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Originally Posted by cooolone2
Care to detail the process and reinstall?
Looks great by the way and probably gonna cost me some beans now, lolz!
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Sorry for the late reply! I don't have pictures to document, but the process went through the following steps:
1. wiped down the bottom of the CS spoiler, then attached 3M tape (the vehicle strips, as the part did not come with any)
2. used fishing line to saw through the adhesive on the stock spoiler on the trunk. i don't own a heating gun, but room temperature in an underground parking garage gave me zero issues.
3. used goo-gone on the leftover adhesive. i think this is where the heat gun may have saved some time.
4. wiped down the trunk surface, then lined up the CS spoiler (it's not quite a 1:1 fit, as the CS curves in a lot more).
5. "fix" the spoiler with painter's tape. based on the extreme curvature of the spoiler it was less of a "lift slightly then put back down" but served as a rough guideline.
6. prep the trunk surface with 3M adhesion promoter.
7. (USE A BUDDY FOR THIS) line up and place the spoiler. i used a method i saw on youtube where you cut a pull-tab on the 3M tape, then pull from the middle, instead of pulling the entire length of the non-adhesive side. it allowed for a slower process and potential error correction, as less of the tape is stuck on the trunk.
I think i went a bit too slow as i felt this would be my first and last opportunity to get this right, and it came out okay in the end.