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Spoiler colour question

So has anybody painted the rubber spoiler? Surely with the right prep it would be OK?

I'd suspect that to do it properly would cost more than the price of a 968 tailgate and bridge spoiler. How do you paint something that's inherantly flexible without it flexing all the paint off??

It also looks silly, was it James May's 944 that had a white spoiler? Rubbish. [:'(]

Why do people think that they can improve the original Porsche design, always acknowledged to be classic and pretty timeless? Or, that by adding a few different more modern touches the design will suddenly turn from an '80's icon into a '00s car?

Apart from odd little touches, such as clear indicators on the right colours or a tasteful front splitter, leave the old girls alone! [&:]
 
Hi,
Quick question about the rubber spoiler - mine seems to be very porous, whats the best thing to put on it to restore the appearance?

Cheers
 
Thanks people. Much good advice and food for thought. Watch this space... I now need to get an insurance quote which is less than £1800, or buy a house with offstreet parking! Can anyone reccomend good insurers besides Peart and Adrian Flux, both of whom I've tried?

And Paul - I don't want to turn it into a noughties car, I like all the styling apart from the rubber spoiler, so I'm going to change it!

Cheers,

G
 
Try classicline and some other classic insurers.

You may struggle without a garage, but their restricted mileage quotes can be very competetive.

We were insured on the S2 through Sainsbury's, and it was superb value (and you don't need to be garaged etc)

ORIGINAL: smitty893

Hi,
Quick question about the rubber spoiler - mine seems to be very porous, whats the best thing to put on it to restore the appearance?

Cheers

Autoglym's Bumper-Black worked ok on ours to reduce the "weathered" effect. And adds a slight sheen too.
 
How old are you (re. insurance) ?

Edit - as above, I'm with Sainsbury's on a normal, run-of-the-mill policy. Not garaged (but parked in drive) no mileage limit, £430 or thereabouts.
 
I'm 25, 2.5 years NCD. Just got a quote of £400 odd from Adrian Flux, and waiting for the chap from Peart to call me back to discuss why his quote was £1200 higher than Adrian Flux's!

I will give Sainsburys a try, never really considered them for classic car insurance!
 
The insurance quote of £1800 for on street parking doesn't surprise me. If you park your Porsche on the road at night, it will get vandalised! Or at the very least the badge stolen.

Parked on your drive or in a garage insurance can be much cheaper.
 
I have a 1991 bridge spoiler S2 and at some point in the past a previous owner has painted it. I am not sure why given that my car is Metallic Black and the spoiler is normally errr...... black but it looks very smart and has a lovely smooth finish to it. I wouldn't have minded a rubber one, but I can see what it might be something to look for.

As for insurance, the quote for £400 seems good to me. I'm a few years older, I have a Cat 1 alarm, it's garaged, it's my second car, 5000 miles a year and it's £340 with Adrian Flux.
 
I will give Sainsburys a try, never really considered them for classic car insurance!

They're normal insurance as opposed to classic ~ whilst you don't get an agreed value option, you also don't get restricted mileage and other policy caveats.
 
Well, they couldn't quote for me at all, due to "the age of you or one of the other drivers, or the car selected". I'm the only driver. Bugger!
 
ORIGINAL: smitty893

Hi,
Quick question about the rubber spoiler - mine seems to be very porous, whats the best thing to put on it to restore the appearance?

Cheers

I use black shoe polish - it was on one of these "Tips of the Trade" type programmes. Apparently it it what old school chauffeurs did with the black bits on their various car.
 

ORIGINAL: John Sims

ORIGINAL: smitty893

Hi,
Quick question about the rubber spoiler - mine seems to be very porous, whats the best thing to put on it to restore the appearance?

Cheers

I use black shoe polish - it was on one of these "Tips of the Trade" type programmes. Apparently it it what old school chauffeurs did with the black bits on their various car. 

Agree 1000% I started using autoglum bumper blackener stuff years back but its useless and wears off after a couple of weeks. Gold ole shoe polish lasts for ages and the water beads off just like on freshly polished shoes.
 
...and it fills in the porous holes too. Bit of a PITA to apply but good stuff for the spoiler - light the wax in the tin with a cigarette lighter for a few seconds, gives a nice pool of easy-to-spread liquid wax. Old Army boot polishing trick. [:D]
 
Thanks people. Much good advice and food for thought. Watch this space... I now need to get an insurance quote which is less than £1800, or buy a house with offstreet parking! Can anyone reccomend good insurers besides Peart and Adrian Flux, both of whom I've tried?

Just, literaly [&:], renewed mine with Classic Line. Good service and extra discount for Club membership means Paul is happy for another year!
 
Paul, I'm not contemplating painting the actual spoiler, I like the look of a bridge-type spoiler I have seen, which is GRP and fits to the side parts used with the rubber spoiler (as opposed to side parts with the OE bridge spoiler). I think t would look awful with just the actual spoiler painted, so I would have to paint the side parts also - and hence my question!
 
968 tailgate and spoiler.

Painted with cellulose.

Mike[:'(]

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ORIGINAL: bennyboy

Paul, I'm not contemplating painting the actual spoiler, I like the look of a bridge-type spoiler I have seen, which is GRP and fits to the side parts used with the rubber spoiler (as opposed to side parts with the OE bridge spoiler). I think t would look awful with just the actual spoiler painted, so I would have to paint the side parts also - and hence my question!

I'm probably getting confused now, but the side pieces that were with my old rubber spoiler are made from the same rubber. With my fibreglass spoiler the edge trim is simply bonded on and I'd expected is dead easy to fit.

Btw, have you seen the following spoiler, it's in a couple of threads on Rennlist and the guy making them has a business producing various parts I believe. I really like it [:D]







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