Equipment needed :-
Sticky stuff/tar remover
Clay bar kit
Drill with 8mm bit
A few microfibre cloths
Trim removal tool
Star bits with driver
Allen key set.
Firstly unhook the parcel shelf, I then started by removing the interior trim around the inside of the boot lid, this is just 2 star screws at each side, once these are removed the trim will just pull off as they are only clipped.
Star screws one at each side:
Trim removed:
from here you will be able to see 3 rather pointless (come to that later) screws holding down the spoiler, one at either end and one in the middle behind the brake bar:
the left hand screw above.
Once the screws at either side have been taken out the brake bar needs to be unclipped and pulled out, you can leave everything connected, just pull it out until it becomes visible. if you look its only held it place by 2 tension clips by just sticking a screw driver in to release these clips it will pop the brake bar out:
Now you can attempt to remove the old spoiler. there are probably many ways to do this but I found that by lifting up one side (there's no adhesive here) and gently prising up and sliding under a plastic removal tool to give you a foothold:
The adhesive is very tough but by gently working your way across the spoiler (I very carefully used an old hacksaw blade to cut through the glue making life a little easier, with caution I avoided any damage) fishing line or something equivalent is also a good/safer choice:
There is only a need to cut the adhesive long the boot lid once this is through the other side will prize up very easily and come away with no hassle:
Now this is where the time consuming bit comes into play, the glue used to hold the spoiler down is a real pain to get off, this alone is easily enough to hold the spoiler down why on earth Renault stuck 3 tiny pointless screws though the boot is beyond me as they do nothing.
Nothing I was doing was touching this stuff so I soaked some kitchen towels in tar remover and left to rest on the glue for a while:
a clay bar is an effective way of removing the glue from here (still v.hard work) using it dry though with no detailer was the only way. any lubricants just hindered the process.
half way done:
Glue removed:
I applied polish and wax once all the adhesive had gone to tidy it up a little.
I got this spoiler from k-tec but I assume all the fitting kits will be the same. Firstly remove the small centre from the buffer pieces:
Stick the buffer pieces to the spoiler:
Fit the removed circles back in place over the screw threads these will mark where you need to drill:
And remove the protective overcoat:
Put the spoiler into place over the boot lid and press down (this can be troublesome as in places the spoiler doesn't sit flush so you may find that the marker circles wont be there when you lift the spoiler it took several attempts for me to get it right. but you should be left with this on each side. the new holes to be drilled are basically at either side of the old holes:
Cheeks were clenching while drilling:
Push the brake bar back into place now and while one person holds the spoiler in place use the supplied allen screws and washers to fix the spoiler, make sure u use blu-tack or something equivalent to hold the screw to the allen key. If it drops down the boot lid its lost forever:
RHS.
LHS.
Time to fit the interior trim, put each side back on firstly:
Then push the centre piece over this again this is just clips:
Then put the screws back on to fix the trim:
A few pics of the finished product:
Overall it took around 4 hours to fit from start to finish, just be careful taking off the old spoiler if you want to keep it!
There is one hole that is visible once the spoiler is fitted, I simply used some red electricians tape to cover this (hardly visible) others use bungs or get there's spot weldered. The 2 others are masked by the new spoiler, so no worries there.
Sticky stuff/tar remover
Clay bar kit
Drill with 8mm bit
A few microfibre cloths
Trim removal tool
Star bits with driver
Allen key set.
Firstly unhook the parcel shelf, I then started by removing the interior trim around the inside of the boot lid, this is just 2 star screws at each side, once these are removed the trim will just pull off as they are only clipped.
Star screws one at each side:
Trim removed:
from here you will be able to see 3 rather pointless (come to that later) screws holding down the spoiler, one at either end and one in the middle behind the brake bar:
the left hand screw above.
Once the screws at either side have been taken out the brake bar needs to be unclipped and pulled out, you can leave everything connected, just pull it out until it becomes visible. if you look its only held it place by 2 tension clips by just sticking a screw driver in to release these clips it will pop the brake bar out:
Now you can attempt to remove the old spoiler. there are probably many ways to do this but I found that by lifting up one side (there's no adhesive here) and gently prising up and sliding under a plastic removal tool to give you a foothold:
The adhesive is very tough but by gently working your way across the spoiler (I very carefully used an old hacksaw blade to cut through the glue making life a little easier, with caution I avoided any damage) fishing line or something equivalent is also a good/safer choice:
There is only a need to cut the adhesive long the boot lid once this is through the other side will prize up very easily and come away with no hassle:
Now this is where the time consuming bit comes into play, the glue used to hold the spoiler down is a real pain to get off, this alone is easily enough to hold the spoiler down why on earth Renault stuck 3 tiny pointless screws though the boot is beyond me as they do nothing.
Nothing I was doing was touching this stuff so I soaked some kitchen towels in tar remover and left to rest on the glue for a while:
a clay bar is an effective way of removing the glue from here (still v.hard work) using it dry though with no detailer was the only way. any lubricants just hindered the process.
half way done:
Glue removed:
I applied polish and wax once all the adhesive had gone to tidy it up a little.
I got this spoiler from k-tec but I assume all the fitting kits will be the same. Firstly remove the small centre from the buffer pieces:
Stick the buffer pieces to the spoiler:
Fit the removed circles back in place over the screw threads these will mark where you need to drill:
And remove the protective overcoat:
Put the spoiler into place over the boot lid and press down (this can be troublesome as in places the spoiler doesn't sit flush so you may find that the marker circles wont be there when you lift the spoiler it took several attempts for me to get it right. but you should be left with this on each side. the new holes to be drilled are basically at either side of the old holes:
Cheeks were clenching while drilling:
Push the brake bar back into place now and while one person holds the spoiler in place use the supplied allen screws and washers to fix the spoiler, make sure u use blu-tack or something equivalent to hold the screw to the allen key. If it drops down the boot lid its lost forever:
RHS.
LHS.
Time to fit the interior trim, put each side back on firstly:
Then push the centre piece over this again this is just clips:
Then put the screws back on to fix the trim:
A few pics of the finished product:
Overall it took around 4 hours to fit from start to finish, just be careful taking off the old spoiler if you want to keep it!
There is one hole that is visible once the spoiler is fitted, I simply used some red electricians tape to cover this (hardly visible) others use bungs or get there's spot weldered. The 2 others are masked by the new spoiler, so no worries there.
