Dealer tells me the aftermarket spoiler for the TL3.2 will disable the remote trunk open! Is this dealer hype or true? The factory spoiler is too damned expensive?

 

he lied. dont listen to him

 

I wonder if what he meant was that some aftermarket tails are too heavy so when you pop the trunk, it wont open up like its supposed too. Maybe it even stays shut. ANyways, just an idea...

 

I think there is a spring kit you can get to fix the problem - so when you press the trunk release it pops up...

 

He just wants you to buy his, and pay him $70/hr service fee. Get any aftermarket you want, it will work, unless it ways a heck of a lot more. I mean like 50 pounds more.

 

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I was told that when they put the factory spoiler on they do something to the trunk springs. So as long as you do whatever the dealer does, you should be fine.

 

I DON'T HAVE MY SPOILER ON YET, BUT I AM ALMOST POSITIVE THERE IS A SECTION IN THE MANUAL THAT TELLS YOU HOW TO ADJUST THE TENSION ON TRUNK SO YOU CAN MAKE THEM TIGHTER SO THEY WILL POP UP WITH THE ADDED WEIGHT. REGARDLESS THE DEALER IS WRONG YOU WILL STILL POP THE TRUNK, IT WON'T JUST NOT OPEN IF YOU DON'T ADJUST THE TENSION!

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On an unrelated issue, I think the spoiler "makes" the look of the rear end of the TL, from good to excellent.

 

its kinda true some spoilers are too heavy but nothing that will disable the pop open trunk

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He's full of it.. You need to re-tension the springs on the trunk to handle the added weight of the wing, that's it... the trunk will still open, but it won't bounce up the 2 inches that it usually does..
Ed

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The dealer is wrong again... never listen to those idiots.. they lie about everything and dont totally know the product they sell. I am sure many more people on here know more things about the TL than the dealer himself, thst is why it is so funny I went to look at a TL the other day and I was teaching the dealer stuff instead of vice versa...

 

dealers are only good for .......nm, dealers suck. Don't listen to them. they rip you off in everyway they can, and always "think" they're right, but they're not!

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now ordering AEM short ram

 

How do you "re-tension" the spring?

 

Someone posted a thread on how to do this, but i forgot, it was long time ago. I just remember becareful doin something... or you cut urself... I have no spoiler but i want to retension it anyways, i like how it just pops up all the way. I've seen that on Mercedes and shit...