Installing a spoiler

[alien10]

right i've got hold of a spoiler for my k10 and need to know how to attach it the car, and wether to spray it black or the same colour as my car (sky blue)

below is the spoiler i got, and any help would be greatful

 

[curtis]

spray it to the colour of your car, then do the bumpers!!

 

[Micra 110]

If it's an original Micra K10 spoiler then you find some info about it in the Haynes manual.
It'll be in the section for later models which had the Spoiler etc

 

[alien10]

its an original spoiler, right best look at the manual cheers

next question, how do you spay it up

do i first sand it, then prime it then do i spray it the blue

 

[Cheef]

First rub it down with "wet & Dry" 320 sand paper (by hand) and youll also need a bucket with warm water and a bit of fairy, to use it with.
After the previous paint is in a dry and matt condition you can start primering. TRY to stay away from aerosols as they're too thin and run easily.
See if you can get to a mates bodyshop and "borrow" his air gun.
Lay the primer sparingley and evenly so you dont get a single run!
Give it another coat once its dry. (primer basically builds up and gives the new paint more contrast)
Now you can paint using the same technique, any colour you wish!!!!!


Good Luck.

As for fitting i see two screw's in that pic. Place it against the boot pull out the screws, line it up sqaure then put a marker through the holes and make a point on each side. Now you have your drill points!!!

 

[daveeeeee]

you can do a resonably good job using aerosols if you use them right. i dont happen to have a freind with a spray gun so use aerosols quite often, only on small bits, aerosols should be fine for a spoiler, its when you try spraying panels using aerosols you get prblems. (Y)

 

[Micra 110]

Spoiler diagram

Bodywork fitting

 

[daveeeeee]

Where did you get that diagram? bin looking for one of those

 

[pjg1979]

Very good exploded view, I've just sent it to my email for safe keeping.

 

[Arnold]

Its from the haynes manual

 

[Micra 110]

i've been looking through the haynes for 3 yrs and only found it last night! :doh:

 

[alien10]

thanks your very helpful, glad iam a member of this site, right not got a m8 with a bodyshop so it'l have to be can's, and the diagram is excellent.

weres the best place for getting them

 

[daveeeeee]

halfords will do mate, i think they use a primer in the paint aswell so priming isnt necessary, altho i would still use a primer to be safe, just take time with the prep work and you'll get a good finish (Y)

 

[alien10]

right halfords it is then, i'l nip down this wkend to get some

 

[alien10]

ok, i have put the spoiler up for sale on here, but iam going to fix it to my car instead.

i've spray'd it black. now i will follow the digram above from the manual. my next question is the bolts don't come all the way through the boot to the inside so how to attach, or iam i doing it wrong.

 

[Arnold]

You need to drill holes on the outside for the spoiler to poke through, and holes on the inside to put the nuts on

 

[alien10]

oh, si if i drill stright through i should be able to fix it on, right

cheers

 

[Arnold]

You can't drill straight through because of the angle. You'l need to do it both sides

 

[alien10]

oh

i think i best get some to doing that knows what there doing then, don't want to #### it up