First, I am NOT bashing SCGW, I am simply giving my inputs to the OEM carbon spoiler.
Ghost, sadly I had high hopes of it too, I do not like the large ironing boards on cars that a mild, now if you have a serious build, then in some cases I have been like..... yeah that fits. But when the only other mod you have spikey lug nuts on factory spray painted rims, chassis mounted wings or other large ironing board wings look like trash. My post, my opinion, if don't like it, go get a hug from your therapist.
When I get the ADRO and install it I need to pull the spoiler again and will pull out the other one and take photos for you but here is some of the things I will warn about up front ont he SCGW OEM carbon wing.
A) the factory 3rd brake light is a isosceles trapezoid, with the top being very narrow but it does have a straight (about 1.25") that is parallel the bottom edge. The 3rd brake light bracket for the other SCGW spoiler is a triangle with rounded corners. This makes a trash looking gap at the top of the brake light but due to rounding the bottom corners prevents it from sitting decent at all, its also about 1/8" shorter than then bottom flare of the factory light which further pushes the light at a crap angle and makes it fit together to resemble the groves cut into the side of the road to wake sleepy drivers, IE bumpy and no where near smooth.
B) the "pocket that holds the 3rd brake light in the bottom piece of the wing can not even fit the 3rd brake light. let alone the flaring the trim piece mentioned above. I heated it with a heat gun and pressed it in with the back smooth side of a spoon chisel to give it more flare, but as you do this, the piece does thin out a bit and I didnt want to punch thru, but I did get it open far enough.
C) the hole for the brake light harness and the molding on the factory tail light where the harness comes thru does not fit, not even remotely close, the not just the placement but also the diameter of the hole to make this fit. 2 minutes with a dremel and it was fixed. This was the easiest thing to resolve on this POS spoiler.
D) there is a little ledge that the factory tail light will screw into with 2 metal screws. First, there was a ton of molding/ flashing built up there that prevented the light from from going back far enough to fit and be flush with the end of the spoiler. Again, dremel time to clean up the piece, but by the time it was done (which was an hour of screwing with everything), the wall behind the light (not visible and no rain/ water concern), is paper thin, you can wiggle with in you fingers, But still. when it says OEM wing, I expect it to kind of fit together. The design knows this, as they did not drill any pilot holes and leaves that the user when actually mounting everything together.
E) The end caps.... When I got my wing these were not attached and held on with masking tape. I called and email SCGW which they do respond quickly, told me that these are usually attached, but I can just glue them on "but be sure to get it on good, as they are not sold individually" like a warning that these can fall off and you are left with a crap molding look on the outside edges of the spoiler? I asked, what glue, they recommended gorilla glue but to be careful as the stuff expands and to make sure the panels are in place and that I minimize the bleed out.
F) the piece de resistance was that the threaded studs that attaches it to the hatch are off up to 1/8" and one is minutely angled.... so it would not fit if I did not slot the factory mounting holes then touch up paint everything.
This is when I said F this **** and put it in the box and stashed it on the top shelf in the garage. I got it on sale during memorial day last year, I have a good 6 hours of screwing with it to make it at least bolt together and look decent, but at this point, like I said, I'm going to donate it to some ricer rolling around that wants it. But I would not recommend this piece at all. SCGW however does respond to messages and calls and I am sure if I did not start to fit it like I was told originally I am sure they would take it back, but I would feel bad sending it back on my own principals. But if you look at the photos on their website of the spoiler, you can see how crappy the 3rd brake light sits, the 4th 5th and 7th photo shows it well, but at least this flaring piece, it pretty straight at the top unlike the one I received but you can see how nothing is aligned right. Just noticed on the 7th photo, top right side of the spoiler as shown, you can see the masking tape where the end cap was attached like I mentioned in E, pretty funny.
I still plan to buy a few more carbon pieces from them for other things but I am personally bummed on this spoiler as if it fit, I would have loved it. But I do want a carbon/ alcantara wheel, shifter, and a few other things.
Just got back from cars and coffee where almost everyone likes the N, even just driving the street I get comments. Have to put a youtube video of it together one day. I wish I would have bought the ADRO earlier and had it mounted. I still need the hood, fenders, APR front clip and rear diffuser and still need to buy rims, but she is about done for a fun driving car with a great warranty, but eventually want to upsize the turbo and a few other things but still keep here mild. But this car is so dam fun to drive. Heading out to SLC liberty park for the car show there right now, so if any local peeps are out and about, swing by. It goes till 4PM. But being in SLC you need to wear a mask where as the Murray and Cottonwood Heights shows I was just at did not require the mask. Still keeping it in my pocket just to be safe.
Be safe out there everyone enjoy the coming great weather and I want to see where this new spoiler design ends up, as mentioned previously it is not my cup of tea, but I do like how SCGW is innovative and reworking the designs. Keep up the great work SCGW and as mentioned earlier, I will keep buying stuff from you guys.
Good luck on selling it.
