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Old Oct 1, 2007 | 09:08 PM
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Has anybody ever raised the rear spoiler on the 2000-up cars. I think the cars would look more slick if the spoilers were raised up 2 - 3 inches. any ideas?
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Old Oct 2, 2007 | 12:13 AM
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might as well get a wing
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Old Oct 2, 2007 | 02:07 AM
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A wing would look weird, IMO. If you want to raise the current spoiler, just get 2-3 in of some sort of padding with properly aligned holes. Try fiberglass if you're good with it. I recently did some molding, and it reminded me of the smell. If you don't mind the smell, try it out and see. Just don't permanently affix the fiberglass too soon.
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Old Oct 2, 2007 | 09:21 AM
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The bottom of the spoiler is shaped like the car & it looks bad raced. The only good way to fix it would be to cut the bottom of the spoiler & make it new with fiberglass. Otherwise it would look not finished.
You are right that the spoiler needs something extra. & I too was contenplating racing it, but I guess I took the easy way out when I did mine.
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Old Oct 2, 2007 | 07:40 PM
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I had thought about finding a 300 M spoiler. There was a factory skirt package and It came with a bada$$ looking rear spoiler.
Im not lookin into a rice boy-racer wing, It just looks like the bonne'* should sit about 2 inches higher. And to clear up any confusion....a spoiler is a wing.
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Old Oct 10, 2007 | 05:05 PM
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I was going to do just that last year but never got around to it, just not enough hours in the day. My plan was to make a space out of wood. Sand it, shape it, make it look just right. Then remove those, and make a mold in plaster. Then pour plastic resin in to the mold, let harden, remove, drill out holes, paint, and install.
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Old Oct 10, 2007 | 05:10 PM
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id maybe say an inch at the MOST imo, but whatever floats your boat
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