Bumper trouble...

[bart]

When I bought my Z last Feb. the front bumper was inside the car. The previous owner hit something, she was not going very fast the only damage that occoured was a few cracks on the right headlight bucket and the valance below it was dented a bit. Well and the bumper is a bit tweaked. The right mounting bracket was bent pretty bad but I have since tweaked it back to looking like the other one. I assumed they were both supposed to look the same. The bumper is still bent and this is were my problem arrises and am hoping someone may be able to help.

In the center of the bumper it tents up on the top and tents down on the bottom. When I attempt to put the bumper on the car the right mounting bracket sits about an inch away from where it should bolt onto the car. I was hoping someone would have some suggestions on how to tweak the bumper back into shap without having to bring it to a body shop. I used a good size rubber mallet but made no headway on pounding down the tents.

Anyone fooled around with tweaked bumpers much? If so was there one way better then another to fix the problems?

Thanks

Bart

[Daniel]

How about jacking up your car.Place the "tents "between 2 boards(a top and a bottom,bumper sandwich).under your car tire.As you lower the car it should smash the tents flat.You may end up painting that bumper.This is just a theory I have .