Originally Posted by Larmo

I have my GT500 spoiler sitting in my garage waiting to be installed... I've heard that striping can be a pain and that it might be substantially easier to install stripes before the spoiler is attached. Should I wait to get it mounted?

Originally Posted by killbee

Just two holes and 3M tape all the way around. I dont think you'll have to worry about it coming off its rock solid. It covers the other hole but I plugged mine off and siliconed it on both sides for good measure.

Originally Posted by philster2003

The instructions say to drill two additional holes toward the edge, did you skip drilling these holes? Sounds like you did and just used the two factory holes and the 3m tape?

Thanks

Originally Posted by killbee

Yea, I skipped drilling the 2 other holes. The 2 holes and 3M tape are plenty to hold it in place. I didnt wont to take the chance of screwing my trunk lid up.

Originally Posted by killbee

Yea, I skipped drilling the 2 other holes. The 2 holes and 3M tape are plenty to hold it in place. I didnt wont to take the chance of screwing my trunk lid up.

Originally Posted by Falchion

That's good to know. I don't like drilling holes in a new car. A bolt on install is the best!

Thanks for sharing this info. I'm starting to get tired of my factory spolier already. At least since I installed my billet grill. This might be a good replacement for it if they ever started painting in Dark Candy Apple Red.

Here's a couple of pics. What do you guys think? Would the GT500 spoiler look better, or the OEM one?

Originally Posted by DarkFireGT

Never the OEM one. A pedestal spoiler is not the right look for S197's, unless you add a ducktail and go for a Mach 1 look. I haven't had one bad comment on mine yet.

Originally Posted by Falchion

Yeah, it looks real good. How's the quality of the spolier itself? Pretty good?

Originally Posted by killbee

Great quality, the paint is perfect. Feels about the same weight as the factory spoiler, no flex or ruff spots. I really cant find anything I dont like about it. I would buy from them again if I needed to.

Originally Posted by Willie

....Rob at BSM told me that this spoiler is a pain to stripe, and that's coming from a professional!

I bought a striping kit from him for my wife's V6 and this is stated in the instructions. There's a comment about some guys' doing the spoiler with four total pieces, which creates a seam while others have tried this with one continuous piece (2 pieces total). FYI, he factory striping has a seam (four total pieces are used for the spoiler alone). I have not installed yet, BUT.....

Before Rob had pre-cut stripes for this spoiler, I purchased a generic 12-inch wide roll from him. Because the GT500s striping varies in width -- narrowest at the front and rear bumpers and widest on the roof, I had to cut every piece to duplicate this. I ended up having to use seams on the rear spoiler (four total pieces) and did NOT have any problems, BUT....

I have a good deal of experience installing striping.....


....Do you think the twin racing stripes would be easier/harder than the superstripe?

Depends. The superstripe is extremely wide. Because the contour of the spoiler at the top is curved, I believe this stripe MUST be seamed. If you try using one piece and start at the top, it will not lay flat once you go over the top and onto the back. There's no way IMHO.

Originally Posted by MSGTGT

Hey guys...I just bought and received my new GT500 spoiler. I removed the original one and I'm getting ready to install the new one. I'm very interested in the guys who elected to skip drilling the additional two mounting holes. Have any of you experienced any problems? Does the spoiler stay put...even at high speeds? I don't want to drill those holes either...so if most of you have had no problems...I will do the same.

Originally Posted by officespace56

When you order from them, when do you choos the color that you want

Originally Posted by killbee

It will stay put, I've had it 100+ , washed the car several times since the install, and still solid as a rock.

Originally Posted by killbee

It will stay put, I've had it 100+ , washed the car several times since the install, and still solid as a rock.

Originally Posted by MSGTGT

Installed the spoiler last night. Everything went well, but the outside corners did not stick well. The tape wasn't holding. I had to clamp the corners down. I'll take the clamps off tonight and HOPE that the tape is holding well. I did everything the way I should have. Everything was clean, dry and warm. Did anyone else have this problem?