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Omega Help Area => Omega General Help => Topic started by: star_whites on 11 June 2011, 19:25:55
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Does anyone know how you remove the boot spoiler off a 1999 estate??
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Does anyone know how you remove the boot spoiler off a 1999 estate??
Wiv a nammer :y
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Why a hammer is it moulded on to the tailgate??
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Why a hammer is it moulded on to the tailgate??
Twas a jest....then again.....maybe not....sigh....
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Does anyone know how you remove the boot spoiler off a 1999 estate??
You don't.
The glue they use to stick it on is stronger than the spoiler itself so you will damage it if you try and separate them.
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Ok thank you. It stays on the car then!
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Are you sure it's glued on ?
I bought a PFL spoiler from a breaker a couple of years ago and it was held on with the 4 set screws and the captive moulded in nuts , there was a little sealer but no Tiger seal /Sikofix or the likes.
Here's a photo of the fixings , I'd try it and see.
Ignore the tube of Tiger Seal , I didn't use it :y
(http://i162.photobucket.com/albums/t261/olympia5776/Omega/Spoilerfixingpoints.jpg)
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Here's a photo of the ......
You collecting tape measures? ;D ;D ;D You've some catching up to me to do though ...... ;D ;D ;D ;)
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in my limited experience, i have found all the boot spoilers i have come across have been bonded and sometimes bonded with 2 small screws either end, only feasible way to remove them is with something like a scraper or cheesewire but both ways usually damage either the spoiler or the paintwork on the bootlid :(
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I think the best option would be to buy a matching bootlid without a spoiler and swap them over and sell the lid with the spoiler on it. 8-)
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I think the best option would be to buy a matching bootlid without a spoiler and swap them over and sell the lid with the spoiler on it. 8-)
Easier said than done! :(
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Could try heating it first. Managed to remove mine of my original tailgate after a prang, though the tailgate was scrap ::) took some levering though.
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Nah, I don't need it so it will go to the breakers with the rest of the car!..... Unless anyone wants a tailgate in Champayn??
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Here's a photo of the ......
You collecting tape measures? ;D ;D ;D You've some catching up to me to do though ...... ;D ;D ;D ;)
You know Andy I'm the world's worst when it comes to tape measures. I do a lot of woodwork and cannot get into the habit of clipping it back on to my belt when I use them and end up with 1/2dozen or more lying all over the place .
You should see my collection of pencils ..... ;D
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Dont know if the estate is the same as the saloon, but on the saloon the spoiler can be removed (in about 20 minutes or so) by using a wallpaper scraper and tapping it with a hammer along the join between the bootlid and spoiler. Got be careful though. :y