It's held in place on the front by 3 (I think it's 3, might be 4) plastic rivets. You just press the center pin of the rivet in all the way (it will fall down below - be sure to find it - you'll need it to reinstall the rivet) and then pry the rivet out using your fingers.
Once the rivets are out, you should be able to easily remove the spoiler cover.
Then reinstall the cover, first hook the back of the cover over the back of the spoiler, then roll it forward and snap the front down. Then reinstall the plastic rivets by inserting the rivets, then inserting the center pins. Press the pins in until they are just flush with the top of the rivet.
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2001 Boxster S - Speed Yellow, Black Leather, Tiptronic, Jake Raby rebuilt 3.2 with IMS Solution
Thanks everybody great tips. You were right--push out the pins of the rivets. What a pain to track those down!
This handy tool in the toolkit fit over the 3/16 (IIRC) allen wrench end to give much-needed leverage to get the spoiler off.
Looking much better, thank you.
But if you'll indulge me one more question--since the repair my spoiler makes a clunk when it goes down and I have to push it down to completely seat it--about a quarter-inch.
I have video:
I, uh, can't remember if it made that "chunk" noise when it went down--and it definitely didn't need pushing down again.
This is refractory to silicone spray. I think it might have gotten misaligned when I took off the allen bolts? But I'd really rather not disassemble it again unless I have to.
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