Fit & finish

[He123321]

Hows the fit/finish on the 03' Proteges? I have looked at my car for a very hard, and I can't find any body work on it. The car a few gaps that don't match up too well. I did a search, and came up empty handed. Thats for any replies.

 

[joka1]

what line in particular, the front bumper tends to be the worst for fit, specially the hood and the grill lines. post some pics of the off areas to get better results

rob

 

[mountjonas]

my hood/grill gap was straight, but pretty big. other than that, everything else lined up nice and even.

 

[He123321]

I was about to take a few pics, but you guys just nailed the area I was talking about LOL. The hood, and grill are off a bit, but no I can sleep better. Thanks for the fast replies.

 

[DiS]

good point. What about the passenger side of the rear bumper? I saw quite a few protege's with sagging bumper in that area, including my own ride.

 

[He123321]

good point. What about the passenger side of the rear bumper? I saw quite a few protege's with sagging bumper in that area, including my own ride.

My 03 ES, and my buddies 02 P5 suffer from that. Removing the bumper and reinstalling will repair that most of the time. Sometimes replacing a bumper clip will be called for.

 

[DiS]

gotcha. Yea thats what Im probably end up doing....damn clips! hehe

 

[Machine Head]

I noticed my rear bumper was sagging on the pass side a couple weeks ago. I thought it got bumped. Now I know why, It's genetic.

 

[NegatiZE]

My car was great, until I was rear ended. The bracket holding the bumper up lost its tensile strength and the driver's side rear started sagging underneath the taillight. I had to fabricate a bracket to support it.