Trunk Lip Removal
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Trunk Lip Removal
I will be replacing the factory trunk lip spoiler with a Carbon Fiber spoiler. Any suggestions for prying off the factory spoiler?
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1994 E500, 2012 e63
Heat gun and dental floss, I just did mine a few weeks ago. Be careful putting on the new spoiler, you only get one shot at making it straight or you have to start all over again removing the new one.
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Clean paint with Palmolive soapy water then dry and then clean with rubbing alcohol. I used masking tape to mark out exactly where the spoiler would go
Hear gun to the spoiler and also to the surface to get surface nice and warm and then had a helper apply symmetric force down for several minutes ... Though you can do this alone
Good luck and make sure you have the premium 3M adhesive tape ... They make a specific version for spoilers on cars
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I don't think you're going to get a whole lot more function out of any spoiler out there. Unless you're putting like a Black Series C63 spoiler (which would look terrible IMO)
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Not going the C63 Black route. You'd be surprised what a slight lip like the DTM style can do. I have something similar on my '96 Impala SS & it was wind tunnel tested to increase downforce over the OEM spoiler starting about 60mph.
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The spoiler is mainly for looks, in driving you're not going to notice any difference whatsoever. The OEM spoiler is a ***** to remove, I had to use fishing line as dental floss kept breaking. That and heat gun, and goo gone. Wear gloves or else you'll tear up your hands in the process. I wish I had just paid a body shop $100 to do it instead.
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I was just saying that any spoiler that you replace the OEM with will be purely aesthetics (carbon fiber), unless you go with the gaudy Black Series style. If it's on a real Black Series.. I dig it. A luxury E class.. nah.
Last edited by cstanley92; Aug 15, 2016 at 07:33 PM.
