Jaos rear spoiler installed - Finally!
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FoneRunner
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Question 1: Whats the deal with the metal hangers?
Question 2: What's the deal with the holes in the fiberglass cover that takes the place of your OEM brake light and the spoiler itself where the wires come out?
I spent $300 for the spoiler and another $125 for paint. That's a lot of moola for something purely cosmetic. It looks cool from behind with the LED lights, but I have to say I'm a little disappointed right now...when we get a good rain my temporary plugs aren't going to stop all the water from getting in those holes...and the only way to fix that bracket problem is to put a big lift on the truck...
So, I'm looking for suggestions....I want to feel good about this spoiler!
Question 2: What's the deal with the holes in the fiberglass cover that takes the place of your OEM brake light and the spoiler itself where the wires come out?
I spent $300 for the spoiler and another $125 for paint. That's a lot of moola for something purely cosmetic. It looks cool from behind with the LED lights, but I have to say I'm a little disappointed right now...when we get a good rain my temporary plugs aren't going to stop all the water from getting in those holes...and the only way to fix that bracket problem is to put a big lift on the truck...
So, I'm looking for suggestions....I want to feel good about this spoiler!
FoneRunner
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When I got it, everything but the spoiler and the little bracket pieces were all wrapped up. I didn't unwrap it all until I was ready to install it, so I didn't know exactly how it mounted(and no info on the website where I bought it either!!:rant
. It wasn't until I got it all out to the truck that I realized that there were going to be exposed brackets. Didn't expect such a hokey method of attachment to be honest...
Thanks for the offer to take it off my hands, but I think I should at least get a few weeks out of it before I take it off...after all the stinking trouble I went through to get it painted(another story)...but I left those screws in because of the big holes they leave if you don't put them back in....besides, the instructions that were wrapped up with the small pieces said to put them back in...
Any other suggestions? How best to plug those big holes? Anybody?
. It wasn't until I got it all out to the truck that I realized that there were going to be exposed brackets. Didn't expect such a hokey method of attachment to be honest...Thanks for the offer to take it off my hands, but I think I should at least get a few weeks out of it before I take it off...after all the stinking trouble I went through to get it painted(another story)...but I left those screws in because of the big holes they leave if you don't put them back in....besides, the instructions that were wrapped up with the small pieces said to put them back in...
Any other suggestions? How best to plug those big holes? Anybody?
When I removed my stock spoiler (I think they look terrible), I just filled the screw holed with clear silicone sealant. I havent had any problems....
theizzardking
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rubber washer and some loctite get a can of spray paint and paint the bolt to match.
the only other way to plug the hole properly would be to weld a plug in there and that's messy nasty and not worth it imo.
there are other ways but none really worth the time or effort
theizzardking
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won't that be kind of nasty to undo in the future?
theizzardking
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i don;t understand why they didn't use the oem bolt holes all they would have had to do is add a small plate and shrink the "U" profile in the photo above.... seems very very lazy to me.
theizzardking
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lol yeah i was thinking about the guy above like as if he wanted to put the og spoiler on there.
FoneRunner
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I had to look at it a few times before I shook my head in disbelief at how they designed the thing to mount...it has already scraped my paint!
I think they made them to go on any 3rd gen, and some don't have a factory rear spolier, thus no factory screws to assist with mounting...so right now I guess I'll just leave it alone. I was planning on a couple of inches of lift with some new coils anyway, so maybe it won't bother me.
WHO AM I KIDDING?? IT BOTHERS ME!!:sobbing:
I think they made them to go on any 3rd gen, and some don't have a factory rear spolier, thus no factory screws to assist with mounting...so right now I guess I'll just leave it alone. I was planning on a couple of inches of lift with some new coils anyway, so maybe it won't bother me.
WHO AM I KIDDING?? IT BOTHERS ME!!:sobbing:
theizzardking
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Yeah, that's the solution.....just lift it high enough so that you cant see the straps!
naw you'll always see it if your one of those guys thats always being tracked by a police chopper, lol
just knowing little stuff like that is annoying....lol
how about getting some felt/rubber pads/strips from lowes and putting them on the metal bit of the spoiler and paint to match? seems like it'd stop the scratching
and be less noticeable. when loading up your roof rack or whatever...
maine runner
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It does not appear to be tight enough and the top of the visor is angled down, not straight.
To clean up the appearance and mitigate damage:
Go to a local hardware store and:
- in the bolts/screw section are plastic hole grommets. Bring one of the bracket screws to match the size.
In the paint section, look for some Krylon metal paint in a complimentary color for the top of the brackets.
Get some neoprene (thin rubber strips) and use glue to adhere it to the underside of the bracket, including the hook to protect your paint.
To clean up the appearance and mitigate damage:
Go to a local hardware store and:
- in the bolts/screw section are plastic hole grommets. Bring one of the bracket screws to match the size.
In the paint section, look for some Krylon metal paint in a complimentary color for the top of the brackets.
Get some neoprene (thin rubber strips) and use glue to adhere it to the underside of the bracket, including the hook to protect your paint.
LINY4Runner
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aside from the shoddy install hardware, i am 1000% satisfied with my Jaos spoiler.
The plus side to the hardware is that the installation is very easily reverseable, and it's in no way permanent. That's what I like about it and thats enough of a reason for me to put up with it.
Take those factory screws out and fill the holes with clear silicone, it should sit alot higher and tighter
The plus side to the hardware is that the installation is very easily reverseable, and it's in no way permanent. That's what I like about it and thats enough of a reason for me to put up with it.
Take those factory screws out and fill the holes with clear silicone, it should sit alot higher and tighter
FoneRunner
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Thanks for the close up of yours LINY, if there's not much going tomorrow I'm gonna re-do it and see how it turns out...Did you do anything special to those brackets to make them match your paint and not scratch?
FoneRunner
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The spoiler won't hang up there without the brackets, and now that I think about it I had to cut off the factory rear light plug and splice the new wiring in so it will be interesting re-doing it. Oh well...:happens:
LINY4Runner
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I just installed it as it came. When it's as tight as it should be, it won't even budge, and you won't have to worry about it scratching
FoneRunner
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Mine's on there pretty solid. It doesn't move around. The scratching happened when I was initially installing it. Did you have to drill out the hole in the plate for the OEM wiring? How did you plug that hole and the hole in the spoiler itself?
