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Who's still got there black bit !
Posted: Mon Aug 18, 2014 10:30 pm
by grasmere59
Who's still got that little bit of rubber black trim strip on the bottom of the front bumper/valance on their D9? I pinched the one off the estate I just sold and put it on my car and no wonder they don't last long the way there held on.
Re: Who's still got there black bit !
Posted: Mon Aug 18, 2014 10:33 pm
by Doggy
Not me.
Neither of mine had one.
Re: Who's still got there black bit !
Posted: Mon Aug 18, 2014 10:57 pm
by GingerMagic
Oooh, oooh - I have still got mine and its properly fixed too...
Shame its on the car I'm breaking though, and the front bumper on the GLX has a tatty bottom (
) and it won't fit on properly.
Looks like I'm buying another tube of superglue to hold bits of my car together
Re: Who's still got there black bit !
Posted: Mon Aug 18, 2014 11:03 pm
by grasmere59
I had to glue mine on but were off to Devon on weds so don't expect it to be on the car by the time we get there!
Re: Who's still got there black bit !
Posted: Tue Aug 19, 2014 11:09 am
by D4B
Didn't know it should have one, just checked and there's just a plastic edge where
I imagine it should be....... ?
Re: Who's still got there black bit !
Posted: Tue Aug 19, 2014 11:25 am
by jonsowman
Coupe still has its one. Probably until the next time I take a multistorey exit ramp too fast
Re: Who's still got there black bit !
Posted: Tue Aug 19, 2014 12:10 pm
by rwb
I had... although I only discovered it under the boot carpet after six years of ownership. I presume it's still there.
Re: Who's still got there black bit !
Posted: Tue Aug 19, 2014 2:09 pm
by D4B
rwb wrote:I had... although I only discovered it under the boot carpet after six years of ownership. I presume it's still there.
just found mine in the boot wrapped around the spare wheel.......
Re: Who's still got there black bit !
Posted: Wed Aug 20, 2014 8:31 am
by KozmoNaut
Mine's still there, but it's getting looser at one end.
Does it even serve a purpose at all?
Re: Who's still got there black bit !
Posted: Wed Aug 20, 2014 8:55 am
by DaiRees
Mine was there, knocked it off twice on curbs but it fitted back on fine.... Is it still there John? And of course there was the period when it was on a shelf in the garage 'cos the car had a bit of old Renault screwed to the bottom of the bumper
Re: Who's still got there black bit !
Posted: Wed Aug 20, 2014 9:29 pm
by rwb
D4B wrote:rwb wrote:I had... although I only discovered it under the boot carpet after six years of ownership. I presume it's still there.
just found mine in the boot wrapped around the spare wheel.......
There must be a pixie who visits ramps and speed bumps in the night and returns orphaned black bits to under the boot carpet.
Re: Who's still got there black bit !
Posted: Wed Aug 20, 2014 10:42 pm
by steven123
Bought new one and lost it somewhere in Bedfordshire, used the glue too , shockingly bad design, lego assembly is more robust then this
Re: Who's still got there black bit !
Posted: Fri Sep 26, 2014 1:35 am
by dirtydirtydiesel
jonsowman wrote:Coupe still has its one. Probably until the next time I take a multistorey exit ramp too fast
Rich that look's like a renault one, mines a stock pug one (pic's to follow)
Re: Who's still got there black bit !
Posted: Sun Nov 15, 2015 11:07 pm
by MikeBX16V
I have my black rubber bit attached (and a spare one too)
A handy trick to prevent it going AWOL is drill a small hole in each end and through the bumper and fit a small cable tie, so if it jumps out of the clips it remains on the car.
I think it is fitted to improve the aerodynamics, but the effect must be tiny.
why did they not make it more substantial like on the coupe?