshhh! Like I said above, newb!!!

How does the superglue actually hold up? I mean mine still rips off with a good cone murder but I'd bet a 2 part epoxy would be more resilient relative to a simple superglue or krazyglue setup...

 

it's actually better that it's weaker - if you essentially weld those two together, something else (the black bracket) is going to break with a hard enough hit. you want that to be the weakest link that breaks first while leaving the to points of connection in tact. then just superglue it again after the event and try not to hit cones lol

 

I get what you're saying but Im not sure I agree with you...I dont actually see the black bracket thing breaking. The impact is pushing it inward not ripping it outward. I think the only reason the clip loses its connection is bc of the lip flexing when being hit. JB Weld still fails before the clip in my experience. And I'd venture a guess that its stronger than superglue.

Maybe Ill try super gluing it next time and Ill see how that holds up. All I know is that I've come into the pits too many times already with the corner of my lip dragging. But I've also ripped off my side skirt so I cant complain haha

 

I actually destroyed a tab that held the undertray etc the last last autox event I had because the clip I used was so strong. something else gave first. personal preference - superglue is going to hold it fine except for direct impact, which is good enough for me

 

Meh I guess is what it is. TBH I just hate superglue bc it always ends up on my fingers and then dries immediately. Of course thats never the case on things Im actually gluing.

I would love to just buy a new lip at this point. Actually scratch that I need a new bumper cover; mine is beat.