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I just did this job. As long as your having the top done and your contingency plan is to replace the spoiler trim you may want to do what I did. I removed the parts, used a house cleaning solution (Simple Green will work too) and a pressure washer on a low setting. Once they where thouroughly clean I let them completely dry out in the sun, then I sprayed them with Thompson's Water seal(Home Depot has spray cans0. Longer-lasting results than peanut oil and no streaking.

A couple things to consider. The spoiler is mounted to the car with adheesive tape and screws. You'll have to remove the rear seat and interior panels to access the screws on the rear quarter panel pieces. Be gentle taking the parts off. You'll need to get the old tape off the car or spoiler (this can be a bitch) and use new tape to remount it. Also, where the brake light wire goes through the rear trunk lid you'll need to redo the weather seal. I used black silicone adheesive. Lastly, while you have the rear spoiler off, you may want to hog out the underside of the weep holes. Once you pull the spoiler off you'll see what I'm talking about. The weep holes keep water from ponding on top of the spoiler, but they are always getting clogged. Hogging them out on the underside of the spoiler keeps the correct appearance but lets them function better.

You could definitely mask the car easier than you could remove and remount the parts. You may want to consider that option.

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• Faded trim, Connie, Tue, 8 Jun 2004 13:41:44
  • wet rag in acetone, gently scrub, stay away from, paint, Tue, 8 Jun 2004 21:53:24
    • That is the worst thing you could do !, KB2, Wed, 9 Jun 2004 07:01:59
      • only if you don't know how to do it :), speegee, Wed, 9 Jun 2004 09:04:24
        • Acetone is absorbed thru the skin, KB2, Wed, 9 Jun 2004 14:34:29
          • Relatively harmless, Dan W, Wed, 9 Jun 2004 18:47:03
            • Knock yourself out...enjoy the acetone bath!, KB2, Thu, 10 Jun 2004 05:46:20
            • Another Saab Use>, Dan W, Wed, 9 Jun 2004 20:45:59
        • Acetone causes permanent damage, KB2, Wed, 9 Jun 2004 14:21:31
          • hmm, two years running & still looks new, speegee, Wed, 9 Jun 2004 20:22:50
  • Re: Faded trim, Ryan , Tue, 8 Jun 2004 17:16:38
  • Re: Faded trim, 25MM, Tue, 8 Jun 2004 14:06:37
  • Re: Faded trim, vsfoxe , Tue, 8 Jun 2004 13:57:26
    • peanut oil just sounds weird, Ken , Tue, 8 Jun 2004 20:58:08
      • You don't leave it on, just for wax removal !, KB2, Wed, 9 Jun 2004 07:05:40
    • Re: Faded trim, Bobby in Tampa, Tue, 8 Jun 2004 15:21:31
      • Re: Faded trim, RicD, Wed, 9 Jun 2004 07:42:25 <-- Viewing This Message
        • sounds like a good idea, KB2, Wed, 9 Jun 2004 14:28:55

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