spoiler installation
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spoiler installation
wife just got me a spoiler for my silverstone. dealer wants 150.00 to install. is this something an average dummy like me can do or do i give up the 150? are there holes to be drilled?? any help would be great. thanks!
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I do believe there are holes to be drilled as well as some type of glue to be applied. I am the average "dummy" and I personally would not want to take that on myself just because I don't know the first thing about applying a spoiler. All the alignment to make the spoiler fit just right makes me nervous, I just know that I would mess something up. Check around for pricing though.
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I do believe there are holes to be drilled as well as some type of glue to be applied. I am the average "dummy" and I personally would not want to take that on myself just because I don't know the first thing about applying a spoiler. All the alignment to make the spoiler fit just right makes me nervous, I just know that I would mess something up. Check around for pricing though.
I do believe there are holes to be drilled as well as some type of glue to be applied. I am the average "dummy" and I personally would not want to take that on myself just because I don't know the first thing about applying a spoiler. All the alignment to make the spoiler fit just right makes me nervous, I just know that I would mess something up. Check around for pricing though.
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I bought the factory spoiler from another user on this forum, and wanted to do it myself.
Install is not too bad, just make sure the "template" is set properly. No kinks, very flat.
When removing the large panel, some of the plastic clips broke, but inside the factory kit they had a bunch of replacement ones.
When drilling, I used a vaccum to suck the shavings (while drilling). Also, stuck a small flex magnet inside all the holes to make sure to remove all metal shavings, then vaccumed again.
Affter all holes were drilled, I painted all the bare metal areas where drilled.
Make sure to remove the double stick tape after you put the spoiler on BUT before putting on the nuts.
Make sure to use the factory struts that come with the kit. The stock ones don't work.
Overall, not too hard to do, just kinda scary at first (the first hole) but I'm glad I did it.
Install is not too bad, just make sure the "template" is set properly. No kinks, very flat.
When removing the large panel, some of the plastic clips broke, but inside the factory kit they had a bunch of replacement ones.
When drilling, I used a vaccum to suck the shavings (while drilling). Also, stuck a small flex magnet inside all the holes to make sure to remove all metal shavings, then vaccumed again.
Affter all holes were drilled, I painted all the bare metal areas where drilled.
Make sure to remove the double stick tape after you put the spoiler on BUT before putting on the nuts.
Make sure to use the factory struts that come with the kit. The stock ones don't work.
Overall, not too hard to do, just kinda scary at first (the first hole) but I'm glad I did it.
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you really are only holding down your spoiler with double sided sticky tape? Isnt there going to be a decent amount of downforce applied onto the spoiler? I could be wrong, but im just wondering.
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