Painting Rear Spoiler
03-26-2011, 09:04 PM
#19
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The pre-S4 spoiler is a moderately soft rubber impregnated neoprene. It does not take paint well. The S4 wing is a firm plastic over foam molded and takes paint with flex agent moderately well.
I would paint an S4 and I have done two. They come out pretty nice. I've never painted a spoiler and likely wouldn't due to the probability that the paint would soon crack and peel off.
I would paint an S4 and I have done two. They come out pretty nice. I've never painted a spoiler and likely wouldn't due to the probability that the paint would soon crack and peel off.
03-27-2011, 01:49 PM
#20
Three Wheelin'
landseer: IF i wanted a spoiler for my S4 (again) I'd go fiberglass and paint it. If I had an OB, There are also fiberglass replicas from a company in the UK that you could do a bodymatch paint (and which BTW, you could modify and fill in the space if you were doing a rear wiper delete).
03-27-2011, 02:20 PM
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Now that would definitely be acceptable. Preferable. Either S4 or early styles.
I was speaking strictly about the sustainability of paint applications to the stock spoiler, ie, being a good idea or not.
I was speaking strictly about the sustainability of paint applications to the stock spoiler, ie, being a good idea or not.
12-19-2013, 10:47 PM
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These come primered and paintable.
http://www.ebay.com/itm/1987-1995-Po...p2054897.l4276
Curious if anyone has ever bought one and how the fit is. This plus a custom spoiler/splitter, both painted body color would look sweet.
Quite a few have built their own front splitters. Example:
http://www.ebay.com/itm/1987-1995-Po...p2054897.l4276
Curious if anyone has ever bought one and how the fit is. This plus a custom spoiler/splitter, both painted body color would look sweet.
Quite a few have built their own front splitters. Example:
12-19-2013, 11:22 PM
#24
Drifting
The best stuff i have found for this is Turtle Wax Trim Restorer.
Last for 2 months plus. It will take 2 decades of age away in 5 minutes.
Painting these early spoilers will be a waste of both time and money.
Last for 2 months plus. It will take 2 decades of age away in 5 minutes.
Painting these early spoilers will be a waste of both time and money.
12-20-2013, 02:11 PM
#26
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iDoc, I used a very similar product . A friend of mine at Frontline Collision and Restoration helped me refurbish the spoiler. Of course thoroughly clean the spoiler with soap and water to gt off any oils and residue.
Mine had a lot of parking lot gouges in it from 30 years of use, so I first used a two part flexible filler to smooth fill the cuts and scrapes. The filler I used was called Evercoat part number 100888. It's a flexible plastic repair system and works very well for filling flexible pieces like the S2/S3 front spoiler.
Then I lighly sanded the whole spoiler and gave it a light "dusting" of a texturizer spray called Chip Guard made by SEM. You can get different textures from medium to heavy and you can get different texture effects by how far away you hold the spray can. I used a heavy texture chip guard and held the can about 12-18 inches and just gave the spoiler a very light coat to put down an even looking surface.
For me the Chip Guard was mainly needed because some of the gouges on the edges were so deep that the texture of the filler would have been smooth and not matched the rest of the spoiler. By applying the texturizer to the whole spoiler it now all matches and looks very good. But the texture is slightly different than OEM.
I then used SEM Bumper Trim Paint (I think Satin Black is what I used). It has flex agent mixed in and so far seems pretty durable.
The end result is the front spoiler that pretty much looks brand new and very close to factory original. If you put it side by side with an new or perfect original you MIGHT notice that the texture on mine is a little more like a rough sand finish than the OEM finish is a bit smoother, but to the untrained eye its spot on.
All of this stuff is available at most automotive paint and body supply shops. It's a little more expensive than what you get at Pep Boys, but its proffesional grade and can produce a really good product with just a little elbow grease.
Mine had a lot of parking lot gouges in it from 30 years of use, so I first used a two part flexible filler to smooth fill the cuts and scrapes. The filler I used was called Evercoat part number 100888. It's a flexible plastic repair system and works very well for filling flexible pieces like the S2/S3 front spoiler.
Then I lighly sanded the whole spoiler and gave it a light "dusting" of a texturizer spray called Chip Guard made by SEM. You can get different textures from medium to heavy and you can get different texture effects by how far away you hold the spray can. I used a heavy texture chip guard and held the can about 12-18 inches and just gave the spoiler a very light coat to put down an even looking surface.
For me the Chip Guard was mainly needed because some of the gouges on the edges were so deep that the texture of the filler would have been smooth and not matched the rest of the spoiler. By applying the texturizer to the whole spoiler it now all matches and looks very good. But the texture is slightly different than OEM.
I then used SEM Bumper Trim Paint (I think Satin Black is what I used). It has flex agent mixed in and so far seems pretty durable.
The end result is the front spoiler that pretty much looks brand new and very close to factory original. If you put it side by side with an new or perfect original you MIGHT notice that the texture on mine is a little more like a rough sand finish than the OEM finish is a bit smoother, but to the untrained eye its spot on.
All of this stuff is available at most automotive paint and body supply shops. It's a little more expensive than what you get at Pep Boys, but its proffesional grade and can produce a really good product with just a little elbow grease.
12-22-2013, 10:55 AM
#28
Drifting
Turtle wax trim restorer will make an old sun damaged early neoprene spoiler looks pretty good again for a few months try it.
I almost did a 3 piece spoiler for my '83 RS project in fiberglass and will the next time i do a custom 928. I think the rear quarters lend themselves to this kind of wrap around spoiler. The design will be like the Ferrari 330 P4
I think it would look fantastic. But the trick will be getting the dimensions just right so that when the hatch is secured the edges line up perfectly.
I almost did a 3 piece spoiler for my '83 RS project in fiberglass and will the next time i do a custom 928. I think the rear quarters lend themselves to this kind of wrap around spoiler. The design will be like the Ferrari 330 P4
I think it would look fantastic. But the trick will be getting the dimensions just right so that when the hatch is secured the edges line up perfectly.
12-23-2013, 02:25 PM
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BTW - my post was strictly addressing the front spoiler. Rear would be quite a bit trickier I think. I would be nice to have a "junk" one to practice on with different techniques.
