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Originally Posted by njbray (Post 506424)

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.http://986forum.com/forums/uploads02...1471038527.jpg

Indeed.:cheers:

[QUOTE=Nine8Six;506452]Absolutely beautiful. You are an artist my friend. Very talented one I may add :cheers:[/QUOTE

Thanks for the nice comments 986.

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Originally Posted by DRGETZ (Post 506470)

I concur. In your photo that looks down the trunk gap towards the spoiler, your design would present a cleaner, more consistent look if the top rear corners of the spoiler aligned with the trunk line and just inside the gap between the trunk and rear quarter-panel; so, when looking from behind the car, the spoiler does not block the view of the trunk lines/gap and serves to augment the beauty of the original design rather than obscure it.

Based upon the photos, your product appears to match OEM quality.
Would be cool to see a YT video walk around that includes a profile shot of entire car as you raise and lower the spoiler.

Great job thus far!

If you get the design and price right, your spoiler may significantly raise your income.

~With Respect

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Originally Posted by BrokenLinkage (Post 506461)

Like the radius. Like the overall design, but the sides Really need to follow the trunk line where it meets the tail light. Otherwise it doesn't look right from the rear or from above, especially when in the down position.

Correct this, and the allure may overwhelm my financial restraint.

To you both.

I have answered this in an earlier post in January-ish. If you look at the cap on your Boxster you should notice that it follows the rear light line. I have done the same, this also allows it to meet up with the bumber recesss. The spoiler still tapers toward the rear.

Thanks for your comments.

I am still considering more radius though.

A video is well worth considering, thanks.

http://986forum.com/forums/uploads02...1471105564.jpg

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Originally Posted by rfuerst911sc (Post 506417)

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.

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.

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)
http://986forum.com/forums/uploads02...1471245722.jpg

http://986forum.com/forums/uploads02...1471245845.jpg

This is the mould and the finnished roof.
http://986forum.com/forums/uploads02...1471246062.jpg

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.

Nice work but perhaps a little more radius ;-)

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Originally Posted by DRGETZ (Post 506650)

Nice work but perhaps a little more radius ;-)

Nice one DRGETZ.

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Originally Posted by DRGETZ (Post 506650)

Nice work but perhaps a little more radius ;-)

I might get round to it.