Alright, another day, another install.
I'm down in the parking garage of my place.
And today I'm gonna install this.
Ooooh yeah.
It's a carbon spoiler.
I can actually just hold it up here.
I've had it for a little bit longer than the car, so I've waited quite a while.
I'm gonna go ahead and install that today!
The OEM spoiler is a little bit dinky.
It's subtle.
But it's a little dinky.
That's the profile of it.
This one is a little bit more aggressive and it's gonna complement the rest the little
accents on the car so far.
This one came with some 3M tape.
And I bought this at Walmart.
Cost $1.00.
Just fishing line.
This is just so I'm able to take off the OEM spoiler.
And that's probably gonna be the most time-consuming part of this install.
But other than that, it should be pretty good.
So it's time to get started.
First thing I'm gonna wanna do is plug in the heat gun and get that going.
So right now what I'm aiming to do is just heat up the adhesive under the spoiler.. making
sure not to damage any of the body paint, of course.
So I'm just quickly gonna run this heat gun over it just to get it warm to the touch.
And it might make it a little bit easier to remove the spoiler.
So let's go!
[heat gun whirring]
Now, I got my fishing line.
I'm just gonna get a good amount.
OK.
Now hold it like this.
Wrap it around all four fingers.
It should come off relatively easily.
So here we go.
OK
[laughs]
That's why you get extra.
I thought that It'd be stronger than this.
What did I get?
10 lbs.
Aww, I cheaped out on the fishing line.
I got so much though so that's alright
[laughs]
OK, so round 2.
Let's try this again.
K, I know now not to pull so hard.
People have been recommending dental floss.
Yeah, I don't see that happening..
Unless you had extra strength dental floss.
Hmm!
OK, maybe I don't need a heat gun.
Already half way done!
Ahh that broke as well.
K, so round 3 for the fishing line.
Let's try that again.
Where was I?
Having to backtrack a little bit.
But it is a lot quicker right now, that's for sure.
I'm gonna go a little faster.
That works!
OK, another tip: go a little faster - OH NO!
Nevermind.
I take that back.
Alright, fourth round of fishing line.
Here we go.
OK, so that's it!
Here we go.
Time to remove it.
You also don't want these points damaging the trunk so be careful.
There it is!
OEM spoiler removed!
This will be a pain to get off.
This might be easier without gloves.
Get more feel on it.
Not getting too much feedback on this.
Also, careful not to scratch the paint.
So I've had the most luck just rolling it off my fingers like this.
You might have sore fingers the next day but not a big price to pay.
Oh, look at this.
I've mastered it.
This will be done in no time!
So far I've only spent about 10 minutes doing this.
It's been really quick.
But as you can see there's still some adhesive left.
You know, this was actually the most intimidating part of the job, I thought.
But, it's OK!
Here we go.
I'm getting creative with it!
So the gloves have come back on.
There's still some residue left.
I got a secret formula right here if anyone can guess what it is.
Hopefully this works.
It's very experimental.
Can't say it works.
Is this a green feather?!
Where'd that come from?!
Alright, that didn't work.
This was just 3 parts water and apple cider vinegar.
So, that didn't work.
Something that has always worked: WD40.
I don't know why this works, but it does.
Keep in mind though the car will get a little bit greasy after this so you definitely wanna
clean it up.
My God, it just comes off!
It's all gone!
That's it!
Now, one of the most important steps is prep work.
So I got this: alcohol.
Make sure to rub it down so you have a clean surface that you can achieve maximum adhesion
with the tape because the last thing you want is it falling off on the highway.
So that's it!
Trunk is all clean.
You're gonna wanna prep the spoiler as well and make sure the underside is clean and ready
to mount.
Then I'm gonna go ahead and start lining this with the 3M tape!
[music]
And here is a side
by side look of the spoilers beside eachother.
I'll see if I can get a good profile here.
Probably not.
They're not leveled but you can see this one's virtually flat.
This one curves up a lot more.
So I'm gonna go ahead and install it!
First thing we're gonna do now is test fit it.
So it looks to be OK.
I can't really show it on camera but I'm moving my hands all along the spoiler.
Once you have that, get little bits of tape just to help secure it down.
And once you're happy with it, flip it over.
Last step is to take a heat gun and just heat the surface of your trunk and heat up the
tape a little bit.
You don't wanna melt these though.
[heat gun whirring]
Looks good, so I'm just gonna go ahead and secure it down.
Make sure to apply a decent amount of pressure on the spoiler.
So that's it.
The spoiler is all fitted in so this is what it looks like from the side.
Coming over to the other side.
Moving the car forward a bit just to get a back angle of the car.
Here we go.
[music]
So this didn't take me too long.
It took me about an hour.
That includes removing the OEM spoiler with a fishing line, cleaning the trunk of the
adhesive, prepping the trunk with the alcohol rub and everything else, prepping the spoiler
making sure that's clean, and putting the tape on.
So overall it was a pretty easy job.
And as long as you do the prep work, there should be no issues.
So that's it!
Once again, thanks for watching!