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Old Apr 18, 2006 | 03:11 AM
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Ill look closer but I havent seen anything on it yet .
 
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Old Apr 18, 2006 | 11:23 PM
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Yeah mine has the same on the left corner
mostly.
 
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Old Apr 19, 2006 | 12:47 AM
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Yeah, It appears to be prominent on that side of all of them. Must be the gas tank deflecting the wind away from the right side.

Ill be heading to the dealership that Chrysler called while I was on the phone with them, soon.
 
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Old Apr 19, 2006 | 07:37 AM
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Just checked on my "Top Banana" and it's rubbing also.....

Need to get it back to the dealer.... Have they come up with a fix yet?????

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Old Apr 20, 2006 | 02:21 AM
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Mine too. Both corners. I will be taking mine in for my first oil change so I will see what they say and let you know.
 
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Old Apr 20, 2006 | 02:49 AM
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ok found mine,on the left side like everyone elses
 
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Old Apr 23, 2006 | 06:47 AM
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Mine is rubbing in three spots. Based on my experiences with street rod building my game plan is to have the dealer repaint the cover and then use the same 3M clear plastic that you can buy to protect from rock chips on the bumpers and rockers of any car. I would expect a revised bumper cover design in 2007, but I sure as heck wouldn't let a dealer hill billy rig my car with sheet metal screws.

Also just so you know they also didn't put the hood struts on the newest Chargers because it bent the hoods at the mounting point on the Magnums. I expect a new hood reinforcement because who the heck wants a $35k car with a hood prop. (I did install the struts designed for the 300C but I know to be extra careful when closing the hood)
 
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Old Apr 23, 2006 | 11:33 PM
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Another thought I had was to have the dealer install 3M double faced moulding tape on the back side of the cover near the lamps. This should pull it in enough to stop the wear with out an additional ugly screw head. Also note that if the cover is worn the edge of the trunk is too.
 
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Old Apr 24, 2006 | 02:58 PM
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Yeah I thought about that or adhesive, but it gets alot of force from the wind there and if it were to come loose you would be back in the shop again.
 
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Old Jun 13, 2006 | 09:14 PM
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ORIGINAL: 74scamp

Welcome to the happy world of Charger owners!!!! and welcome to the board.

I, like baldylox, have no problems with my trunk rubbing anything, and I bought mine just before this past Thanksgiving.

dave
Wow....I thought chargerforums.com was the wonderful world of Charger owners

BUT- I see there's quite a few of those folks here as well....and I guess I am too now!

And yep- I have the "bumper rub", and I've reversed the rubber stoppers and it doesn't seem to be getting any worse. The bad part is that 2 dealers have told me they can't get the marks out [][:@]
 
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