seriously... is it permament damage?pics, scroll down

[maxel]

my mtec 2 spoiler has broken mounting screws, can i repair it?

[Rosc0PColtrane]

Post pics mate. I would have thought you could re tap it...

[bazza93]

must be able to do something with it !

[maxel]

i will post pics tonight

[maxel]

Sorry for my late response but as you can see i have tried removing this broken clip with a screwdriver.
With no effort!

This what it supposed to be like (blurry picture sorry)

And one of the spoiler

Canno one help me ?

And sorry for the crappy pictures...

[Mox3d]

Araldite ?

Bit hard to tell still

Is the second bolt along in the lower pic broken off ?

[zaust]

I think best bet would be to get it ground down a spot weald a new stud....

[Rosc0PColtrane]

Need clearer pictures dude

[DanThe]

Welding is out of the question as those studs are moulded into the plastic, all you can do is dig it out and fibreglass a new one in

[dannyboy759]

Drill them out an insert new ones, if not chemical metal

[Bob_S]

unless tou have the rest of the tech 2 kit i'd leave it off anyway

[maxel]

ok i know these pics are bad but you should be able to analyze what's going on. 1st pic=broken bolt, 2nd pic not broken, 3rd pic= taken at the end of the spoiler so you can see that the first bolt is ok and the second is broken.

Im going to use this spoile though I dont have the rest of it so i'm just asking whats possible.

Welding is out of the question as those studs are moulded into the plastic, all you can do is dig it out and fibreglass a new one in

How do I do that?

[OBs]

Without seeing the contents of your tool collection...

I would use a mini grinder, or stanley knife (Will be foam under that fiberglass skin) to cut around the damaged bolt, then get a new bolt with the same thread and length etc.

Put a fair size washer (Smaller then the square hole cut) and put in the recess you have made fill with 'Grip-fill' as bought from any desent DIY shop for a few quid... To be totally anal cut a same size square bit of plastic to 'cap' the hole made, squash down so excess glue (Grip-fill) uzzes out, scrape off excess

Job done, leave a day or two before rebolting back on car

OBs

[josh-hocking]

or you could just buy the botto half f the spoiler on its own!! dunno if anyone would sell it though

[jokipea]

I got an MTech 2 spoiler cheap because it was like this. I very carefully drilled a small hole in the centre of broken stud then I drilled it out to the size that I could then use a tap to thread the remains of the stud and the square piece of plate it is fixed to. (The tap I used was the same thread as the studs so that I could use the plastic nuts to attach spoiler to car.) I then cut short lengths of stud and screwed them into threaded holes using Araldite, making sure there was no oil or grease on threads. On mine I had to do this with 4 or 5 of the studs, this was around 2 years ago and it is still OK.

[bodger]

i have a lachs silver one for sale, pm me if interested mate

[maxel]

im in iceland buddy, but i will try to repair the spoiler and i will most likely make an article how to repair it