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Spoiler install

wow that looks a lot better than mine. i tried putting it on tonight, it doesnt fit. the center brake light housing is going to have to be worn down first.
 
echostatic said:
i tried putting it on tonight, it doesnt fit. the center brake light housing is going to have to be worn down first.
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You're making the rest of nervous!:shock:

Tell me your just rushing the fitment!!

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echostatic said:
wow that looks a lot better than mine. i tried putting it on tonight, it doesnt fit. the center brake light housing is going to have to be worn down first.
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I would play around with it more before you cut anything, I didn't have any problems with mine at all. Try just setting the spoiler on and lining up the holes in the rear and bolting it down with the brake light there. Don't worry about attaching the arms for right now, just put in the rear 4 bolts with the light still on and see how it fits. If there are no problems doing this then it should install just fine.
 
echostatic said:
wow that looks a lot better than mine. i tried putting it on tonight, it doesnt fit. the center brake light housing is going to have to be worn down first.
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NO IT DOESN'T.

I thought the same thing before it got painted...it fits.....DONT CUT ON IT!!!!!!!
 
WS6 said:
Tell me your just rushing the fitment!!

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He is haha. I had the same thoughts. I got all pissed that it didn't fit right but it does...patience is a virtue. I sound old huh? :crazy:
 
Can I add something here.. here is a rear spoiler NOT to get.. can't say much more... but the sides do not seat, the unit itself is about 1/2 inch too narrow. These are rock hard fibreglass. Gotta say the supplier stood by the claim on two of these.. seems the tooling is off and they have withdrawn the supply etc.

This type is a white fibreglass finish as shown. I have also used the grey one .. and its MUCH better.
 
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Quiky One said:
Oz, what brand is that?

Jason
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Its medium white in color.. real manufacturer is unknown.

A few years back we installed one on my 89 TTA shown here.. and supplied a few to others.. and they were perfect, Just be careful .. Hawkes ones seem to fit from what we can see here which is what is wanted.. ... the Hard WHITE ones did not.
 
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Classic Industries sells the white ones... they have a sticker on them that says made in Mexico.... Mine even had a stamp on it saying that it "passed inspection"... I wish I had known there were different manufacturers for these things.... it took me and a buddy a few hours to get it to fit to a reasonable degree followed by a few more hours of sanding to get both sides looking the same..... believe me it's a whole nother topic on how to install one of these... hopefully everyone avoids them so I don't have to write the thread...
 
And to anyone who reads the "how to" part in the future, I apologize for the grammatical mistakes. It appears as if I wrote it with my head up someplace dark and never edited it.

Reading posts with those errors always bugs me and mine has them! Two instead of to, by instead of buy, and to instead of too. GOOD LORD.
 
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And to anyone who reads the "how to" part in the future, I apologize for the grammatical mistakes. It appears as if I wrote it with my head up someplace dark and never edited it.

Don't worry about it. Myspace bar hardly works thats whyalotof my posts lookslike this. After I write them I spend a minute or two looking over what I wrote and adding spaces. Plus sometimes your head goes quicker than your fingers can. I am also curious as to what holes Jan is speaking of since I just got my spoilers.
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the mounting holes through the decklid. How did anyone (if anyone did) seal these? Im talking about the bolts that you take the plugs out to loosen.
 
I used window urethane, cut small pieces and rolled them thin and made washers out of it.

Window urethane is one of those handy things to have on the shelf. It comes in a roll and has a couple thicknesses. I use it for all kinds of hard to seal things. And it can be rolled thin for stuff like this.
 
Sorry, not sure why i referred to Jan. must have been the avatar picture. Anyways, like WS6 said about the the windshield urethane, It is actually called Butyl. 3M makes some that we use at work that is very good. It is called window weld. You can also get strip caulk which is basically the same but comes in thinner strips about 8-10 inches in length, but just tear off what you need. This is also known as "Dum Dum" in the auto industry. I am not sure if you can get all of this stuff at any parts store, but you should definitely be able to get it at any auto paint supply stores. That is also what I will be using on mine. It is what they used to use to hold in windshields but not much anymore, it is still used in stationary side glass in autos. extremely water proof. Windshield urethane is what is now used in windshields and would come in a tube like caulk. when this dries it holds like a mother, and if you ever need to take the spoiler off you would need to cut through it (basically you'd be screwed). I totally agree with WS6 on this one, it is definitely something handy to have in the garage as you will find plenty of uses for it.
 
I am installing a Hawks spoiler and I don't plan to use the two small clips they included. They look like they are bent too high and would not hold down the end of the spoiler against the glass unless I re-bent them, so instead I plan to use the screws in the slots as the procedure above shows. That seems to me to be just as good as using the clips.
My spoiler appears to be just a small amount too narrow. I can spread the "legs" of the spoiler to get the ends to fit, but as I got to the rearmost slots, the arms are a little too close together to fit easily over the mounting slots/brackets on the window, and I am concerned that I can't spread that part of the spoiler enough to get it to fit well, but I will try.
I also had to drill out the two mounting holes on the rear deck, they were slot shaped front-to-back, but when I placed the spoiler on the deck to do a fit check, its mounting holes were a little too close together and I couldn't install both bolts because the holes in the spoiler didn't line up with those in the deck. After I opened up the deck holes to be round, I was able to get both mounting bolts into the spoiler.
I also put tape on the spoiler arms, to mark where the window slots are, so I know where to put the screws into the spoiler, but see no reason to put tape on the car since the slots are there and I can see them when I have the spoiler placed on the car if I just lift it a little.
I will post some pics soon showing my spoiler.
 
getting a very respectable paint shop to put 2 spoliers on ... they called me today i was like sweet is it ready to pic up ... then the guy tells me some dummy threw out my mounting hardware acouple bags of the SS screws and my third brake light ... he told me he would pay for everything thrown away ... i was a lil pissed but told him ty for being honest .
 
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