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I'm sorry to read about the turn of events regarding your venture. Should you ultimately decide to let your newly acquired replacement go, I'd certainly jump in to take it off your hands.
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09-20-2012, 10:25 AM | #27 |
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This sucks. I would put the $ into an aftermarket boot lid then work on the OEM trunk as a side project. Could be worse I guess.
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09-20-2012, 02:01 PM | #28 |
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I Still think it's white silicone. Which is similar to the body shop's gasket maker guess. I've removed silicone from paint with a plastic putty knife, some heat, and a lot of rubbing/elbow grease.
I agree with IND, that's too expensive, you should get another estimate.
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You're right, there are quite a few actually. Unfortunately most are on the West coast and don't want to ship. Anybody in the Midwest want to sell me their AW trunk? If not, I'm just going to make an appointment at the body shop when I get back to the US next week.
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Just to update, car is at the shop. Should get it back by thursday. In the meantime, I guess I got a little gun shy about the Performance spoiler so I ordered some white vinyl to see if I could subdue the carbon fiber some. The color match is, of course, not perfect but I think it will give me a good idea if I want to have it painted or just go with the whole CF look. In any case, I think the wrap turned out pretty well.
You can see the color mismatch when compared to the original AW spoiler. Thats a scrap piece of the vinyl on there. |
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Definitely have it painted IMO. But I am biased because I don't care for unpainted carbon fiber.
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Ahhhhh....... so relieved to have the car home and that mess cleaned up. They told me not to wax the trunk for 60 days so I'm assuming I shouldn't mount up the spoiler during that time as well. I forgot to ask so anybody care to chime in? I guess I'll probably just wait til spring.
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Are you satisfied with the match? In those pics, it looks like it might be off a bit. If you ever plan to remove the spoiler without damaging the paint, you should wait.
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Well, I was satisfied until you said that. I did inspect it under full sunlight when I picked it up and it looked right to me then. I'll have to take another critical look tomorrow. Yeah, I think the spoiler install will happen in the spring to give the paint a chance to fully cure. |
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should have tried using a heat gun to soften and sort of melt the adhesive. Thats what i did when i removed a spoiler and switched it for another. Just be careful not to melt the paint.
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