Texas Drifter Style Spoiler
 

Anyone have this spoiler or one like it?

https://www.carid.com/2017-nissan-37...151930239.html

Looking for some reference pics before I buy it and put it on my Z. Stock spoiler is better than no spoiler but underwhelming for size. As for color, I drive a black cherry and can't decide to do the spoiler black or match the car color.

I have it and love it. People will bash it cause it's a knock off. But it did the job for me and i love it! Attachment 127613Attachment 127614https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/201...51d978a58a.jpg

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we were discusing about it here

http://www.the370z.com/exterior-inte...p-spolier.html

Got mine from DAR spoilers. fit and finish perfect, no complain, about installing it take more time removing the old glue, olsd spoiler,than installing it.

Its me or 370zBLAST spoiler look diferent?

Now the bad news
you loose about 75 percent rear visibility . get used to using side mirrors for everything.

I have one off ebay. Fitment was great.

http://www.the370z.com/members/sirni...1208779744.jpg

I have one and they did a good job on paint match too. The outer bolt holes don't match stock, so there is some work getting it bolted down snug. It's been on for a little over a year now with no problems.

The angle is a bit steeper than fly1 no?

http://i1383.photobucket.com/albums/...psyyokdqwx.jpg

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I do. Love it!

Thank you all for the posts. This spoiler is one I'm sold on pretty much. Is the visibility that bad, it looks like it lips up some but is it that much?

It blocks half the view. I never cared to look out the back window. Lol

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now if only someone would start making cheap mine's add-on knock offs.

It blocks peoples headlights from beaming right into your rear view mirror or eyes! So it actually benefits me with being so low. It makes people look like they’re riding your a$$ but they’re not. It’ll block their headlights even if their about 2-3 car lengths behind you! And it’s not bad. I can still see plenty out of the back glass and side mirrors!

Ordered! Will post pictures post install. Thank you all :D

Is this the paint matched one from dar?

No it’s the Texas drift ordered offline and had my local paint guy color match it with PPG Omni plus paint! So it’s a perfect match!

Isn’t that the spoiler powetrix replicated?

Yup.. but at $400 FRP/$500 CF I'm not ready to put it in the cheap category ike the ebay spoilers...

You're bill seems to have a steeper angle lol

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Who cares what strangers think!! Have you seen what you're surrounded by lately? Their comments/opinions carry zero weight with me. (Not here on forum, life in general).

My spoiler arrived from DAR and the color is an exact match (Black Cherry, NAG). My only gripe so far is that there is a small scratch/paint missing from the top of the lip.

Let us know how your install goes.

Installation:

This install was somewhat of a pain. Dar gives you strips of paper with holes in them you line up and tape to the spoiler. I then adjusted the spoiler to the right position on my hatch and taped the strips to the body slowly lifting the spoiler away. Dar recommended starting the hole with 1/8 which worked well. The outside holes have to go through two sheets of metal. Then they recommended a huge drill bit to widen the hole and I went smaller because you can go bigger as needed as a safer method. The bit I chose was closer to the screw size and it worked out. Next I drilled 4 holes underneath for the 4 outer screws as they were not able to be reached from inside. I drilled them probably bigger than necessary as I was using a ratchet over a screw driver. The screws in the center sank easily. I then tighted the outer screws, but they werent sinking enough so I bought longer screws. This was how I got the spoiler to sit closer against the car. The upper outer rounded corners do not sit exactly flush to the hatch but fairly close. I'm seeing if the spoiler will settle after sitting in the sun for a few + the screws holding it down already. I will then go ahead and see if i can tighten them anymore then put a sealant around the screw areas.

Complaints:

My main complaint was that the screws just sank into the fiberglass/insulation type material. I wish they would of either had mollies inside the spoiler you sink the bolt into or had the bolts inside the spoiler and you tighten a nut to it.

After:

As this was my second main project and a huge one that's easy to mess up, i hope it holds up. This was just a nerve wracking project as I poked holes into the body that's irreparable. I love the look of it and it compliments the curves of the body exceptionally well. It does block the lower half of the back window but who drives a 370z for visibility to begin with? Will post pics soon!

Also any words of wisdom or guidance would be splendid if you have any to add!

As promised

Anyone who has put on a custom spoiler ever have noise from the spoiler/bolts at times, or from that general area? Is this normal? The bolts wouldn't tighten anymore but seem like they have some movement and the spoiler is probably as close to the hatch as possible.

What counts as genuine? After installing a Fly1, I'm not impressed, was it supposed to be the "genuine" one. It fit like crap, and still required drilling everywhere on my sport hatch, as none of the holes lined up. So what did I get for paying more?

Pictures here.

If these fit the contour of the body I'd be happy. My install with the more expensive spoiler definitely did not save me any headache.

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.

http://www.cdmfabrication.com/bbpics2/370Z/spoiler4.jpg

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.

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

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.

http://www.cdmfabrication.com/bbpics2/370Z/spoiler6.jpg

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.

http://www.cdmfabrication.com/bbpics2/370Z/spoiler7.jpg

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).

I get compliments all the time. Love my bill. Again few bashed it because its a knock off. But people gotta build their rep way or another. If I could do it again id have DAR color paint it and pay the extra. BUT i love the way it looks!https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/201...22d539df4e.jpghttps://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/201...7cd98ae498.jpg

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