Spoiler on eBay. Any good?
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Spoiler on eBay. Any good?
It's only $53 including shipping from Asia. And it comes pre-painted in whatever color code you specify. Has anyone bought one of these? And if so, is it any good? For $53 it almost seems too good to pass up, but then again, you get what you pay for.
http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/Paint...ht_2392wt_1167
http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/Paint...ht_2392wt_1167
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I found another even cheaper. It's only $40 including shipping.
http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/Jagua...ht_2555wt_1167
http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/Jagua...ht_2555wt_1167
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It is hard to say what the quality is like, it might be just fine. The issue I have would be style and fitment. Universal size spoilers never seem to look right and, while this one is suppose to be custom size, there no picture to show what it would look like on our cars. The difference in cost between the two is one is preprinted while the other is unpainted. So the question is do you feel lucky enough to gamble that it would look good? If you do, I would go for the unpainted version so you save a little if you don't like it, or if you need to do a little modification to get it to fit right before you paint it. If you do decide to buy it, be sure to post pictures
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Hey there....I bought sumthin similar for my A6 from similar people off Ebay for around the same price. I worked on the premise that if it was poor quality / poor paint match it wasn't the end of the world. If you decide to proceed on that basis you really might strike it lucky
As it turns out, mine arrived very quickly and the paint match was perfect. I fitted it myself in around 30 mins using the 3M tape that was already fitted and its great and as good as stock, with a saving of around £250 for me
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i purchased one off ebay
it took around 2 weeks to be delivered
the colour match seemed pretty good
i wiped down the bodywork with a degreasent
peeled back the 3M tape and attached to the bodywork
its pretty flexible, and can be bent to a sharp curve without the paint cracking not bad at all for $27.99 + $26 postage to the UK
the sellers id on ebay is essen.sema
hope this helps cheers
it took around 2 weeks to be delivered
the colour match seemed pretty good
i wiped down the bodywork with a degreasent
peeled back the 3M tape and attached to the bodywork
its pretty flexible, and can be bent to a sharp curve without the paint cracking not bad at all for $27.99 + $26 postage to the UK
the sellers id on ebay is essen.sema
hope this helps cheers
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Doesn't look too bad for the price, I have quite a few 2005 XKR spoilers laying around my place which are GRP copies and a few standard early type ones too
And thats a standard size number plate a lot of the guys here have larger ones to remove the metal surround and cover the holes for the US market
I am sure Norman wont mind me borrowing one of his pics
And thats a standard size number plate a lot of the guys here have larger ones to remove the metal surround and cover the holes for the US market
I am sure Norman wont mind me borrowing one of his pics
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I wanted to try the spoiler look; I found the ebay seller with a 'low profile' spoiler, uniquely tapered at the ends, which I liked. I could curve it a little bit also since it was flexible, didn't like the look straight across. I provided my paint code, and it arrived in less than 7 days from waaaay over there. Good paint job, btw.
Now seeing the OEM xkr spoilers below (thanks to MiamiXKR for his pics), I tried to keep mine near the edge of the existing boot without hanging over it...at least too much.
MiamiXKR's spoiler ---
Rjag also tried an add-on spoiler on his (in fact the same TM3 model as I purchased); I borrowed a few pics from his post in this thread (https://www.jaguarforums.com/forum/xk8-xkr-17/spoilers-again-72859/)
Mine looks almost the same, similar position, etc. Its growing on me. (Try to ignore the missing parking sensor, a new one is en route from Nalley)
Now seeing the OEM xkr spoilers below (thanks to MiamiXKR for his pics), I tried to keep mine near the edge of the existing boot without hanging over it...at least too much.
MiamiXKR's spoiler ---
Rjag also tried an add-on spoiler on his (in fact the same TM3 model as I purchased); I borrowed a few pics from his post in this thread (https://www.jaguarforums.com/forum/xk8-xkr-17/spoilers-again-72859/)
Mine looks almost the same, similar position, etc. Its growing on me. (Try to ignore the missing parking sensor, a new one is en route from Nalley)
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