elford rear spoiler

[steve]

hi, i need to remove the rear spoiler from my rx7 elford turbo to do some body work but can only find 2 small screws, any know if thats all there is,
there is only four small rust patches two above each rear light but has gone under the spoiler.
have taken a few photos but unable to get them on my pc,

for your records, 01/08/1984, rx7 elford turbo, v3 blue, i have only had her for about a year, the previous ower had her for six years but only ran it for a year then left it stood on grass for five years, so i have had lots of welding to, new floor- chassis- sills- iner-sills ect, no other info so if any one has eny info that would be great, she as been in Lincolnshire from 15/04/2007

[codge]

Hi Steve, Welcome.

As the official unofficial record keeper I'd love to know what the Reg Number is and roughly whereabouts in Lincs you are.

You can send me a Private Memo (PM) if you like and if you don't want to reply on here.

Got 2 series 3 cars in Lincs but one's Metallic Green and the other is White. No Series 2 cars and no series 1.

Cheers Codge

[Lucky]

I don't know if the Elford spoiler is the same as the stock one, but if so there are two screws that go through from the outside that go into the bit that sticks forward onto the wings. then you need to get in the underside of the bootlid from inside the boot. Pull aside the carpet that covers the rear lights inside (you may find it helps to remove the plastic trim as well and there are a row of nuts. On the stocker, the spoiler has a row of captive bolts that stick through into the boot and the buts go on these. Be aware if the rest is rusty they'll probably have welded themselves onto the threads by now. I'd suggest a lot of penetrating oil before trying to loosen them!

I'll see if I can find a pic...

[Lucky]

Here we go; these are the fixings as seen from inside the boot...




...and the inside of the stock spoiler showing where all the fixing points are



Rear deck when the spoiler's removed. Not surprised they rust, look how much cack they accumulate over the years! I imagine that the Elford would have used the same anchor points as the stock one rather than expecting owners to drill new holes; after all they sold it as a DIY kit as well as turn-key cars

[MelloYello]

Unfortunately it is not as simple to remove as the factory spoiler.
Elford used self tapping screws along the leading edge to fix the spoiler to the body, then covered them with filler.
When I removed mine the screws (of differing sizes) were fused solid.
I still have the spoiler hanging on the wall so will be able to take some photos to give you an idea of the positions of the screws.
I resorted to snapping a hacksaw blade in half and inserting it in between the body and spoiler and cutting some of the screws off.

[MelloYello]

Found a photo

[ian65]

James,
whoever fitted the Elford spoiler to your car must have improvised because Elfords didn't originally use self tapping screws on the rear spoiler, the spoiler had threaded studs built into it which went through holes in the rear deck bodywork and then had 10mm nuts put on from underneath. Eventually they rust and are a bitch to get off so people end up using a hacksaw blade to cut through the studs and then improvise when re-using the spoiler.

Steve,

Here is the underside of the Elford rear spoiler...

viewtopic.php?f=21&t=85

the original Elford fitting instructions are here in this manual....

https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B8jAGJ ... sp=sharing


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[Lucky]

I was half right then; same method, wrong holes lol

[MelloYello]

James,
whoever fitted the Elford spoiler to your car must have improvised

Hmm that is a nice way of putting it