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Qik Nip
Joined: 16 Jan 2015 Posts: 130 Location: Kentucky
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Posted: Fri Sep 22, 2017 3:56 am Post subject: Need help installiong rear spoiler |
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Okay gang, after many travails I now possess a used OEM 924 rear deck spoiler. But I'm a bit reluctant to start drilling the hatch frame to make the necessary holes needed to affix it!
My concern stems from having witnessed the violent explosion of tempered safety glass when nicked.
Anybody done this task (successfully) and if so, any advice to offer before I begin?
Rick _________________ '79 NA 924 Land Speed Car
Bonneville G/CPRO record @ 149.825MPH
Arkansas Mile G/CPRO record @ 138.0 MPH
Great Lakes SCCA SM points champion '09,'10,'11 |
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Kenodog
Joined: 25 Jun 2003 Posts: 2651 Location: Vancouver,B.C.
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Posted: Fri Sep 22, 2017 3:59 am Post subject: |
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Safety glasses.
Me _________________ 1979 Euro 931, Olive
1981 931, Sabine
1991 Ford Ranger XLT 4x4, Ricky
1996 Ford E-350 ex-FedEx Van
2014 Mazda CX-5 (Kinderwagon)
2019 KTM 790 Adventure
2024 KLX300
2024 KLX140 |
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morghen
Joined: 21 Jan 2005 Posts: 8886 Location: Romania
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Posted: Fri Sep 22, 2017 4:50 pm Post subject: |
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Don't nick the glass, it may explode at a later time because of surface defects you're causing it.
Get one with holes drilled? _________________ https://www.the924.com |
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Carrera RSR
Joined: 08 Jan 2010 Posts: 2309 Location: Somerset, UK
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Posted: Fri Sep 22, 2017 11:58 pm Post subject: |
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Why bother? Full rear hatches with factory fitted spoilers are a plenty!!! Buy another hatch.
PS early spoilerless 924's look better without spoilers. Fact! _________________ 1980 931 - forged pistons, Piper cam, K27/26 3257 6.10 hybrid turbo, 951 FMIC, custom intake, Mittelmotor dizzy & cam pulley, H&S exhaust, GAZ Gold, Fuch'ed, Quaife
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Kenodog
Joined: 25 Jun 2003 Posts: 2651 Location: Vancouver,B.C.
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Posted: Sat Sep 23, 2017 4:54 am Post subject: |
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Carrera RSR wrote: | Why bother? Full rear hatches with factory fitted spoilers are a plenty!!! Buy another hatch.
PS early spoilerless 924's look better without spoilers. Fact! |
Opinion. lol
Moi _________________ 1979 Euro 931, Olive
1981 931, Sabine
1991 Ford Ranger XLT 4x4, Ricky
1996 Ford E-350 ex-FedEx Van
2014 Mazda CX-5 (Kinderwagon)
2019 KTM 790 Adventure
2024 KLX300
2024 KLX140 |
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Qik Nip
Joined: 16 Jan 2015 Posts: 130 Location: Kentucky
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Posted: Mon Sep 25, 2017 10:45 pm Post subject: |
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So nobody here has installed one? C'mon guys, one of you has to have put one on ... successfully.
Rick
P.S. If I had found a 924 hatch with a spoiler locally, I'd have bought it ... and the 944 spoiler is too large for my need ... and it creates too much drag. _________________ '79 NA 924 Land Speed Car
Bonneville G/CPRO record @ 149.825MPH
Arkansas Mile G/CPRO record @ 138.0 MPH
Great Lakes SCCA SM points champion '09,'10,'11 |
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924-76
Joined: 05 Jun 2006 Posts: 1475 Location: Ontario, Canada
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Posted: Mon Sep 25, 2017 10:54 pm Post subject: |
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I believe you have 2 options:
1- attempt to drill your current hatch, it may or may not work. And event if it work at the moment, it may fail in few weeks/months.
2- buy another one with the spoiler on it.
I would buy another one and save the spoiler-less as spare. _________________ 1976 924 N/A ROW SOLD
1980 931S
1981 931 Part car RIP |
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ideola
Joined: 01 Oct 2004 Posts: 15548 Location: Spring Lake MI
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Posted: Tue Sep 26, 2017 1:40 am Post subject: |
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I have 4 or 5 spare 931 hatches in my storage area. You just need to make a trip up here for a Fourth Friday event. _________________ erstwhile owner of just about every 924 variant ever made |
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Qik Nip
Joined: 16 Jan 2015 Posts: 130 Location: Kentucky
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Posted: Wed Sep 27, 2017 1:52 am Post subject: |
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Update... Prior to seeing Dan's reply, I took drill in hand and carefully drilled the frame perimeter and installed the spoiler. So far so good. We shall see if it lasts!
Rick _________________ '79 NA 924 Land Speed Car
Bonneville G/CPRO record @ 149.825MPH
Arkansas Mile G/CPRO record @ 138.0 MPH
Great Lakes SCCA SM points champion '09,'10,'11 |
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