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| Battle of the bulge | |
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| Tweet Topic Started: Sun May 31, 2009 10:03 pm (626 Views) | |
| stwat | Sun May 31, 2009 10:03 pm Post #1 |
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My spoiler has developed a nasty bulge on one side.![]() Is water ingress the most likely culprit? WTF do i do about it?? Its nasty
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| Matt | Sun May 31, 2009 10:15 pm Post #2 |
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That'll be the sun. You will find that it will settle down if its kept out of the direct sunlight and heat for prolonged periods of time. Ive got to repair my spoiler as the sun over the past few days has created some defects. Damn the sun. |
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| kentronix | Sun May 31, 2009 10:17 pm Post #3 |
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I'm only really here for the Kitchens
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hehe, I had that once. Its moisture that can get in. Then when you hit a really hot day it swells up. It only tended to do it on a really wet period followed by really sunny days. So after a few days of sun it goes down. My solution was to wait until it went down and then waterproofed whatever I could. It worked but I never knew if it was that of the conditions never quite happened again. It only did it a couple of times a year tops. I waterproofed it by removing it (be really careful of the captive nuts, the foam can let go veary easily), then use pva on the foamy exposed bottoms of the legs. I basically painted most of it and wiped off excess with water so it only actually remains on the non painted bits. As I say, I am not 100% sure its my fix that did it. |
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| stwat | Sun May 31, 2009 10:23 pm Post #4 |
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Thems exactly the circumstances of how my most unsightly bulge came about. absolutly hammered it down 2 weeks ago, then this week has been steamingly hot, and up pops the bulge Il have to sort it when i get back from France. Thanks chaps
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| kentronix | Sun May 31, 2009 10:26 pm Post #5 |
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I'm only really here for the Kitchens
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I remember I passed mine several times thinking it was odd but when I went out the next day it has gone !! Had I imagined it ? I wasnt sure for ages. |
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| JM Motorsport | Mon Jun 1, 2009 7:06 am Post #6 |
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More than part of things
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Mine looks exactly the same, in the same spot too. |
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| Neil | Mon Jun 1, 2009 10:53 am Post #7 |
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From The Simpsons episode entitled 'Who Shot Mr Burns? (Part 1)' "Since the beginning of time, man has yearned to destroy the sun. I shall do the next best thing: block it out. " ![]() eeeeexcellent. |
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| stwat | Tue Jun 2, 2009 10:46 pm Post #8 |
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Well it's now totally disappeared after sitting in the blazing sun these last few days. It's nice to know i'm not alone, that there are other rear spoiler bulge sufferers out there, who also feel the same pain and anguish every time another attack of the bulge breaks out Edited by stwat, Wed Jun 3, 2009 12:06 am.
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