I have just fitted the centre piece of the 1990 hatch spoiler I bought off Rocky.
As the lower part of the hatch had moved slightly, they do that over the years,
I decided to remove it and install the piece off the car.I was going to get it resprayed but not to lose time I did it.
First off support the rear hatch to remove the struts.
This is the second time I´ve done this so I knew it´s best to use a substantial support, one that does´nt let the glass flop side to side.
The glass is heavy, let it drop and it´ll bust.They make one helluva bang when they do break..........yup I know.
Then clean the glass and inner panel of residue gunk and sealer.
Sprayed.
Luckily I got the holes in the right place.
I did make a card template but it was useless, I got the end holes first, placed the spoiler over them and pressed it onto the metal the studs marking the paint.
Then it´s close eyes, silent prayer and drill, pilot holes first opening them up until the spoiler fitted.
The holes on the inner panel had to be big enough to let the nuts pass, some filing was necessary.
Bench fitting.
The 1990 inner hatch panel is swaged differently to a 1986, they did it to hide the retaining nuts, they are hidden by grommets, on mine they look like this.
I had a high level brake light originally but when a hatch glass was available I jumped at the chance to get rid of it.
That meant the connections for the spoiler mounted brake light were in place, just connect.
I bought new bulbs for the brake light and after a clean up I was done with the centre part.
Help online.
Rear Hatch Alignment 101......http://www.thirdgen.org/hatchalign
