I am stuck at the very end of the spoiler removal. the bracket that holds the spoiler is still attached to the trunk lid. How the heck does this bracket come off? there is no access the this bracket from the inside of the trunk.

 

they are riveted on, not a real easy fix, just need to punch out the rivets or take it to the bodyshop doin the work and have them mess with it.

 

yea I can see the rivots. I know numerous people have taken off there spoilers on here. What did you all do?

 

https://www.clublexus.com/forums/sho...hlight=spoiler

GL

 

Wow those holes aare alot larger than I thought.

 

Thank you 4ntvings: That helps out tremendously

QUOTE :RMMGS4There are NO BOLTS to remove from the inside of the trunk lid liner PEOPLE

First off there is NO ez way to remove the factory spoiler.

1. Open the trunk lid and pull off the cover underneath each end of the spoiler. I don't mean the cover inside the trunk. These are the covers on both sides of the spoiler that you can see from underneath when you pop open the trunk.

2. You will see two bolts, remove those.

3. Now pull the hell outta the spoiler cause it also has double stick tape holding it down.

4. Once removed, there will be a bracket remaining on the lid that has two rivets per side. Use a 3/16 drill bit to drill out the rivets and the brackets will be ready for removal..

5. There is also a square plug that must be pried up once the rivets are drilled out. The brackets will then come off.


Now you will have three holes on the right and four holes on the left, that will need to be plugged with bondo and painted over.

As Panda said already, this is not a simple DIY .

We removed the factory spoiler and filled the holes on Jawnthen's car a while ago, so I will look for more pics.

If there is something loose, hopefully it is the bolts from step #1, cause performing all the other steps will only make the spoiler that much looser and more work to re-install.

Good Luck.

From the picture below, you can see the cover that needs to be removed from the spoiler and has two bolts located inside. You can also see the black bracket that is attached to the deck lid. The two holes visible on that bracket are where the rivets are located. You can also see the white snap on plug that holds the bracket to the deck lid. It snaps into a square hole in the deck lid. You can also see the black double stick tape around the edge of the spoiler.

 

The part that I am unsure about is that the step after you drill out the rivots. Where is the square plug that needs to be pried out? are there different from the square plugs that I needed to pry out when I removed the actual spoiler? and what is the best way to pry them out?

Thanks for any help