Brad Anderson
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- Jul 18, 2012
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So question first.... from what I'm seeing....both at the back and front of the car...in between the bumper and the the car is what appears to be a flimsy piece of black plastic that runs from one side of the car to the other - I'm assuming this is how they came from the factory?
Anyway, i noticed a week or so ago that this flimsy black plastic was starting to peel away i guess from the back of the car, almost like it was glued on somehow when it was new and just over the past 25 years the adhesive wore down and it was coming unglued starting at the bottom and about halfway up.
Well then i took my car to a touchless car wash this past weekend and as I was hand drying it I saw this. In the pic you can see the flimsy black piece I'm talking about and if you look at the left side, where it meets the trunk of the car, you can see it's not only unglued completely now but it's also torn
So my question is first, is this really how the car was made from the factory? With this black plastic in between the hard bumper and the car? And if so, how do you recommend i go about fixing this?
My thought was to find some strong adhesive at an autoparts store and apply it where this appears to have been connected to the car and just glue it all back together .. even apply some at the tear spot and just reattach it and hope it sticks. Any other suggestions? I'm assuming this thing isn't easily replaceable if at all?
Anyway, i noticed a week or so ago that this flimsy black plastic was starting to peel away i guess from the back of the car, almost like it was glued on somehow when it was new and just over the past 25 years the adhesive wore down and it was coming unglued starting at the bottom and about halfway up.
Well then i took my car to a touchless car wash this past weekend and as I was hand drying it I saw this. In the pic you can see the flimsy black piece I'm talking about and if you look at the left side, where it meets the trunk of the car, you can see it's not only unglued completely now but it's also torn
So my question is first, is this really how the car was made from the factory? With this black plastic in between the hard bumper and the car? And if so, how do you recommend i go about fixing this?
My thought was to find some strong adhesive at an autoparts store and apply it where this appears to have been connected to the car and just glue it all back together .. even apply some at the tear spot and just reattach it and hope it sticks. Any other suggestions? I'm assuming this thing isn't easily replaceable if at all?