spoiler woes

[ip 0]

So I finally finished setting up the suspension on my car and spent Sunday giving a good clean so it looked as good as it drove. Winner.

Then, last night, some b**tard rips the spoiler off the boot while it's parked outside my flat (obviously shattering the window with it). Gutted. Autoglass are doing the windw tomorrow but until I cna get a new spoiler, it'll have wee holes in it that I'll have to plug up somehow.

Don't suppose anyone has a spare?

ip

[mike 6]

Get CL glass without the hole in it, and leave the spoiler off for the euro look thats my advice!

[ip 0]

I was thinking about that but I'm not sure it would look good with the black plastic wheel arch covers that y car has. I'd lose them too but they do such a good job of hiding the rusting arches.

I've ordered the drilled glass but, until I get a spoiler at least, I'll just plug the holes with a couple of gromets and some mastic. If I decide to keepit without the spoiler I reckon this should look okay (the holes are only 5mm and sit in the blacked out are of the glass so should be easy to hide).

Cheers for the advice.

ip

[ip 0]

Mike, you were right. Looks much better without the spoiler! Now I've just got to find a way to plug the three small holes (should have gone with the CL glass) and clean all the old adhesive off the door.

[Jonnyboy82 0]

Glad you finally got your set up right dude, shame about the spoiler but heres my advice:

Find that thieving bastard and cut his fingers off one by one slowly and very painfully with a blunt pair of pliers.

[ip 0]

Hi John, thanks for the advice. I do have nice blunt set of pliers.... Sadly, living in town you just have to accept that people will take pot shots at the car. Worst is when they key it cause that costs a fortune to put right (my old polo was mint until someone scored it down to the metal along four panels). At least this time it was only a bit of hassle and £60 excess.

BTW, is your pic showing the car with the FKs on? Looks good. I do miss the cornering.

[mike 6]

Mike' date=' you were right. Looks much better without the spoiler! Now I've just got to find a way to plug the three small holes (should have gone with the CL glass) and clean all the old adhesive off the door.

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little gromets from halfords couple of quid.... really should of gone with teh CL glass tho dude no worries

[Jonnyboy82 0]

Easy mate yeh the fks are on and i couldnt be happier it handles like a dream but im thinking of going lower its not enough :-p

Did you say they were set up with a 40mm drop?

I will add some pics when a nice day comes along so i can wash the car.

[ip 0]

Hi John, yeah that's right, 40mm. I'm pretty sure that's right as the 30mm drop H&R spprings I was using were about about 10-15mmmm higher. Saying that though I think the FKs might have been set up to be 45mm at the front and 35mm at the back. That gives it mid point 40mm drop and has a sporty wedge look. The guy basically said he'd set it up so that there was still enough travel at the back for the car to take passengers without bottoming out too much.

If you want to wind them down, make sure you give the the adjuster rings a good dousing in wd40 each day for a few days before trying to move them. Makes ther job much easier.

Cheers,

ip