Removing real spoiler
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Removing real spoiler
Is there a trick to doing this? I checked the service doc just in case, but it is pretty straight forward.
Remove the 4 nuts from the bolts, pull the spoiler off.
Except mine won't budge. All 4 nuts are off, and it still firmly planted. It looks like the nuts thread through a plastic washer on the other side, and I don't have a driver or socket small enough to try and take the bolts out.
Any suggestions? I'm hesitant to just start pulling.
edit -- I just used a 5/32 bit to remove the bolts themselves. The bolts AND nuts are off, yet the spoiler will not lift off.
Remove the 4 nuts from the bolts, pull the spoiler off.
Except mine won't budge. All 4 nuts are off, and it still firmly planted. It looks like the nuts thread through a plastic washer on the other side, and I don't have a driver or socket small enough to try and take the bolts out.
Any suggestions? I'm hesitant to just start pulling.
edit -- I just used a 5/32 bit to remove the bolts themselves. The bolts AND nuts are off, yet the spoiler will not lift off.
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Get some fishline and pull it through gap between the spoiler and decklid. ****Don't pull off**** Be careful or you'll take some paint with you. It's stuck onto the decklid with 3m tape.
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AHA! ADHESIVE PADS! Plastic putty knife and 106 out fixed that.
Did you use some isopropyl to remove the left over adhesive residue, or did you just leave it on there? A GT500 spoiler is going where this used to be. I have quite a bit of the pad left on the decklid.
Did you use some isopropyl to remove the left over adhesive residue, or did you just leave it on there? A GT500 spoiler is going where this used to be. I have quite a bit of the pad left on the decklid.
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