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Is my aftermarket wing bolted down?

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Old 05-09-14, 03:35 PM
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Default Is my aftermarket wing bolted down?

I see ZERO bolts under the trunk liner for my wing, it was on there when I bought the car, had a chip and needs repainted, I pulled up thinking maybe it was on with 3m but the whole trunk pulls with it, I'm stumped! Lol
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any pics??
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She needs a washing don't mind the pics

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Have you tried carefully sliding something flat and thin between the trunk and the wing to see if you can feel tape or screws? Could be a combination of tape and that adhesive crap the beamer guys use.
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I highly doubt that wing is screwed on. Its most likely double sided tape or urethaned on.
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Originally Posted by mccrimmon
Have you tried carefully sliding something flat and thin between the trunk and the wing to see if you can feel tape or screws? Could be a combination of tape and that adhesive crap the beamer guys use.
Tomorrow at work Imma slide something through to see if I can get a better idea of what's going on, like I said I cannot see a single bolt in the trunk liner, their is absolutely nothing, it gotta go, I need a new one...
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3M tape...
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Originally Posted by tmf2004
3M tape...
ditto, have fun cleaning the gunk off....its a ******
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Its all tape. it wont be coming off
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Originally Posted by SoCal Cyco
ditto, have fun cleaning the gunk off....its a ******
Heat gun buddy...and it doesent all need to come off depending how bad it is cause another wing will be sitting next to me in a box getting ready to be mounted on top of the existing glue, as long as it isn't clumpy, should be pretty easy...

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I would use goo gone or some type of adhesive remover if your mounting a new wing. you want a clean surface to mount to
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Originally Posted by tmf2004
I would use goo gone or some type of adhesive remover if your mounting a new wing. you want a clean surface to mount to
Yea I've used that before I'll have a few products with me to use, I should be ok...
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