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post Sep 9, 2008 - 10:38 AM
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Legit94GT

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So awhile ago i bought a three post spoiler from coomer and have been meaning to paint it and mount it on my car but...

I am kinda concerned about having to drill holes into my trunk and possibly having water leak in( i live in vancouver/portland, it rains ALOT here) the old "gaskets" on the post are long since destroyed frown.gif

Is there another product i can use that would act smiliar to the rubber stuff that use to be one the bottom of the posts?

How do i know exactly where to mount it? I mean i can get it centered by splitting the difference of the trunk but how do i mark where to drill the holes?

OR We can step out of the box on this...

What if i cut off the threaded posts coming out of the spoiler and bondo or fiberglassed a peice of metal on the bottom of the post, then put strong magnets on the underside of the trunk to "grab" the bottom of the post and hold them in place?
Im talking like industrial magnets with at least a hundred pounds of pull on each one...

My only concern with that would be rattling it lose from my subs and scratching my trunk up alot...

Thoughts?


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post Sep 11, 2008 - 8:49 PM
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ok i just removed my seal on my 3 post spoiler and pretty much all it was was some really thick double sided tape with a rubber inside instead of foam. i would bet you could find the stuff at harbor frieght and cut to fit. right now i just put on a trd spoiler and im not even useing ne kind of seal right now and it hasnt leaked once once its tight the metal kinda conforms to the mounting hardware and creates its own seal im not sayinmg to leave it as it is but in my case im still working on my car and luckly havent had much rain. but i plan on doing the same thing with the double sided tape when the car is painted no use takeing a chance biggrin.gif
post Sep 11, 2008 - 9:21 PM
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QUOTE (punkuup5150 @ Sep 11, 2008 - 8:49 PM) *
ok i just removed my seal on my 3 post spoiler and pretty much all it was was some really thick double sided tape with a rubber inside instead of foam. i would bet you could find the stuff at harbor frieght and cut to fit. right now i just put on a trd spoiler and im not even useing ne kind of seal right now and it hasnt leaked once once its tight the metal kinda conforms to the mounting hardware and creates its own seal im not sayinmg to leave it as it is but in my case im still working on my car and luckly havent had much rain. but i plan on doing the same thing with the double sided tape when the car is painted no use takeing a chance biggrin.gif



Thanks, Ya i kinda want to have it on my car before i paint my car and make sure i really like:)


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1 JL 1,000/1v2
2 JL 12" W6v2
2 Focal 6.5 component 165a1
Kenwood DDX512 head unit

Running 142.6db with the back seat up:)

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