ReaperTBS
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- Jun 26, 2017
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- Brisbane
- Members Ride
- 2004 VZ Lumina, 2010 Calais V
Hi there,
I was having a particularly frustrating and exhausting day/night, couldn't be bothered washing the VZ, and instead decided to just take it through one of those dodgy automatic carwash places as everything else was closed. I figured unclipping the loom and undoing four nuts was easier than washing it myself.
So, i unclipped the loom, no problem. Undid the nuts on the driver's side, no problem. Undid the first nut on the passenger side, and the screw snapped off, and somehow found its way into the abyss of the spoiler. Tried using brake cleaner, a bit of wd40, and carefully removing the second one on that side - same thing happened.
Upon trying to remove the screws from the other side to check their size, they appeared to be fossilized to the spoiler, i can't seem to remove them, and it must have just been the nuts loosening while the screws didn't.
Anybody have any ideas for restoring legal lighting or finding the right size/length screws? To be honest, i don't mind the look without the spoiler. It's a bit closer to my VE now
I was having a particularly frustrating and exhausting day/night, couldn't be bothered washing the VZ, and instead decided to just take it through one of those dodgy automatic carwash places as everything else was closed. I figured unclipping the loom and undoing four nuts was easier than washing it myself.
So, i unclipped the loom, no problem. Undid the nuts on the driver's side, no problem. Undid the first nut on the passenger side, and the screw snapped off, and somehow found its way into the abyss of the spoiler. Tried using brake cleaner, a bit of wd40, and carefully removing the second one on that side - same thing happened.
Upon trying to remove the screws from the other side to check their size, they appeared to be fossilized to the spoiler, i can't seem to remove them, and it must have just been the nuts loosening while the screws didn't.
Anybody have any ideas for restoring legal lighting or finding the right size/length screws? To be honest, i don't mind the look without the spoiler. It's a bit closer to my VE now