Removal of Trunk Spoiler
I'm trying to take my spoiler off at this very moment and feel like I'm going to break something.... I got the 4 bolts off, but how do I detach the spoiler from those plastic clips? Next step is me pulling really hard, and I don't know if that's a good idea...
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.... I personally love the look of the spoiler on the RX8. The RX8 is a very different design, extreme in many ways. It's very much from the Japanese "anime" school of design (like Speed Racer's Mach 5). I also think the car somehow looks naked and incomplete without one. So much so that I'm putting an OEM spoiler on the 2007 GT I just bought.
As far as the RX8 looking more "mature" without the spoiler, I'm probably one of the oldest people here on this forum (50, yeah, I'm old...), and I personally like the look with the spoiler.
No right or wrong, just personal tastes. Vanilla or chocolate.
As far as the RX8 looking more "mature" without the spoiler, I'm probably one of the oldest people here on this forum (50, yeah, I'm old...), and I personally like the look with the spoiler.
No right or wrong, just personal tastes. Vanilla or chocolate.
Not that this is a poll or not that anyone asked me....
Also Oprah said that 50 is the new 30 so take off 20 years brother and keep on rolling.
So this Rotary thing...?
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I have small cracks in my spoiler already and don't want to make them any worse.
Should I just pull harder?
There is two bolts, double sided tape and a plastic tab per side that holds the spoiler on. Use a hair dryer for the double sided tape. And you have to give it a good pull to remove plastic piece.
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yes, pull harder, but do it carefully. the plastic bolts are self-retaining. it might feel like you're breaking something, but you're really just pulling on the self-retaining bolt. it's really annoying there're so many holes. i just plugged them up w/ rubber plugs from the hardware store. some day, i suppose i might take it to a body shop and have them sand, plug, and paint
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It looks too "sporty" in a kind of immature sort of way, not a good way. I tend to think of the 8 as a sports coupe in the line as cars like the 135i and such, and these types of cars look classier and cleaner without a spoiler. Don't get me wrong, the spoiler does look pretty good, and as far as spoilers go it flows well with the car's design anyway.
(Then again, I added stainless steel strakes to mine. But mine's Black Cherry Mica - nearly black, so all of the interesting lines and shapes tend to disappear.)
Just my 2¢.
Last edited by New Yorker; Jun 6, 2010 at 02:59 PM.
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