Hi All,
Since i've had this car its never quite looked finished to me without the spoiler above the rear window so I finally got round to buying a genuine one from ebay and sent it for painting last week. It was ready from the bodyshop on Friday ready and I fitted it today using these instructions which were good -
http://vccs.volvocars.se/accessories...e-d71e41b2bd72
I didnt need Volvo's fitting kit as the spoiler already had the stop lamp fitted, electrical connection etc but i understand it contains:
4 m6 bolts
some tie wraps
an electrical connection clip
two templates for marking out the external drilling positions
a blanking piece for the existing rear stop lamp
I did need the correct bolts however so sourced these from a dealer which came to £3.50ish. Armed with a bright day a couple of hours free time and a cordless drill i set to work.
Trim removal - Simple once the torx screws were out inside the tailgate (4no) a lower and upper trim piece are removed to expose the rear wiper motor and wiring.
The drilling - (the point of no return lol) The tailgate is plastic so drilling wasn't a problem and because I didnt have the templates for drilling from the outside I drilled pilot holes from the inside using very light pressure on the drill and a sharp drill bit. The drilling positions are clear on the inside of the tailgate because the there are crosshairs to indicate the hole positions. The tailgate hinge arm impeded slightly because two of the holes are close to it, i anticipated that i may need to adjust the holes but i still found that the holes were still in the correct place.
Fixing - Once the holes of the final size were the formed correct size the spoiler easily hung off of the tailgate because of the lugs it has at the back - nearest the top of the boot. The bolts then were straight forward to fit and tighten, bearing in mind that the tailgate is plastic as is the spoiler I was careful not to overtighten them.
Electrics - the instructions suggest removing and blanking off the existing stop lamp in the rear window. I left the exisitng lamp operational and connected the spoiler wiring into it so that there are 2 working lamps in the centre which seems to look ok.
I took my time especially over the drilling because measure twice (which turned into 3 times) drill once, but am pleased with the overall effect especially because i saved the labour cost of getting someone else to fit it.
Pictures:
I'm pleased with result
When I took the photo above I thought about removing the rear mudflaps, what do you think?
Hope this is useful to someone
Cheers
Rich
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