nwGTS

If you look at a standard decklid there are two holes in the middle of the decklid each with its own grommet that routes the wiring harness. Your wiring harness should have come with two grommets. If not, here is the part number as read directly from the grommet. I bought a new harness, fan, etc for my aerokit wing and catalogued every single part. Each grommet is exactly the same: 999.702.243.40.

So, I would not hesitate in the slightest to cut two holes that fit these grommets (id guess they were 35-40mm in diameter but you could check out your original decklid too) and run the wiring through the grommets since its the same solution for the standard decklid and aerokit decklid.

SoCal C2S

Yes, the grommets are there (997.622.670.70 harness).

I just don't want to drill two large (~35mm) holes in the deck to accommodate these grommets. I will have to drill one hole about 15mm to pass the branch that goes to the third brake light though. For the rest I think I just need to drill 3 or four 6mm holes that will accept the push type clamps, or remove the push clamps and epoxy zip tie holders.

So one 15mm hole plus epoxy zip tie clamps.....

SoCal C2S

Well the project has past the fit check stage....

The fit was near spot on...just a little tweak on the bottom of the tail. I figured out the wire harness so that's now OK. A new issue was the air intake hole would not accept the OEM part...it looked like the tail "added" the air intake right into the fiberglass. A quick email to Mark and he confirmed that it is indeed part of the tail, so no issue there. He did say that the installation drawings were not correct for the .1 in that respect.

So, paint tomorrow!

drockzcity

Fitment looks great on the car. Mark is actually going to send me a new tail due to the fitment issues I'm currently having. Hopefully the new one fits clean like yours. Looks good!

Side note, what rear CF diffuser is that on your car?

SoCal C2S

Oh my $8 CF diffuser? That would be vinyl wrap!

I've been looking for something reasonable that looks decent...aside from the FVD ($$$$$$) nothing is meeting the grade, so I vinyl wrapped in the garage and it has satisfied me so far, but I keep searching. You found anything?

Adams

Tail looks fantastic. I know you're excited to get it painted. Is fiberglass firm where you shut it down?

On my other car, this is a cavity that can be depressed with the lightest hand 'closing' pressure. Have thought of filling with expanding foam. Any flexing in yours?

SoCal C2S

Rock solid firm....no flex whatsoever.

drockzcity

Nothing yet. I saw yours and thought you might have. $8 sounds pretty damn good though. Nice job.

SoCal C2S

A couple more pictures from the buildup to paint.

Note on the backside of the tail engine compartment, the air inlet duct is part of the tail...no need to transfer the part from the OEM lid.

Also the picture shows the inside of the tail now painted black.

The tail is being painted as I type.

nismosd

Looking very nice!! I'm picking mine up tomorrow from Getty with the harness also. Can you elaborate on the harness and what was the hardship and solution? any other tip would be greatly appreciated.

SoCal C2S

Do you have a .1 or .2?

Mine is a .1.....

To use the harness you have to drill two ~35mm holes for the pass through grommets and 4 ~6mm holes for the push clamps. I didn't want to drill any holes if possible and ended up only drill one 15mm hole to pass the third brake lamp branch of the harness from the back (engine side) of the tail to the cavity. I will epoxy the wire harness zip tie holders to the tail (engine side) to make it easy. The difference really is do you mind seeing the harness when you open the deck lid or not.

Since Getty did not supply any drawings on how to route the harness and do not even mention this in any literature is disappointing as well as the fact that the air intake on the tail is built in rather than what IS stated in the installation drawings.

But easy fixes...seems weird that in both cases when I asked Getty about these issues it was the first time anyone asked. They didn't even know their installation drawing depict a .2 and they have none specifically for the .1!

The most important thing is that the tail is high quality and fits near perfect. If I had to choose what would be spot on it would be the fit....the issues with the other stuff were small and easy to resolve.

nismosd

I have a .2 and would rather have the harness concealed.

SoCal C2S

Well the installation directions will fit your .2 better. As I said, no directions whatsoever on harness routing or where to drill the holes.

Count on spending another ~$200 at the body shop to drill/prep the tail. You most likely will have to point to where you want the holes drilled as I would believe the body shop wouldn't take the risk of drilling them in the wrong spot.

Or....try and get one of Getty's "recommended" shops to answer the phone. I tried the two that were relatively close to where I live for months prior to buying the tail and either never got a returned call, or they never answered the phone. But maybe the shops closer to you are actual businesses that need the business!

Good luck!

kanecs

Any way you could post up the directions that were included with the tail?

SoCal C2S

They are posted on the Getty website.