I'm having really big issues fitting the rear bumper back to my car. I got a new (OEM) bumper back in November from Zed world from one of their UK TK3 breakers, and the support brackets (on the side of the car) just wont line up! At first i thought it might be the new bumper, but putting my old one back on to see if it will line up end me up with the same problems! All of the screws on the back of the car (below the lights) line up no problem, its just the 3 (maybe 2) on the side of the car that just wont go in the holes with extreme force, then the bumper looks like its on the p1ss from the arch as it comes in far to short to line up with the arch :pinch: . Any advice?

That is a strange one mate, i must admit my rear bumper seems to fall short of the arch. I put that down to it probably having a little prang in its former life, but looking at the rear light/bumper line, it looks like it actually needs to come further out, which would make it even further from the arch.

I havent taken my rear bumper off yet, so cant really help, im sure someone can help though.

 

Good luck

sounds like it's catching on the rear bumper bar mate, it really is a **** to get back on, but it is doable I promise :D

Its usually fiddly, but not sure why having issues with it. Perhaps you bent the bolts taking it off. If so, try putting a nut on the bolt(s) and tapping it till they line up.