Air dam fasteners ?
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Air dam fasteners ?
I recently bought a set of lower air dam clips and bolts? I ask because the air dam sags at the corners, so I bought what is advertised as a "Reinforcement" from one of our sponsors. What a waste of money,it is nothing more than a plastic curved piece, and the listed bolts or fasteners are 6mm and the fasteners take a sheet metal screw? Ray Charles could see there is no way these bolts/fasteners could every fit together ? I'm sorry I ever took on this job. 
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I have those similar curved supports and I'm happy with them as they did lift up the sagging OEM corners. I used the OEM fasteners already used for the corners. I simply installed the plastic curve reinforcements underneath the corners and then reinstalled the OEM screws and the seem to work fine.
Maybe your OEM screw holes are stripped which is causing both the flex spoiler and the curved supports to sag.
Maybe your OEM screw holes are stripped which is causing both the flex spoiler and the curved supports to sag.
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Air dam fasteners !
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I've just been sorting mine out today as well as trimming 1 inch off the bottom. Some washers of approx 3/4" diameter and some self tapping screws work just great. You'll find that it's best if you remove the outer OE screws and put a screw/washer further into the end corners to pull them up nice and tight.
