986 Spoiler - 986 Forum - The Community for Porsche Boxster & Cayman Owners

derfo · 08-08-2016, 09:08 AM

This is the first one out the mold.

I will fit it to the car as soon as I can and take some better photos.

This next one is a bit foggy, think I had camera on wrong setting.

I am quite pleased. Its my first ever attempt at fibre glass moulds.

DRGETZ · 08-08-2016, 09:33 AM

Looks like some good work... interested to see again once installed.

chaiyz · 08-08-2016, 10:02 AM

Will you be selling these? Cost?

derfo · 08-08-2016, 12:09 PM

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Originally Posted by chaiyz

Will you be selling these? Cost?

Hello chaiyz
To answer your questions. Yes. Around £175.

mikesz · 08-10-2016, 04:03 AM

Looks good!

Nine8Six · 08-10-2016, 05:59 AM

Awesome come back and Top Notch Part! Turned out perfectly I think

Let's see what it looks like on the car

derfo · 08-11-2016, 02:51 AM

Spoiler on the car. I sprayed the top of it with some wheel silver I had on the shelf.

Its summer in the UK.

Nine8Six · 08-11-2016, 03:33 AM

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Originally Posted by derfo

Spoiler on the car. I sprayed the top of it with some wheel silver I had on the shelf.

Its summer in the UK.

Sweet!! One quick question, is the body hollow anywhere? If I go that way I'll then need to round off the corner using a laser cutter or doing them by hand before painting. We have this thing here that requires a min. 25mm radius on every single parts the vehicle is equipped with. Called "pedestrian safe" or something like that, forgot.

Looks great, very subtle. In my case that spoiler is rarely going to see the "up" position. Max speed here/city is 80Km/hrs lolll. Just got to look good you know

Thx for posting up pics. I'd trade your summer any day btw. 38+ degree with clear blue sky daily here.... just can't touch the 20 y/old Boxster in these conditions :/

derfo · 08-11-2016, 04:23 AM

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Originally Posted by Nine8Six

Sweet!! One quick question, is the body hollow anywhere? If I go that way I'll then need to round off the corner using a laser cutter or doing them by hand before painting. We have this thing here that requires a min. 25mm radius on every single parts the vehicle is equipped with. Called "pedestrian safe" or something like that, forgot.

Looks great, very subtle. In my case that spoiler is rarely going to see the "up" position. Max speed here/city is 80Km/hrs lolll. Just got to look good you know

Thx for posting up pics. I'd trade your summer any day btw. 38+ degree with clear blue sky daily here.... just can't touch the 20 y/old Boxster in these conditions :/

Thanks for your comments. It is hollow, very light. I am thinking of putting a radius in the mould.

derfo · 08-11-2016, 12:39 PM

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Originally Posted by Nine8Six

Sweet!!
Thx for posting up pics. I'd trade your summer any day btw. 38+ degree with clear blue sky daily here.... just can't touch the 20 y/old Boxster in these conditions :/

Wow thats over a 100 in old money. How's the humidity?
I am going to put a radius on the same as the rear light corner.

Xpit77 · 08-12-2016, 03:38 AM

Very nice clean look.

rfuerst911sc · 08-12-2016, 09:03 AM

In my opinion the rounded corner version looks much better. Nice work . Strange we've gone from 1997 to three months ago with no one making these. Then within the past two months we have two forum members making them. Good luck to both of you selling them .

emore93 · 08-12-2016, 10:29 AM

I like the version with the radius better.

rfuerst911sc · 08-12-2016, 12:38 PM

If anything you may need to make the radius a little more pronounced. The Boxster has a beautiful round form and the spoiler in my opinion should continue that shape .

njbray · 08-12-2016, 01:48 PM

All these spoilers look great - but I do like the shape of the 2016 Spyders spoiler - the ends seem to blend into the body/lights really nice.

heliguy · 08-13-2016, 03:27 AM

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All these spoilers look great - but I do like the shape of the 2016 Spyders spoiler - the ends seem to blend into the body/lights really nice.

Indeed.

derfo · 08-13-2016, 01:35 PM

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Originally Posted by rfuerst911sc

If anything you may need to make the radius a little more pronounced. The Boxster has a beautiful round form and the spoiler in my opinion should continue that shape .

Thanks for you comments. Yes, I am thinking more radius too.

BrokenLinkage · 08-13-2016, 08:10 PM

Derfo,
Your work is impressive. But to look "right," the line between trunk and quarter panel needs to be extended to form the edge of the spoiler. Otherwise it just doesn't flow visually, looks like it is "adapted" to fit. Your 3rd pic in the recent post illustrates this very well. My opinion is worth what it cost, so if your sense of cohesive aesthetics points in a different direction, so be it.

derfo · 08-14-2016, 11:54 PM

Since my first attempt at making molds out of fibreglass was a learning curve, and I must say a lot easier than I thought. It gave me the confidence to make a mould out of a pattern, (buck) I have been working on and off for about 8 years, between road crashes, illness and earning a living.
Thought you may be interested to see how it turned out. By the way, its a little larger than the spoiler.

This is pattern, (buck)

This is the mould and the finnished roof.

In the past I sent a pattern to a professional mould maker. The mould was exellent but it cost me a lot of £, $. With my time and doing it myself (diy) I would say its cost me a third. Hope you like. The lesson, do good research and have a go no matter what it is. Do even better research if its brain surgery your attempting.

DRGETZ · 08-15-2016, 01:02 AM

Nice work but perhaps a little more radius ;-)