When I got my G back in March, the dealer threw in the spoiler as part of the deal. Unbeknownst to me at the time, it wasn't OEM. So I recently had it swapped out for the real thing and replaced the rear deck panel to get rid of the brake light for a clean install. In looking at the pics and comparing, the Non-OEM spoiler doesn't look too bad. The OEM spoiler install requires the removal of the chrome trim whereas the Non-OEM spoiler installs right over it. By the way, I'll be selling the old spoiler soon.

Cost of this venture was $522 for the OEM Spoiler plus $177 for Rear Deck Panel Kit plus 3 hrs of Labor (dealer had to remove old spoiler).


NON-OEM SPOILER



OEM SPOILER



REAR DECK WITH BRAKE LIGHT



REAR DECK W/O BRAKE LIGHT



NON-OEM SPOILER AND CHROME TRIM



CHROME TRIM INSIDE NON-OEM SPOILER



REMOVED REAR DECK WITH BRAKE LIGHT

 

Do you think you could reuse the bose covers? honestly?

 

do you know how they removed the old spoiler?

 

so it costed 330 for labor?

 

damn i need the rear deck plate without the light to complete mine, but i need oem splash guards first

 

I think the Bose speaker covers are salvageable. The hardest part is going to be removing the retainer washers which hold it down, without breaking off the plastic pin. Here's a pic of the flipside of the rear deck so you can see for yourself. The baby seat anchor covers look like they can be snapped out.

 

Give or take a few $ but keep in mind the old spoiler had to be removed. I could have probably swapped the rear deck panel myself. It looks like there's a couple of fasteners on the front (see pics above) and everything else just slides out. But lazy me just decided to just have the dealer do everything.

 

No I dropped off the car so wasn't present when they did it.

 

thanks bro

 

Hmm, dang so they charged you labor for removing a non-OEM part, and installing a OEM part that they should have done from the beginning?

 

I guess except the first spoiler was free. Second I paid for.

 

Hey! That's what I'm looking to do with my G... how did you remove the rear deck? Did it all snap off or did u have to remove screws? A step-by-step guide would be very much appreciated!

 

yeah im wondering how its bolted on so when i end up getting the rear deck i can do it myself

 

looks much better! cant wait to do mine.

 

That sucks... my dealer did something like that for me too for my G35. They put it on the "we owe you" paper: "spoiler". So i took delivery of the car, and a week later i brought the car in for one of their outsourced guys to install a spoiler for me. It was NOT oem and i paid 550 for it. I didn't know at the time.. but they drilled holes into my trunk & overtightened the bolts.

That left me with a wavy non-oem spoiler for 550. that sucked.

im glad everything worked out for you

michael