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Old 03-15-16, 12:26 PM
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Default SpoilerKing GS350 rear window spoiler pics and installation....

Since I had a sheet of 3M 1080 gloss black vinyl handy, and found this window spoiler from SpoilerKing on Amazon Prime so cheap (and I had an Amazon credit burning a hole in my pocket) I decided to give it a shot. The plan is to wrap it in vinyl and slap it on by this weekend. More pics will be added as it happens.

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http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00X04MA60?psc=1&redirect=true&ref_=oh_aui_detailpage_o01_s01 http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00X04MA60?psc=1&redirect=true&ref_=oh_aui_detailpage_o01_s01


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Layed it on the pollen covered car just to see how it fit. It wasnt being held down except with some scotch tape, so it will sit flush and look cleaner once it is actually adhered, but for the money I am very impressed.








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how many pounds of downforce does it provide?

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Originally Posted by rad-man
how many pounds of downforce does it provide?
I'd say this has to atleast double the total downforce when paired with theach F sport trunk spoiler.....so in orther words, mad downforce y0!

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The tape it comes with suck and will fall off when water gets into it...i replaced mine with real 3m tape
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Originally Posted by thekhmer
The tape it comes with suck and will fall off when water gets into it...i replaced mine with real 3m tape
Awesome. Definitely doing the same. Since I am wrapping it, I was going to remove the current tape anyway to give me more room to wrap the edges.
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definitely do this. i didn't and regret it. because of how close the tape is to the edge, i wasn't able to properly tuck the vinyl underneath and now mine is coming up in a few areas.

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Awesome. Definitely doing the same. Since I am wrapping it, I was going to remove the current tape anyway to give me more room to wrap the edges.
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Originally Posted by rad-man
how many pounds of downforce does it provide?
Downforce meh! It adds 25 horsepower!
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Originally Posted by ricam78
]Layed it on the pollen covered car just to see how it fit.
Don't you hate the pine pollen this time of year.
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Originally Posted by 2Squared
Don't you hate the pine pollen this time of year.
You mean zyrtec's busy season

25hp easy....and that's as the front wheels lol
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More progress. Not easy to perfectly wrap the ends on this thing but we shall see how it looks in the light tomorrow.























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Lookz good. Gonna order one for myself. Did you wrap the window trim too or is it painted?
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It is also wrapped along with grill surround and trunk chrome strip

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Looks good. I went with the Wald and wrapped it in CF

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Material didnt work so I had to go with gloss black.
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Originally Posted by HardParked
Looks good. I went with the Wald and wrapped it in CF

Material didnt work so I had to go with gloss black.
Came out nice. That CF is usually thicker so harder to wrap some items. They have a come a long way since I used any CF though so that may not be the case anymore.
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Unfortunately it didn't hold up well. It bubbled on the sharkfin and started lifting on the spoiler and the roof where the sunroof was at. Kind of upsetting.


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