need help w/ front end body/spoiler - pics

[cwiert]

pics are worth a 1000 words, so here's some. see how the front spoiler thing droops? the entire left side droops and the right side droops until just above the right edge of the fog light at which point it seems flush with the bumper. i want to fix that but i'm not sure how. i speculate that i'm missing some sort of bracket or additional plastic that is supposed to "push" that spoiler up a bit to make it flush with the bottom of the front bumper. i took some pics of the underneath too, so hopefully someone can tell me if I am missing something, and if so, what.
thanks in advance.
-john

[mistertate]

It looks like you are missing a lot. It looks like metal L-brakets that tie the fog-lights to the spoiler to the car are what is causing the problem. There's also one that ties in the center by the radiator. Looks like they used some real classy Lowe's fasteners too. By a $5 copy of Porsche PET off ebay and figure out the rest.

[Tiramisu]

I have the same exact problem. Hopefully we can get some help and figure this out!

[porsche4life]

Missing some bolts and the little metal flat strap in the middle and the L brackets... Pictars on the way...

[porsche4life]

I would start off by taking the whole mess off. Its not that hard. Just the bolts on each side of the radiator that appear to be missing and then pull the side marker lights out and you can get the bolts holding it on the fender...

[Catamax944]

Missing some bolts and the little metal flat strap in the middle and the L brackets

He's also missing the plastic trim piece around the front of the radiator.I think that is also important because the spoiler sits on it and are held together by 4 additional bolts.



Although non related he's also missing the engine undertray(shield).

[v2rocket_aka944]

the small plastic piece between the radiator and the valence is not necessary to support the valence.

try unbolting the valence from the sheetmetal just inside the foglights and try to rotate the valence up into the proper position. hold it like that and rebolt it.

[porsche4life]

I think he is completely missing those bolts... Like I said I think he would be better off if he removed it to survey the damage....


Oh and the undertray missing isnt that big of a deal... I leave mine off.

[cwiert]

thanks for the responses and pics too.
OK, yeah, I'll remove it to see what's going on there. But from what I'm hearing, I'm missing:
1) Metal L Brackets and the bolts (these are on the sides)
2) The center tie/Metal flat strap (This looks easy enough to fabricate myself) But what/where does it attach to up top? I need to look again...maybe it's self explanatory
3) Plastic trim piece in from of the radiator. And from what I'm hearing, this is optional and I could potentially get the spoiler flush with the bumper without having this.

Thanks again. I'll probably dive into this mini-project tomorrow or over the weekend.

[v2rocket_aka944]

center strap just attaches to the body, on the plastic duct thing behind the bumper

as for the small plastic trim piece i havent had one since i bought the car in 2005. it was broken so i just removed it. i believe it is part of the airflow setup but my car has gone past the half-way temperature mark maybe 5 times with the heater on since.

[JAXTURBO]

Originally Posted by Catamax944

He's also missing the plastic trim piece around the front of the radiator.I think that is also important because the spoiler sits on it and are held together by 4 additional bolts.



Although non related he's also missing the engine undertray(shield).

What are those 2 boxes mounted to the front of the chassis?

[bell]

they are h.i.d. ballasts.......for the headlights

[JAXTURBO]

Originally Posted by bell

they are h.i.d. ballasts.......for the headlights

Ah, I see... better yet so you can see. Thanks!