I wanted to show you guys how bad the fit is on some of these spoilers. I talked to Ethan (Hugger) about this, and this one seems to be the 3 piece injected plastic one where the pedestals are screwed to the spoiler. Very light I can balance it on one finger. Before Christmas I was looking for one and everyone seemed to be out, even ebay was bare, I found one and the seller never used, it was going to be a project that never happened. He shipped it to me in the original box with the hardware and said he got it from OPGI for $335. No problem here at all, took my best offer of $250. Anyway here are some photos on how off it is and I don't know what to do, if it was fiberglass I could play with it. If I bring down a little further on the trunk it's worse, this is the best I could get it. I believe this may have come from Tamraz not OPGI, unless they use the same.
wow, not a body man here, but the only way I think you fix that would be to to fill the gaps with with a fiberglass mixture I've always gear called peanut butter. its basically fiberglass mat that has been cut to a powered and then done short cut mixed in. it mb makes a paste that can be spread vertically, smoothed, and worked. then sanded and painted like any other fiberglass repair. but would be hard to paint.
Well that sux! If its injection molded, fiberglass may not be the best repair. I'd even out the ends on top of the fenders (possibly stack 3-4 pieces of corrugated cardboard to keep it in line?), then with a pencil laying flt on the trunk, trace the trunk contour on the pedestals. 2-3 people helping will help keep it in position. Take off the contour with a belt sander with a fine belt. If the ends come down too close to the fenders, youll hafta make a flexible "base gasket". Lifes a work in progress Tom... ws
Its plastic, and very thin you go sanding on it and you will go thru and have a mess. Anything can be made to work but the time it would take is counterproductive. You would have to essentially sharpen up every edge on it and then reinforce with 3m 8115 epoxy. The legs could possibly be heated and recontoured but the probability of that being successful is slim It's made by the same company that sells spoilers on ebay for like $60 for most any car,...its just a shitty part that has no place in the market or in a suppliers catalog The one I put on didn't even have the correct thread bolts, and they were big Phillips head. The nutsert they used wasn't standard or metric idk what the hell it was but I had to carefully persuade a metric thru it. It's also too short, you have to set in 1/2 in on both sides to center it.
About the only good thing about is its flat and not full of pinholes. The glass ones take some time to prep,...but that's any fiberglass
And they'll be sure to tell you "we've never had a complaint " or its intended be installed by a professional
Yeah, I already politely voiced my disappointment with their craftmanship and fit. I'm wondering if I could make my own gasket like the sport mirrors have but in either rubber or form a gasket. Since it will be black I may get away with it. I know it's not correct but I don't know what else to do. I don't want to resell this piece of crap to anybody else. Ethan your right I was looking at the cheap hardware they sent and figured I'd need longer screws. I should of listened to you guys when you told me how bad these where, but figured ahh how bad could it be. Ugg!
So the choir is preaching to the Rabbi. You aint gonna get a refund so fix it. Lay it out with a pencil like I suggested and go get a Japanese "pull saw" for detail work from menards. Make it fit. Whats the biggy? Its plastic for Christs' sake. Or glop some black RTV on it. Stevie Wonders' on the judging squad. I forget that I have the mentality of using power tools without ruining that $500.00 piece of teak on my boat that EVERYONE sees. Its called joinery BTW. sm
I made it clear feom the beginning I didn't want a refund, just truly disappointed with the product. There's no way I'm cutting it because the ends will hit the quarter. I'll probably make some type of gasket and it will blend in with the black paint. If not it will make nice wall decor.
You would need a gasket 3/16 or so not sure what would be pliable enough and that thick. The foam type weather strip wouldn't work very well imo, because after trimming the cells of the foam would be exposed. Would bother me ha. Maybe something like the old bed mat material that goes in truck beds. Or maybe the flex seal stuff poured In little mold then trim it out of that
Maybe something like this? Cut to match the mounting area. I'm sure you could find something cheaper. https://www.amazon.com/dp/B01CT6TIW...&pd_rd_r=8ace132b-1144-11e9-8c82-c3dc9d8d345f
I would be embarrassed to sell something like that. If this is the quality of what they are selling now for $335 then I'm glad I pulled the sale on my original rear spoiler. I'll keep it. Duane
I'm not too sure but did you perhaps get one that was made for the 1968-1969 trunk lids that someone was making? This thread shows a spoiler with the exact same non creased pedestal contour. The 68-69 trunk is a smooth roll and not a crisp line like that pedestal shown. http://www.v8buick.com/index.php?threads/68-69-poston-rear-spoiler.328791/
