We had two days of nice weather here on Friday and Saturday, (65+ degrees) so I decided to install my Factory Style Lip spoiler. I followed the DIY that was posted and went with the no drill option. Everything is fine, its not gonna go anywhere, but the two sides seem to want to lift away from the decklid, and no matter what I do I can't seem to get them to stay down.

So my question is, I went to Autozone and got 3m Molding tape (3M 03609) 'Super Strength' Auto. I re-taped the area and while it was better it is still coming up. Well google being what it is, I now see there is also a 3M Automotive Acrylic Plus Attachment tape (06397) that is out there and I am wondering if that is even stronger. Should I get my hands on that and try it or will it be more of the same? Or are there are any other ideas that don't involve melting paint or drilling holes.

Thanks!

 

Did you prep the surfaces on everything correctly? My lip spoiler has been holding on only with that tape for 5+ yrs.

 

Yeah, and its just the tips of the spoiler, its not going anywhere, they are just lifting up a bit.

I guess worst case I could pull it off and re-tape, but I'm not sure it would correct the issue.

 

3M tape - you want the grey color tape.

Your problem is because it's to cold. You need to heat up the lip spoiler so it's soft and pliable then it will stay down. It's best to install it in the summer time, the hotter the better or at least it's warm enough for the sun to soften the lip spoiler.

 

I used a combination of the 3M tape and RTV sealant.

 

my experience is the part should be cleaned with alchohol to remove all wax and such,

but they do sell primers.



for tape I have

06377

.030 thick grey

and

06382

.045 thick black

primers

3M 6396 Adhesive Promoter packets

http://multimedia.3m.com/mws/media/1...oter-06396.pdf

if any of this will help PM with what you might need.

 

OP as others mentioned above, you need to heat the area up a bit. The heat will make it stick better. Use a heat gun or even a blowdryer.

 

Not only heat it, but attempt to do it in a warm garage so it has time to adhere. Plus, clean it with alcohol (as mentioned in previous post) before applying. I would remove and re-tape. It would take a few minutes to do and be well worth it. Good luck.

 

Yeah, I plan on doing that, but I am concerned about the RTV sealant, I know its silicone based so it should come off without hurting the paint right?

As for the heat, I am waiting until her get north of 70 for a few days before I try again.

I want to thank everyone for the pointers... you guys rock!

 

My body shop used some black colored sealant on my sideskirts. I ended up selling them and now the gunks of sealant are stuck onto the body pretty good. I tried heating one up and removing it, but the paint came off with it. They offered to respray that section for free.

 

Yikes!!! That is some heavy duty stuff!