[sjgillett]

Hi all,

Picked up an OEM spolier today off this forum and I think I've decided to bond as opposed to drill and bolt as it didn't come with the end brackets. The adhesive of choice on here seems to be silkflex 255f I think.

So now for the silly question, where is the best place to apply the adhesive? Do I remove the thin foam tape from the underside and apply a bead in its place or do I leave the tape in place and run the bead along the inside or do I need to do something else?

Also I assume I apply adhesive to the four circular sections where the bolts would normally fit.

Any advice would be gratefully received as all the how tos I've found have pics removed.

Cheers

 

[markvirgo]

I just went mad and stuck it everywhere

 

[sjgillett]

Thanks for the reply, did you leave the foam tape in place or remove it?

 

[markvirgo]

I can't be sure but I don't remember removing any tape

 

[paddy]

http://www.civinfo.com/forum/styling/98562-splitting-tailgate-plexiglass-spoiler-back-window.html

 

[Bench]

I left the foam tape on mine, I squeezed a massive sausage shape along top of the boot and 2 smaller down the pointy bits

Thing is rock solid

 

[sjgillett]

Thanks guys that helps a lot. Just need to find some bricks now ☺

 

[wardy2602]

Bricks and plenty of em with a healthy dose of silkafix

 

[sjgillett]

Thanks Wardy2602. The area I was struggling with is whether I needed to remove the foam tape from the underside of the spoiler. I think I'm goiing to leave it on there and run the sikaflex all around the inside of it.

 

[messiahontrial]

Bricks and plenty of em with a healthy dose of silkafix

View attachment 133113

That's the way to do it ! :lol:

 

[wardy2602]

The bricks are still no neil i liked them so much i bonded them too, dont half help with the aero

 

[wardy2602]

Thanks Wardy2602. The area I was struggling with is whether I needed to remove the foam tape from the underside of the spoiler. I think I'm goiing to leave it on there and run the sikaflex all around the inside of it.

I left mine on to be fair and just run a bead of the adhesive all the way round, dont be tempted to use to much and stay off the mounting point for the bolts otherwise you wont get it to sit right.

Wardy

 

[sjgillett]

Well stage one of removing my slip spoiler didn't go to plan. Did my research one bolt at each end and stuck to the Perspex with double sided tape. So I remove the bolts ease away the brackets and slowly lever the spoiler away starting on the drivers side, so far so good.

Get to the middle and the passenger side is stuck fast, try as I might to remove it the spoiler snaps in two!!! It turns out that who ever fitted the lip spoiler decided to bond it to the car on just one side. Why would you do that???

2hrs later all the spoiler is now removed and is in 3 bits and the black adhesive remains (possibly sikaflex) removed from the Perspex. It's left a few scratches on the Perspex but the new spoiler will cover that when fitted.

Fingers crossed the fitting goes more smoothly than the removal.

 

[Farqui]

unlucky

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[Andys-cdti]

Plenty of tape and a few well placed weights are good too but I do like wardys exceptional brickwork ?

 

[wardy2602]

Plenty of tape and a few well placed weights are good too but I do like wardys exceptional brickwork ?

Not as arty as mine Andy lol

 

[messiahontrial]

You guys have just given me an idea for a COTM category...:lol:

http://www.civinfo.com/forum/car-month/178345-cotm-suggestions.html

 

[wardy2602]

You guys have just given me an idea for a COTM category...:lol:

http://www.civinfo.com/forum/car-month/178345-cotm-suggestions.html

:congrats: :roflmao:

 

[Andys-cdti]

haha sounds like March will be a good cotm ��

 

[sjgillett]

Right guys done the deed this morning. Do you think this will be OK? Had various advice on how much sikaflex to use so just applied beads of the stuff as per the pic. Have half a tube left so hope I've done enough as didn't want it come out around the edges.

Also thought I'd include a pic for COTM as well?