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from spoilerdepot.com, it arrives 8 days later.
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prepainted in Rally Red color..
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First open up the trunk.
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There will be 4 places to unscrew.
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Take off the rubber plugs. The top bigger one just unscrews.
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The smaller bottom plug you can just pull off.
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The size is 10mm so find the tool that you like best and start unscrewing.
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Be careful with the screw on top coz it might fall inside the crevices of the trunk.
If you have a magnet tool shown here.. use it.
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Easy does it.. one screw fell on us and took us forever to get out. We had to use an air gun to blow it out.
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After you unscrew it, it is still held in place by a strong adhesive which you can sort of see
between the spoiler and the trunk.
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Be careful not to scratch the Carbon Fiber, the paint, when you use a sharp razor or
something thin to slice off some of the adhesive.
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Take your time cutting off, little by little and gently pushing up to get the wing to loosen up.
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Eventually it will come off, be careful that you pull straight up so you don't break the
plastic plug that holds it also along with the screws.
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Use a hairdryer to soften and loosen the adhesive. Just clean out the inside strip since that is
what will show. The stock wing has a wider base and covers it up. The new OZ wing is thinner and
so this strip will need to be removed.
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The car looks naked without the wing.
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Compare the stock Carbon Fiber wing with the OZ Lancer Wing, what a size difference.
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A look at the stock CF wing showing the underside.
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This wing is indeed a beauty. Too bad it has a bad stigma.
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I'll probably put it back on when I go to the track.
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There was one mistake though, the spoiler that has the wires on THE WRONG END for the Evo.
The hold for the wiring is on the right side of the trunk for the Evo. Perhaps on the regular Lancer it's
on the left.
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Here is the wiring hole that is covered, on the right side. Since the wing comes with wiring on the left,
We'd have to drill.
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Here's my BFG.. err..Drill.
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Mark off the spot (matching it to the hole on the right), and begin drilling.
Use a cloth for extra protection from chips or whatever
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We need a bigger hole for the wires..
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Bigger and longer ;-)
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Perfect size hole.
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Use a light tool with a dentist like mirror tool to check out the hole. If you are ok with it from the
other side, you can put the drill away.
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Slowly put the wires in, and pull from the back.
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You can also start putting in the adhesive pad strips on strategic parts of the wing.
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Note that for the middle bar I didn't drill on the trunk so I can return it in stock form with no holes.
The pads will prevent rubbing against the bare trunk and scratching it.
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Finish up the rest.
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Carefully start screwing the 4 screws. The old screws won't fit the new wing, so save them for the stock
configuration. The new wing comes with smaller screws which will do fine.
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After you finish, wiring will be what's left. The OZ wing comes with a brake light. So the one in your back
window will need to be turned off (you can't have both by law). Here is a pic of the brake light disconnected
with the connector hanging out.
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Run the wires through the crevices, making it neat and out of the way.
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The wires will need a connector.
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Using the brake light connector as a donor, cut the wires and use it for the wing.
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This you can now connect with.
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The wing comes with wire clips which you can use to neatly tuck away the wires.
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Nice clean install, the wing is a lot smaller and more discreet.
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Funny the stock CF wing doesn't look stock.. people think I added it. This looks stock.
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A comparison of the stock wing same view and you notice the difference.
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Last views with the brake lights on.
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