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Old 09-26-2016, 08:45 PM
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Hi guys,

When I bought my 964 it had a large tail wing that I immediately removed. I replaced it with stock, but had always wanted the ducktail.

I thought a nice compromise would be the singer style wing from club autosport UK. Just installed it this weekend and I'm posting a few pics. I like the look overall. I might swap the grille for a matching black grill, like my reflector bar.

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Old 09-26-2016, 08:56 PM
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It looks great, I think its the best looking spoiler-look for our cars.
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Very nice
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Looks sharp. I assume it still deploys and retracts?
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Looks really nice. The black contrasting portion sets it off. Did it come painted or did you have to have it done?
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Hi Tmistry,

Looks great! I think you're right about the grill though, better matt black and perhaps the trailing edge of the spoiler matt too? Very nice job.

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Old 09-27-2016, 09:28 AM
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That looks great! Pull her out of the garage for profile pics. Very nice.

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Old 09-27-2016, 01:59 PM
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Very nice
Can you show some pics with it in the up position please...
Old 09-27-2016, 03:47 PM
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Looks great Tmistry! How hard was the install of that piece onto the engine lid? I've heard its a PITA to take off the grill. Thanks for any info.
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Looks great
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Forgive me if this has already been asked, but how much is the spoiler? I tried finding it on the Club Autosport UK site but was unsuccessful.
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Originally Posted by kylejohnston1
Forgive me if this has already been asked, but how much is the spoiler? I tried finding it on the Club Autosport UK site but was unsuccessful.
£950 + VAT see below link

http://clubautosport.co.uk/product/s...-chrome-grill/
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Thanks for the comments guys. I'll answer the various questions in order:

The spoiler came unpainted/ unprimed. I used a local shop to color match. There is a natural groove on the spoiler to bifurcate the tail edge, which I opted to have painted black. The paint was rather expensive, but it had quite a few coats and multiple clearcoat as well.

It still operates fully. That's the nice aspect of using this vs ducktail. I didn't like the idea of changing my whole deck lid. Will post some pics when I have time this weekend.

Very easy to install. This is relative, I suppose. I've removed the whole lifting spoiler mechanism before, which is not pleasant. Installing this spoiler is very simple, involving only the 4 Allen bolts that hold the top of the spoiler onto the actuating mechanism. So, all of the moving parts stay intact, you simply need a long Allen wrench to remove/ replace.

The part was very well manufactured, though some minor adjustments were needed. The bolt holes were a bit small, so I simply bored then out to correct size with a hand drill. The grille piece is separate and not as high quality as I'd like. It's chromed plastic, which feels cheap. It looks good and it's overall fine, but I was hoping for a higher quality grille. I almost didn't want to use it after paying what I did for paint! Price is correctly posted above, but note the grille is an additional 350 gbp. In hindsight, I should not have paid $500 for the chromed plastic grille. Assumed it to be much higher quality for that price. Didn't even realize it was that expensive until I just reviewed what I actually paid.

Happy to answer any questions on it. Feel free to pm. I had my eye on this for a while and the post brexit devalued GBP v USD pushed me over the edge. No VAT on US sales, btw.

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That looks great but it sounds like between the wing, grill and paint this costs around $2000, that accurate?
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Originally Posted by docwyte
That looks great but it sounds like between the wing, grill and paint this costs around $2000, that accurate?
Unfortunately no! All in it was $2450. Barfed a little in my mouth as I typed that.

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