Question about rear wing/spoiler

[CloudCity]

Yep. Had to get around it when it leaked as they all do. Whomever installed the whale tail just cut those power wires to splice in the tail.

Ohhh, I read your post wrong, I thought you had a factory whale tail. Makes sense now, thank you.

 

[saucebox]

Ohhh, I read your post wrong, I thought you had a factory whale tail. Makes sense now, thank you.

I do, at least as far as I know.

 

[BigBlue84]

I have an After marker to go on my 1998, Only thing is I have lost the install directions. Does anyone have those that they could scan and send over?
ABS88A-L4. is the model number.

 

[Speed Racer]

I recently bought a whale tail for my 2004 LX through Car Id but it came from WingTech spoilers (wtspoilers.com.) I would not recommend going through Car Id. Go directly to Wing Tech if possilble. I am now waiting for a good day to get it installed.

I must say, this has been a tricky ordeal. First it has been difficult to find a nonOEM whale tail spoiler that looked like the $600 OEM spoiler with the light. I finally decided to try the one from Wing Tech for $306 with light and painted to code specs. This spoiler is extremely close in shape and size to OEM (like my 2006 LX) but it is not oem and does not install and fasten to lift gate the same way. That was the second tricky issue. The first auto place I talked to really was not comfortable at all installing it. The next guy I talked with is an auto body and collision guy. He seems very comfortable on how to install it after we had a good conversation about it. He was also highly recommended.

Hopefully I will see if everything comes to fruition satisfactorily this week.....and doesn't come off in the first carwash. The wing tech guy actually answered the phone when I called him and he swears it will not come off in a carwash. I will post back with my whale tail installation assessment.

I was researching the same rear spoiler from WT. Luckily I am in Dallas and they offer installation as well. Installation doesn’t look terribly tricky but feel better having someone who’s done it many times do it. Also will help if warranty issue and can’t point finger at install.

I considered the LC style blade spoiler but still researching (which is how I found this thread). My LX came with nothing so not worried about existing holes.

 

[Super77]

Bit of a hijack, but can anyone explain the function of that factory spoiler? The “blade” type one WITHOUT a built in stop lamp. Is it to hold the rear end down during high-speed runs?

I pulled mine off this weekend to clean its underside and I prefer the look of the truck without.

 

[hoser]

The factory spoiler helps clear the rear window of dust/dirt. There was a JDM version that did it with some adjustability. Similar to...

 

[Super77]

The factory spoiler helps clear the rear window of dust/dirt. There was a JDM version that did it with some adjustability. Similar to...

Makes sense. So it’s more of an air guide. I’ve had my rear window made opaque by trail dust, so I can see the utility. I put mine back.

 

[Potholes]

Stumbled upon this thread in my research. WT looks like a good option. Anyone have any experience with this company? Looks pretty close to oem