NOTE: Use General Judgment (a.k.a Common Sense) when doing mods like these this is just what I did to install this spoiler on my car I’m just offering some help I’m not liable for you drilling a hole in your car or messing something up OK! If you cannot attempt to do this take it to a body shop they have more experience w/fitment issues and putting parts on cars!









Tools:
1. Drill
2. A few small drill bits
3. A ratchet and some sockets
4. Silicone
5. Another person (4 hands are better than one, my wife helped me, it took us about 2 hours to install it)
6. Longer bolts and lock washers than what came w/the spoiler (take the spoiler to the local hardware store and get different length bolts and check the threads to make sure they fit)
7. Marker
8. Wire taps (to tap into the brake light wiring)


NOTE: This spoiler was made to fit a Mitsubishi Galant’s trunk it is flat all the way across and I put it on my 1997 Nissan Maxima and the Maxima’s trunk is rounded on the ends so it DOES NOT FIT EXCATLY flush on the ends it’s like ¼” off but must bee seen up close to recognize it. I have had my spoiler on my car for 3 years w/no problems at all.


The GTZ spoiler will come w/some short bolts (because it was made for a Galant trunk and the Galant trunk is thinner than a Maxima trunk, also the Maximas trunk has two walls to drill through) about an 1” long you will need to buy some bolts that are about 1 ½” long to go all the way through the trunk to tighten into the spoiler. The spoiler will come with a template and a rubber gasket center the gasket and template on the trunk lid and mark your drill points w/a marker. Drill a pilot hole in all the 5 places, two each side for the spoiler bolts and one on the left side for the L.E.D. brake wiring to go through. You will need to drill through both walls on the trunk. Please be patient will all this drilling your holes need to line up. Place the spoiler on the trunk lid and test fit your holes to see if they are straight if they are remove the spoiler and then apply some silicone in around the holes and on the bottom on the spoiler. Tighten down all your bolts to a good and snug hand tight fit. Then run your brake light wiring to the brake light wiring then tap into the ground and the power of the brake light and then splice into it.


If you have any more questions or comments please email me wtjgay@pineland.net


I also would like to know if any other Maxima guys have this spoiler and would like to add to these install instructions.


http://www.cardomain.com/memberpage/24211/5


Thank You!
-Will

 

looks very nice and also very unique !

 

Added to the howto's

 

Looks very nice. I also have the cleared tails with just maxima logo... I like that look a lot.

 

 

I think that looks horrible. It's not wide enough and it doesn't sit well on the trunk at all. My 2 cents.

 

looks good will

maybe another how-tos in the vqpower.com as well the more the better.

 

i think it looks great!!!! looks sporty but not too crazy like an aluminum wing. I think this is a nice spoiler and should be produced for the maxima eliminating any fittiment issues and making it look more like a maxima wing, just my oppinion tho

 

Do you have more pics of the whole car from a little more distance? So far, I gotta say that it looks really good. Way to make your car look unique while still looking classy.

 

that looks damn good man, good job not being everyone else, especially "formz"

 

Are you seriously angry because I have a different opinion than yours?

 

Will has had this mod on his car for the longest. Good write up! It looks nice to have something alittle different from the usual spoilers. Good job

 

Im not angry, im pleased that this kid isnt doin the same thing that everyone else does. Im also glad that not everyone is putting people down for their mods-for instance-Im sure youre very happy about your rear sway bar but Im sure not many people care either but they dont tell you because its just common respect to not talk rank on peoples ideas.

 

good work man, makes me wonder what other spoiler options we have for our cars

 

What are you a Jehovas Witness or something? Do you know how many people do things to their cars that people on here don't like AND post about it? Lighten the hell up. I could have said "holy crap what the hell were you thinking?" but I didn't.

 

I've always liked this look , but wish it was a bit wider to accomedate the maxima. i would have done this but decided to go with stock

 

 

I'm not sure why anyone would want to put a wing on there car that doesn't sit flush on the trunk lid, but I guess more power too you! If you really want to see a nice looking wing go to Wingswest.com & check out the flush mount wing for the Chrysler 300M. This wing is very nice looking, mounts flat on the deck lid, more then likely will use close to the same holes as the factory Max wing & in my opinion would look great with the body lines of a Maxima. It's not too wide & not too narrow & the ends of the wing have a very unique shape... So check it out & write back what you think?

 

Feel good to be called a kid again Will? : p

 

haha.....I'm 27 years old (to folks over 50 I'm still a kid) I have two kids,sons a 3 year old and a 5 year old...hahahaha

 

Wish I could say that looks good but it doesn't. I've seen one here on a custom blue max, looking at it from right behind the car and it looked really bad. The spoiler it too narrow for the max. From the side it looks good cause it seems the spoiler is the same width as the trunk, but as you look at it from behind it's just awful.

 

opinions will vary good and bad.........we all are different.......which is good the more ideas the better...

 

now that's a bad a$$ car! Nice write-up, Will.

 

That looks really really good! I think someone should try the TL spoiler. It looks almost the same as that but I think its a little bit less tall.

 

Looks pretty good . .. . someone on hear had a custom Blue max with an STI spoiler, it looked pretty decent actually.

 

I think it looks good! Only thing that would bug me is that 1/4" gap! Hey metallic97gxe is that your max I saw on ionic dynamics web site?
http://www.ionicdynamics.com/Galery.html

 

thanks man that is my car (w/my old rims a no drop on that site) I did not even now it was there...