joz8968

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Accelerated from the traffic lights into a 90-deg turning, and BAM!!! - WTF was that?! Bloomin' plastic wind deflector broke in two and was rattling away against the window etc. (we've got near-gale force winds in Leic today).

So after parking up, I ripped it off and now have an awful looking driver side, with bits of dried out black tape, bad paint, and the 3 or 4 clips with broken off wind deflector still in!

Has anyone got a MY99/00 driver side one, fully intact with no cracks etc.? It's sort of a 'dark' brown/deep cherry red in colour (and obviously semi-opaque) - 'aubergine' or 'coca-cola' lol is a good description! I'll add a pic to this thread tonight of the passenger side one -- actually you should be able to see it in "My Garage"...

Need to fix this asap as it looks awful!!!

The Rig

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Gutted, i was after a set of these to fit,sounds like i might not LOL

i did see a jap breakers have some, think a pair was £80 or something

good luck bud

tony2701

both mine bust brittle with the cold they are like rockin horse pap rare

joz8968

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Yeah Rig - DO NOT fit them!

They're not worth it: dubious gains on quietening down wind noise - if any?!

Plus, I think they look pap TBH. I only have them on because the previous Jap owner, in his infinite wisdom , decided to fit some (or indeed spec'd the car like that direct from the facotry/dealership, when first bought).

tony2701

i wouldn't bother with them but they leave a right mess when you take them off that is some sticky shat they use in japan

joz8968

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Indeed. And it screws up the paint underneath, so if I decide to remove them permanently, gotta pay £££s on getting it painted/sorted.

joz8968

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Anyone know how to remove the wind deflector's 3 mounting lugs from the roof frame?

tony2701

screws under door rubber takeing them off will leave a mess on ya roof tho mate sticky black ****e that takes paint off if you can get it off

99greenwagon

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ive removed mine with very little paint damage,just be carefull and use tar and glue remover,a teedious job tho.

joz8968

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It's alright lads, the very reason why I'm removing them is so that Chips Away can do all the laborious tape removal, etc., and make good the paint underneath again, on Wednesday...

* New pair of wind deflectors from Subaru: £175 +VAT.
* Removing them/repainting both roof frames, etc.: £180 +VAT

...Go figure What would you rather do?

Cheers for letting me know how to remove them


Oh, 99gw, did you employ the redoubtable spark plug to remove it all?

99greenwagon

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joz8968

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It's okay, Chips Away sorted both sides yesterday. And a very good job the chap did too - really happy with the results.

Thread link: BIG UP TO CHIPS AWAY...!!!

99greenwagon

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ideal mate.

joz8968

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...And not a spark plug in sight!