Has anyone done this? Is it an easy job to do? Anything I should watch out for? (just wanted some advice before I start attacking it with spanners etc)

 

Thanks

 

Ch

There you go Charles;)

 

http://www.twinturbo.net/net/viewmsg.aspx?forum=technical&msg_id=793373

There you go Charles;)

 

http://www.twinturbo.net/net/viewmsg.aspx?forum=technical&msg_id=793373

 

Excellent stuff! Thanks mate.

 

Ch :)

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Aw, I wanted to see what he did next I got so engrossed in the story!

ignore this

 

Why?

Charles

 

...the spoiler they have removed is not original spec. I removed mine a few weeks ago and it's a solid rubber device with sheet metal sandwiched within the rubber. It was a real effort to remove it without damaging the paintwork of the tailgate.

 

There are only a few nuts and bolts and a couple of poppers so ideally it should be easy, but (and I'm not sure if this is standard) there were a couple of large patches of black glue holding it onto the tailgate - and these were really difficult to shift.

 

When it was removed, there were a few small indents in the paintwork that needed filling, and some holes that also needed filling. It was easy, and has painted up inc laquer (can't spell?) quite easily. Secret is a grinding paste to remove the orange peel effect (bought from Halfords).

 

I then filled in the space with a decor panel with high level brake light from the Z Centre (thanks Luke) and finished it off with a fresh centre panel from Andy (thanks Andy).

 

...looks great - and it's reduced the weight (you'd be supriised how heavy the old spoiler was) and reduced the drag co-efficient...

 

...Jap Na so I need a bit of weight reduction etc...

 

good luck

 

Jack

Thanks Jack,

 

I'll bear that in mind when I do it. I'll let you know in a few weeks how it went!

 

Ch :)

 

Charles

 

...the spoiler they have removed is not original spec. I removed mine a few weeks ago and it's a solid rubber device with sheet metal sandwiched within the rubber. It was a real effort to remove it without damaging the paintwork of the tailgate.

 

There are only a few nuts and bolts and a couple of poppers so ideally it should be easy, but (and I'm not sure if this is standard) there were a couple of large patches of black glue holding it onto the tailgate - and these were really difficult to shift.

 

When it was removed, there were a few small indents in the paintwork that needed filling, and some holes that also needed filling. It was easy, and has painted up inc laquer (can't spell?) quite easily. Secret is a grinding paste to remove the orange peel effect (bought from Halfords).

 

I then filled in the space with a decor panel with high level brake light from the Z Centre (thanks Luke) and finished it off with a fresh centre panel from Andy (thanks Andy).

 

...looks great - and it's reduced the weight (you'd be supriised how heavy the old spoiler was) and reduced the drag co-efficient...

 

...Jap Na so I need a bit of weight reduction etc...

 

good luck

 

Jack

Why?

 

 

look at the reason for the edit.

 

cheerz, mickey

look at the reason for the edit.

 

cheerz, mickey

 

Ah! What went wrong?