Guys I noticed today that my front bumper was poking out a little where the side markers go. It seemed to be uneven with the front fender so I decided to remove the side marker and see why its not flush. It seems that the bumper is having trouble setting into the tabs that are behind the bumper, anyone have issues like this and if so how did you resolve it? I included a pic of the issue, tabs and where the tabs hold the bumper are circled in yellow. I'm pulling the bumper back so the tabs are visible.

Any help would be greatly appreciated.

 

Have you had the bumper off?

 

Yeah I had the bumper off a year ago when I installed the MS CAI

 

And it's always been like that?

 

In the pic I'm pulling the bumper back a little to show the tabs, it's not sticking out that much haha, only by about half an inch but it shows.

The area on the left where the first tab is was poking out a little, but today both left and right sides were poking out by about half an inch so I took it apart to see why. I tried pushing it in and the left side doesn't seem to hold it in at all.

 

Bump, any help?

 

Try this:
http://foxed.ca/rx7manual/2003mazdarx8/

Look in the body accesories/ body panels section.

 

Thanks looks its called the bumper slider/side retainer. I am going to place an order for a new one and see if it helps.

 

You have the white (outdated) bumper brackets.

There's an updated bracket (black) try looking on onlinemazdaparts.com

 

Thanks a lot guys, can you confirm if this is the correct part?

http://onlinemazdaparts.com/parts/20...ide%20retainer