well its time to really install my whale tail properly. so how has everyone else done it? i really need to figure out the rear lip part. i dont want bolts sticking out the back like there is now, but i also dont want it to look very thick there. it would stick out very far past the quarters then, and look tacked on. anyone done this or have ideas? i posted at hybridz, hoping for something, but 1 person answered poorly, out of all those members. weird. i know the ppl on zdriver are better, so lets here it from ya!

 

duct tape. its the canadian way.

 

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He needs to make that "Special" Canadian epoxy made from back bacon grease and Molson Golden. That will stick to anything


Rod.

 

or some sticky maple syrup.

 

show some pics of the mating surfaces

 

see what happens when you ask people on here???

 

well at least its something. the mating surfaces are the little downward facing lip on the very back of the hatch. and a similar one one the spoiler. sorry no pix right now, car isnt at the house.

 

No way, bailing wire and chewing gum, you can't go wrong man. LOL Just messing with you man, honestly I don't know how to do it. Just figured I would follow the band wagon. He he

 

get some 3m heave duty double sided tape. it'll work like a charm

 

i dont think 3m will be strong enough, the tail sticks out so far, you gotta kinda use it to open the hatch! ive thought of resin and perm. gluing it to the car. skully did a wicked job of attaching his, but hes busy in the fields, i snt him a myspace message, but who knows when he will get it

 

use baby batter..... yeah... i went there....

 

aw man, you just had too. you know on hyridz, there is 317 views, only one guy answered. go figured genius ppl, with no clue.

 

mine is bolted and glued on to my hatch... i had all the seams also filled in and molded

 

well how is the rear bolted, i dont see any heads of the bolts? got any pix ice? i want to do the same

 

 

MSA sell epoxy adhesive ... I recall seeing some installs where the tail has been glassed in ....

 

I know it's not the same but maybe it helps... On my Porsche the whale tail is held on from the inside with screws that go into the whale tail... are you talking about bolts sticking out on the bottom of that lip?

 

Dude! Carl...

I just bought that movie on DVD!!!!!!!!!


Rod.

 

That's one of all time fav's, eh?

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ya hoser... LOL

 

Actually, it is the same. The whale tails (that stay on at high speed) are bolted to the hatch through the bottom of the hatch. I had to use a hole saw to cut slots in the hatch. It's a double layer of sheet metal so you have to cut through the outside layer in order to effectively bolt the tail on.

Good luck Shady!

 

 

O.K pix i can work off of. see the little lip that hangs down. #1 pic, that is where there is no studs, and ice, yours looks to have no bolts there either, so i guess its just bonded onto your hatch. you guys are right with the studs into the top of the hatch, they work fine, and the tail is mounted, just wanted to make the back look better. ill get some pix of what i did, then what i did permenently. its hard to describe without dang pix.