Hi All,In the interests of doing my small bit to get this forum going with useful info, I thought I'd post a few pics and things I found when installing my rear spoiler the other night, so here' goes:
Before......
Kit I used:
Pre-painted spoiler from Banwy. On the more expensive side, but always original parts and the finish is truly perfect, paintwork probably better than the van!)
Dinitrol 500 window fitting adhesive kit. Again from Banwy, comes with activators, primers etc)
Insulation tape
Drill/driver
Long very thin screw
3mm drill
5mm drill
11mm drill
Anti rust compound
Foam gasket (came with spoiler)
Plastic drilling guides (came with spoiler)
Rubber mallet
Step ladder
What I did:
1) offered up spoiler to make sure it fitted. This was actually reassuring as it fits really tightly to the corners and means that once located there's no real way it can be off centre or spaced incorrectly because the shape matches up so well.
2) put the spoiler drilling guides in the holes on the spoiler and placed it back on the van. Used the insulation tape to fix drill guides down.
3) having realised that the tiny hole in the 'jig' is too thin for anything but a less than 2mm drill bit which I didn't have. A nice long thin screw worked really well to gently screw down the jig and make a small mark on the psi work ready for my pilot hole.
4) I actually used a 3mm drill bit first then a 5mm bit to make a hole big enough to accept the studs which I had already now screwed into the threaded holes on the spoiler. This allowed me one more chance to check holes lined up perfectly with the studs before making the necessary 11mm hole (sorry forgot to take a picture of this bit!)
5) drilled the needed 11mm hole for the plugs supplied with the spoiler. Filed the edges and coated in the supplied anti-rust compound.
6)Having peviously cleaned and de-greased the top surface of the tailgate, I put the cleaner/activator from the kit on with the supplied sponge (there was plenty to do both spoiler and bodywork). Left it a couple of minutes then wiped off as directed. Then I applied the black primer to the tailgate and left it for the given 10min time.
7) I applied the dinitrol adhesive to the spoiler in between the areas covered by the foam gasket.
8) Pushed the rawplug style plugs into my 11mm holes (a light tap with a rubber mallet got these to clip into place nicely).
9) finally offered up the spoiler for final fitting, got the studs lined up with the plugged holes, and with a satisfying set of clicks it pushed down firmly into place. At first there was a bit of play still but I expected that since the adhesive is not 'grab' style like 3m tape or something and in the end took a good 12hrs to properly go off. Once it had the fit feels solid and looks good in my opinion!
Obviously other methods are available, just thought if anyone is about to do this job then it might help and it's actually not a difficult job.
All the best.
