Rear Spoiler Removal Instructions
Resist said:
There are a few bolts the keep it in place. I had one break at the plastic, it was replaced under warranty. You might want to contact a dealership as Honda may fix it under a courtesy warranty, if you are outside the warranty.
Well I might give that a whirl, do you happen to remember the warranty cut off time (2001 w/ 60k presently).
I noticed my
Rear Spoiler was 'popping up' on the left side for a week or so and after seeing this post I decided to investigate.
The short story is the plastic bracket which secures the spoiler to the hatchback frame via the Star Screw is broken (and trying to glue it back on with house caulk like I did is surely doomed for failure).
For anyone attempting to investigate this fact, there is an easy and hard way to figure this out.
Here is what is keeping it attached from drivers side to passenger side:
#30 Star Screw-Plastic Expander-#10mm 'Lug' Bolt-Plastic Expander-#30 Star Screw
The
(2) Star Screws w/washer are black, easily found and easily removed
(once you've got it rotating).
If you remove a screw, lift the spoiler and then try to move the plastic bracket (has metal bonded to the bottom as well (for the screw to go into). If the bracket moves laterally.. it has broken off. Note: You can lose the broken bracket this way so be judicious at this step.
Note: Everything after this is a pain in the ***. To get to the other three you have to pull off the plastic trim piece that goes around the wiper/covers the hatchback door. This is a pain as there are 4 flat clips on the bottom and 4 round clips on top in addition of it fitting extra snuggly where the window is. There are also 2 easy plastic pop in anchors to remove around the lock as well (easy to remove). Thankfully you can't really break anything doing this although you may feel apprehensive. Start with the bottom flat clips first and then work the rest of the trim off like you would a door panel.
The
#10mm 'Lug' is real easy to remove. Its about an inch long hex shaped peice of semi-shiny metal and exposes an integrated machine bolt.
The
(2) Plastic Expanders are a real pain to deal with... in fact I never got one of them to let go of the hatchback frame. Its white plastic, semi integrated into the spoiler and has two things jutting out on opposites sides to grab the frame. The drivers side is easily found, but to get to the other one you have to remove the metal panel that covers the hole which is behind the wiper motor. This requires removing 3 #10 lag bolts, 4 tiny phillips screws and a small yellowish plastic expander to remove the cover plate of the wiper motor. After that's removed you can see and work the hole enough to try to dislodge the 2nd expander
(good luck).
I never got further than the 2nd expander... the top tail light may be troublesome as well, but this is pretty much all the disassembly that would be needed.
