Texas Drifter Style Spoiler

OhioYJ

Did you seal around your bolts? I used rubber washers on mine (silicone under the washer would work as well). Also on the front side of the spoiler did the tape seal completely to the body? Next did you drill all the way through and mess up the gasket surface on the hatch?

Below is a picture from my install. You'll notice my access hole from is off to the side of the gasket surface. It made getting to the bolts / nuts on the other edge a little more difficult, but chance for leaks or wind noise, or damaging the seal in this manner. Also the hole is entirely covered once the interior panel is re-installed.



Just a tip if you go this route, tie fishing line onto the bolts before you try and install them, just so you can't drop them into the hatch. They will fall back out after a few hard corners if you leave the panel off (ask me how I know) but it is frustrating to drop them and lose bolts.

ColtronZ

Yeah I sealed around the bolts but boy do I wish I had thought of rubber washers. The tape seal is against the hatch, how flush in terms of keeping water out I am not sure. Unfortunately, the left corner tore so there is a small gap there :/

I pushed slightly on the spoiler and it seemed like the little popping noise was coming from the top two middle screws. It doesn't occur enough to redo it I suppose, I am also hoping putting the panel back on will reduce the noise slightly.

I wish I had thought of fishing wire too, I did this install about a month ago now iirc. I lost two and just recovered one the other day. One still is bouncing around back there but its wayyyyy in there. Hoping one day I get lucky and am able to get it out so I can put my car back together lol

OhioYJ

The popping noise is likely the tape sticking and releasing. This is what it was on mine. On the back side, not a big deal, however on the front side where it will have a huge amount of wind, it is.

That is why I used a syringe filled with silicone to get silicone under the tape where I had gaps. However, again mine was the Fly1 version, and mine did not line up with the body very well. So perhaps yours fits better.



I know how it sounds, as mentioned in my link above, it's why I used such a fine pointed syringe, you can't see any of the silicone when done. It's all under everything.



Don't feel bad, the fishing line idea didn't come up at first... I lost two bolts, three nuts before we came up with that plan. Worse yet, I was using stainless hardware so a magnet wouldn't help. Luckily at this point I've gotten everything back out so I'm now rattle free. Just waiting for a little warmer weather to put the interior panel back on. Don't like snapping plastic pieces back in when it's ~30 degrees out (It was 70 degrees out just the other week).