I bought these door sill scuff plates for my GTI: Door sill scuff plate For VW GOLF 4 6 MK6 MK4 GTI 09-2011 MK4 1999-2005 | eBay

Installation was generally straight forward and easy. However, trying to get them to align properly takes a bit of trial and error and there lies my problem. The scuff plates are attached to the door sills via automotive 3M tapes.

On one of the door sills, I missed aligned slightly at the front tip, so I tried to pull it out and realign but it was already half stuck to the sill. This caused the sill plate to bend slightly at the tip.

I managed to realign and pressed them in firmly thinking it's all good. However, while washing the car over the weekend, I noticed the slightly bent tip sticking out of the sill!

Does anyone know what I can use to stick this back in as the 3M tape on the underside obviously isn't strong enough to counter the bending force of the stainless steel plate?

Any help is appreciated. Thanks guys and gals!