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Old Dec 2, 2016 | 01:33 PM
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Here is an issue. I noticed after a spirited open road sprint the front clips just below my grill were pulled out and were actually OVER the bottom lip of my grill. I pulled it back to the position shown, but it won't snap back and to boot the clip where my finger is pointing is missing. I took it to my local dealer and they are correcting it for me ASAP. Here is an interesting tidbit, the dealer called it in and pulled up my cars history and it said that that clip was actually broke at the factory and was sent out anyway? Super glad the factory was honest enough to call themselves out, but sent it out anyway? Interesting, has anybody else had this issue? Also, pushing them back, they won't click and hold back in.

On a side note, when pushing the splitter down to get it back in place it took a huge amount of pressure (probably 50-60lbs?). Just goes to show how much DOWN FORCE is exerted on the splitter at say 160-170mph ish.



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Great to hear that they are taking care of it for you. Interesting that the factory documented the broken tab but did not fix it. I would have to think that most people would never put enough stress on it to pop it out.
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