dammit i'm scared to drill those holes in my hatch lid!

woulda helped if the wing had come with a useable template and bolts that actually fit!

maybe i'll just use double-sided tape!

 

i installed a legacy wing onto my wingless L. really easy. even my dumb *** did it. what i did was use a really wide peice of wax paper and put holes in the wax paper where the bolts are for the spoiler. remember, you have to get a cable through the trunk as well for the light. once you find out where you want to put the holes, tape down your wax paper with masking tape so it doesnt hurt the paint or leave a residue. i also advise putting down tape where you are drilling right on the paint so it doesnt curl out and stuff. then, you drill. i had to do some dremeling of the underside of the trunk to be able to fit the nuts onto the bolts. to seal the wing so water and **** doesnt get in i cut up peices of an innertube and used some silicone crap. all pretty basic stuff.

heres pics

stock car:



bare fiberglass wing:



wing again:



finished product:


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STOCK PICKS

 

^^^

You're hired !!

 

.... but on a wagon?

 

oh...well...
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Ferrari F151

 

yeah exactly. installing a wing on a trunk is pretty easy, i was planning on doing that wax paper trick too, but i still need to get some bolts that fit dammit! still kinda pissed about that, but at least bolts aren't that expensive.

thanks anyway though svek

 

I don't have the holesaws, and I'm in Vallejo, and my isntall was a hack-job..........other than that, I'm the perfect candidate!

 

****, hack job or not, if you have any clue where i can get the templates for the holes, that would be a great help!

 

mother of ****

well the damn thing is on, but i really messed up on this one. got the bolts to fit on the sides, but since i drilled all the holes wrong TWICE, they don't fit straight. right now i'm wondering if i should just drill new holes into the wing itself, or consider getting a new hatch lid cause i'm not entirely certain how many more holes i can drill into this one. i guess i could JB weld the other holes.

all of this is a moot point though, cause my damn hatch won't open all the way now without crunching the wing itself. either i installed it too high, or the damn thing just wasn't made correctly. since i mounted it as far back as i could without it actually mounting on the glass, i'm just not sure.

at least it looks good where it is...

 

Crap, man. I wasn't home until late last night.
I don't have the templates anymore, but there's something not right if you can't open the hatch. My wing sits right at the front edge of the hatch and clears the rear bodywork....

Was this an OEM piece, or the one sold on ebay, with a picture of a blue L wagon?

 

did you measure twice?

 

use a sharp pic. I saw homer do it one time on the simpsons.

 

it's that one on eBay. i'm thinking that if i go crazy with the sand paper, and kind of smooth out the leading edge, it should fit because it doesn't pinch all that much, just in one particular spot.

i guess that's what i get for not going OEM.

 

dude, i measured like 4 times, but it was getting kinda dark towards the end. probably shoulda waited, but that's good ole' impatient me.

 

for the speed holes you mean? i just watched that episode the other day actually!