It will clearly make a difference if the bolt is bending the plate in order to take up the slack, the head of the bolt will be in shear as a result rather than just clamping the plate to the bodyshell and such forces acting on it could snap the head clean off that bolt, especially as there is no rubber suppressing any vibration.
I would not even consider driving a car in that situation.
There is clearly an issue here that needs resolving with these items, not just hoping its ok.
Its one of the big problems these days with the more recent availability of cheaper cnc kit, people start copying and selling things without the engineering knowledge, they then replicate faults without realising it.
I see so much for sale out there now that I would not fit to a wheelbarrow never mind a high performance road car. It looks pretty so the sheep then fit it anyway!
Last edited by PAUL S; 03-04-2018 at 04:36 PM.