Removing old and installing New 308 spoiler

Chris,
Give me a call.
In additon to the tips I gave you this afternoon:

That mounting lip on your new spoiler is indeed pretty thick., I'd try fitting a board the same thickness as the spoiler into the mounting 'slot' to see if there's enough 'give' for it to go in. If it won't go in, or requires a lot of force, the lip will have to be ground down to about 3/16" thick.

As to the lip being narrower, as long as the screw holes have 1/8" or more fibreglass around them they'll hold fine. 1 or 2 of the OEM holes in my spoiler have less, but some others have more, so it sort of averages out.

 

A couple of years back I went from the Euro to the US on my 84. It was the weirdest thing how it wouldn't fit. My body shop guy told me he had "a ton of glass" on it to get it to match up right. You wouldn't know it to look at it, though. It looks like it left Italy this way now but I firmly believe no two 308's are alike.

 

Amen, as we tried two different aftermarket Euro-type units and one was WAY OFF (too narrow) while the other is still a bit off, but not as bad so we used that one.

Chris, you got some work ahead of you and hope she lasts a long time. My new one lasted all of three track days and i had a bad off. i gave up and used glue, added tape and moved on.

 

I agree it's variance between cars PLUS variance between repro spoiler units!

Greg328 went thru much the same routine to fit my old one......

Power tools are required.........carry on.....

 

Get Greg 328 to post a pic of his, he painted it real nice and lined bottom with some aluminum rub strips.......

 

Naaa, we'll get you on the track at some point in 2007 come heck or high water A few dings and maybe a slight wall brushing will cure that amazing wax job desire. Imagine all the 'extra time' you'll have by not washing/waxing the car as often... and tracking her instead

 

Chris,
You are going to grind the bottom of that spoiler off the first time you go up your driveway!

I had no idea there was so much variation in these things. Maybe the FFIC needs to make a stop at your house. Of course, it will be hard to make us work rather than just taking over the theater room and watching movies....

Birdman

P.S. Welcome back to the arctic!

 

Hey Chris,

That pushed in look is much better. How well did the brackets fit?? and was the bumper fit as good as stock on the sides and top?

How much for the brackets??

I would like to be able to return the car to stock, if needed for resale, so drilling the shocks is out.

thanks,
looks good,
chris

 

Chris,

Looking good, man. Now I am even more inspired to put a euro on my Euro !!

-Luigi

 

Looks as if the spoiler got the wrong color.....
Or is it only my monitor?!

 

Sun fade will take care of it....
Looks good, Chris!!!

 

Another question.....aren't your headlights missing some front trim?

Looks great, btw - as Enzo intended. I'd really like to 'go euro' but the $$$ isn't there, and you have no idea the pain I've suffered getting my spoiler on/off when I installed a larger radiator/fan combo. Too much nightmare to do that all again soon.

 

Very nice Chris.

I didn't know they made deeper spoilers for those "kit cars"

 

I track my car quite a bit, but not as much as you... if I did, I'd probably change to the shorter USA spoiler, even though I much prefer the look of the euro spoiler.

 

*golf clap*


very good!

Don't go higher on wattage the small ones will melt the lens....