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belladonna
12-27-2005, 08:27 PM
i've been trying to find a 1st gen. spoiler, but i've figured out that they're really hard to find. however, 2nd gen spoilers are much easier to find. i was wondering if a 2nd gen spoiler would fit correctly on my 1st gen

strat81
12-27-2005, 09:41 PM
going off of cars101, the second gens are 1" wider than the first gens... not to say that it won't work, just need to get some trunklid measurements. 8)

Cajual
12-27-2005, 11:50 PM
If the first gens are 1" narrower than the 2nd gens, a GC spoiler may be a better fit for a BC. I've measured the GC RS spoiler and it was about 1" too short for the BD and for anybody who's curious, the BE spoiler approx. 1" too wide for the BD.

belladonna
12-29-2005, 01:20 PM
:? gives something to think about. when i figure out what works, i'll photoshop some on..

shazapple
12-29-2005, 01:56 PM
My L spoiler on my 98 is basically the same width as the trunk, so its about 48.5" wide and about 7" deep.

heres how the holes look when drilled
http://img216.imageshack.us/img216/6902/img11556te.th.jpg (http://img216.imageshack.us/my.php?image=img11556te.jpg)

Heres the install manual and it has the templates (p7.jpg, not exactly to scale though)
http://personal.nbnet.nb.ca/apples/spoiler/

shazapple
12-29-2005, 01:58 PM
Heres how it looks on the trunk. If your trunk is narrower than 48.5 inches, then Id say it wouldnt work

http://img216.imageshack.us/img216/746/spoiler13ns.th.jpg (http://img216.imageshack.us/my.php?image=spoiler13ns.jpg)

belladonna
12-30-2005, 05:59 PM
thanks for the measurements lee. i'll go out tonight and see what my trunk is...

belladonna
01-02-2006, 01:18 PM
1st gen. trunk measures about 51 3/4 inches from edge to edge...

lee- were the measurements you gave between mounting points?

BAC5.2
01-05-2006, 04:05 AM
Find a Legacy Turbo. They came with spoilers.

Depending on the money your talkin, I've got a 91 Legacy Turbo sitting in my driveway. I may be willing to remove the spoiler and sell it to you. It's silver, and needs to be painted.

belladonna
01-06-2006, 07:45 PM
yep, the turbos or the ls came with a spoiler, which both are hard to find around here :?

and i was planning on having to paint it if i ever found one...hmmm....PM me :wink:

shazapple
01-06-2006, 08:27 PM
My measurement was the width of the trunk (which is the same as the width of the wing) The mounting points are only an inch or two from each edge

belladonna
01-06-2006, 08:28 PM
so a 2nd gen spoiler would end short of the edge of the trunk on a 1st gen...

shazapple
01-08-2006, 11:04 AM
Yup. Im not sure how it would look