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Old Sep 1, 2006 | 01:28 PM
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Default Anybody install a spoiler on a carbon fiber trunk?

Hey I just got a VIS carbon fiber trunk last week and I want to put my spoiler on it. It's a 95 Civic Coupe. Have any of you installed a spoiler on a carbon trunk and did you have any problems? Some of the shops around here acted scared and wouldn't install it. Thanks in advance.
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Old Sep 1, 2006 | 01:30 PM
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Wrong forum?
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Old Sep 1, 2006 | 01:43 PM
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u would just need a dremel and mask up the area with masking tape. like a hood. drill the holes and install. =P
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Old Sep 1, 2006 | 01:52 PM
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Depending on the size a spoiler, bracing the trunk might be a good idea as larger wings such as GT wings often crack/warp the carbon fiber trunk it is mounted on.
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Old Sep 1, 2006 | 02:02 PM
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why? is the wing colormatched to the car? i wouldnt do it.
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Old Sep 1, 2006 | 04:13 PM
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Yeah the wing matches the car. It is my stock one that I had on the car until I got the carbon trunk.
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Old Sep 1, 2006 | 04:14 PM
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That will look horrible.
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Old Sep 1, 2006 | 04:22 PM
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Better than a GT wing. To each his own for likes. I'm not asking for opinions on how it will look. One of the shops I went to said the force on the spoiler could crack the trunk, so I want to know if anybody has experienced this.
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Old Sep 1, 2006 | 04:24 PM
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I odnt knwo for sure, but that sounds right, the force could mess up the trunk unless like mentioned above, reinforcing it...personally i wouldnt do it, but to each is their own, and its your car, if you like it go for it
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Old Sep 1, 2006 | 05:00 PM
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dont doit its a trick! a hole drilled cannot be undrilled. personally if i were going to put something on my car such as a style up spoiler because it color matched... i wouldnt spend good cheeze on a NON color matched trunk. id keepmy stocker. big risk putting a wing on a cf trunk. it could chip crack or warp, DANGER! hahaha get a CF EX wing too.
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