Ok, we also noticed that the bumper was pretty loose at the bottom of the rear bumper where it connects to the wheel well. It had about 3" of movement. I checked out a few other G's at the dealership and they are pretty firm there, and the rear bumpers are flush. The QA guy at the collision center told me that they often receive new G's where the rear bumper is not flush and that is actually fixed under warranty (for anyone else's bumper that is not flush) they are going to correct the problem w/ the rear bumper as expected and I also got them to replace the interior door peices that are chipping on driver & passenger side by the window/lock buttons (common problems in the 07 I've learned) I appreciate all the comments and advice!

 

Great news! Sounds like they are getting it corrected.

 

Hey man, exact same thing happened to me a couple weeks back, I was rear-ended and had to have the bumper replaced. They replaced mine with a new bumper, but the fit doesn't appear to be perfect, although it isn't as off as yours is/was. When washing the car yesterday I noticed that the bumper was pretty loose by the rear wheel wells, something I've never noticed before. It sounds like you got confirmation that these two things were linked? What was going on? How did they fix it? Let me know, thanks.

 

well so what happened?

 

Sry to hear about your accident, but I too was in an accident involving the rear end and to this day it just doesn't line up quite right. That was about 2 years ago, but it definitely doesn't bother me anymore.

 

Don't get too critical of the bumper alignment. There is a known issue with our G35s 2007 + that the rear bumper will start to warp causing the bumper to bow out around the edges a bit.

 

Took it back and they aligned the bumper and fixed the issue of the lower bumper near the rear wheel well. Pretty satisfied now, but concerned about diminished value of the vehicle. I know it's a long shot with State Farm, but the rep I spoke to said she has honored diminished value claims recently with evidence of said fact. I'm still pissed at the chick that was on her phone when she rear ended the car that rear ended me!

 

I was rear ended, It was fixed 99% one small thing, but it does not bug me.