Added OEM Spoiler
 

When shopping for an 8 I always favoured the spoiler and appearance package. The deal that came up on the one I bought was one I couldn't pass up, but it came without any of the appearance options. After a few months, I decided I needed to add the OEM spoiler.

I bought it off a member here and it came painted brilliant black. The spoiler was in good condition but the clear coat didn't look great - visible orange peel.

https://www.dropbox.com/s/3e3txrxayl...327_205107.jpg

I decided to have my first go at any type of body work my wet sanding this down and reclearing it. I started with 2500 grit because I was scared of sanding too much. I quickly realized that it was not going to be enough, after a little while I still wasn't taking enough off.

https://www.dropbox.com/s/yvzpw9qott...327_221400.jpg

I switched to 1000 grit and it started to look a little better. At this point I was worried my spoiler was going to turn out gray :(

https://www.dropbox.com/s/bnaturrlyy...329_154553.jpg

https://www.dropbox.com/s/jl5afg8p7n...329_155612.jpg

All hung up in the paint booth

https://www.dropbox.com/s/1ghl5h4h1k...329_162458.jpg

First coat of clear

https://www.dropbox.com/s/6ac4a624te...329_164858.jpg

After about 3 or 4 coats of clear

https://www.dropbox.com/s/t0j25agcrx...329_190707.jpg

This was the point of no return...punching/drilling these holes was painful. The provided templates were easy to use - just cut them out and they match the trunk line. They tell you where to drill and the sizes, can't really go wrong.

https://www.dropbox.com/s/hpmmxenpuq...330_174618.jpg

After drilling the holes, I filed them down a little bit, touched them up, and coated the base of the spoiler with some silicone before mounting it to the trunk lid.

A few before/afters....now I just need this weather the clear up and I can put the summer tires back on :dunno:

Before
https://www.dropbox.com/s/1329gl7wud...330_155926.jpg
https://www.dropbox.com/s/6vsjrvqrg8...330_162938.jpg
https://www.dropbox.com/s/zjvg3qib62...330_163008.jpg

After
https://www.dropbox.com/s/9gt96xns4j...330_182018.jpg
https://www.dropbox.com/s/to4s1bvlmt...330_182029.jpg
https://www.dropbox.com/s/ts7ozem3ss...330_182039.jpg

Right on. :beerchug:


Those winter wheels are straight monster truckin' haha.

Looking good!

Those wheels are awesome

They're not awesome :mad: Winter has decided to run into April this year, we got about 6 inches of snow out of nowhere last week. Hopefully this is finally behind us now, will most likely put the summers on this week :)

Looks real good. That's probably the only exterior add-on I want.

P.S. Winter is still here in Alberta this week. Our forecast says it's going to snow possibly up to Wed May 7th.

I just did this to mine as well. It just didn't feel right without it :)

Looking good my homie...