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[LXCHEV]

Hi all,

 

I'm looking to buy a new rear bobtail for the LX (sedan). After opinions on who to buy from? Plastic or fibreglass? Good/bad experiences with fitment?

 

The current one on my car was installed by the previous owner and whilst it's a great fit, it's held on by a series of pop rivets which has always annoyed me (I never should have re-used it when I painted the car all those years ago). I think the current one is plastic.

 

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What's considered better these days, plastic or fibreglass? I'm keen to buy something that has the best possible quality and internal mounting points so I can do away with the pop-rivets.

 

Wilsons / Ernicks seem to be priced well, and look like they have a decent number of mounting points:

 

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Alfa Motorsport are a lot pricier, no idea on mounting points though. But I've been a big fan of their quality in the past (I run their flares, front spoiler and A9X bonnet scoop):

 

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Rare Spares do a plastic one:

 

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And then I found this mob on ebay 'The Fibreglass Factory' who claim to have the best spoiler on the market - better than the original!

 

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Any advice would be greatly appreciated - particularly from anyone with real life experience.

 

Cheers,

Brett.

 

[VIXL34s]

Hi try this guy Pande Andrevski he is on fb Lh/Lx Toranas, I haven’t bought a rear spoiler from, but I have 3 front spoiler and can only praise up the quality of the product I can only comment on my experience and it is good, I know he does other parts. I found him because other members were praising his work. Jeff

[Rockoz]

Probably not an issue these days with the ways the cars are mainly used.

But back in the day, I noticed that the plastic ones tended to start deforming after lots of long days out in the sun as they often used to be.

The fibreglass ones did tend to hold their shape better.

 

Cheers

 

Rob

[BananaTorana]

That is a lovely phat ass!!
I'm going fibreglass and went with Repliglass but haven't gotten up to fit stage just yet unfortunately!

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[LCK186]

Hi why dont u try and find a genuine rear  spoiler, or are they more expensive than a remake,  me personally i would purchase a fibreglass rear spoiler if going aftermarket,  dazza

[Bigfella237]

In addition to that, you can work with fibreglass (cut / grind / patch / strengthen / etc.)

 

I'm not sure how you would do that with a plastic one?

 

If you care at all about how it fits the car, you will definitely need to do some 'adjusting'.

[76lxhatch]

I'd be having a go at repairing the holes in the one you have if it fits well and has no other issues. Even if a plastic welder can't do the trick you can achieve some pretty good results with epoxy these days - adding a thin metal backing strip to incorporate studs or whatever fixing mechanism you plan to use might be a good option.

 

If its more heavily damaged than it looks then starting again with a new spoiler may be the only way, but if you want a nice fit then 'adjusting' is an understatement.

[LXCHEV]

Some great points and thanks for the replies to date. I had thought about trying to fix the current one - but history tells me it's just cheaper and easier to start with a fresh one. It's not just patching up the pop rivet holes, but it's likely warped in those areas too.

 

If I do go new (most likely option) - I don't care about originality - more than happy to just go with a good quality fibreglass one. Sounds like that's the preference over plastic, and certainly easier to work with.

 

Still interested to hear people's thoughts about which brands offer the best attaching studs / mounting points etc...