Has anyone seen a 5" Hawk Spoiler on a 3rd Gen F-Body? If so post pictures.

 

There a couple in this very thread!!

 

Have you not been reading this thread?

Do a search for "Hawks 5'' Spoiler" and a bunch of links will come up.

 

So does anyone have any input as to how thick the corner piece material is?

 

I like the modified look of the spoiler in Steven89Iroc's second picture better, but it still looks awesome the way it comes from hawks.

I would like the see a version for Firebirds also. One that followed in the lines of 2nd gen spoilers.

 

OOOPsss, I meant to say on a 3rd Gen F-body Converitble.

 

Ah, no workie without modding!

You will need to drill the Quarter panels and I have no idea what the ragtop spoiler spacings are.

 

The 'square' look of the Hawks spoiler is the main reason we made our own.... but the Hawks spoiler does look cool from certain angles. At the time when I made mine the only pics that I could find made it look very square.

 

To be completely honest, one would be on my car if not for that. Everything else about it looks awesome, especially when it's complimenting a cowl.

 

I have got my 5" hawks spoiler now and started to see if it´s fit alright on my 1989 iroc. I had to take away 2 bolts in the middle and drill out 2 holes bigger to get in place . The left & right parts i had to take away the bolt on the top beacuse it was wrong angle on it. the tip of the side( left & right spoiler) are longer then the lights bottom ,maybe about 0,5 inch

anyone else that have had the same problem . no big deal to take away some bolts ,just curios about it

I have seen pics here and then the tip on the left&right part is ending in the same angle as the tail light , did it fit at once fore you or did you cut it down ??

i can show some pics soon ,maybe it´s easier to understand how i mean with pics

 

Here is a pic of the spoiler and i have made some red markings there the tip of the is longer. I just wondering if they came out so fore everyone else and you have modified the tip of the spoiler . If i´m not misstaken i think it looks like the red camaro in the beggining of this topic have also the longer tip.

No big deal to modified the sides but i´m just a littl curios about how everone else have done

 

Hello Gang,

I have had a Hawks High rise Spoiler for almost a year now - Love it. Because the pieces are solid I was able to cut off the left and right drops even with the bottom of the tail lights. At the same time I also tapered the drops down to almost nothing so they wouldn't look so bulky there.

Ed. (AKA: Cocacolakidd)

 

You say the pieces are solid... Throughout, or just the bottom? I doubt they are wholly solid fiberglass, but I could be wrong I suppose. Something like that would make it easy to modify like I have shown.

These things sound like they fit worse overall than the Harwood cowl hoods that everyone complains about (though mine was okay). IMO, having a 1" extension below the taillight is unacceptable, unless they were actually going for that ridiculous look. I've heard of plenty of misalignment issues beyond the difference between stock body panel alignment as well. I understand that nothing is going to fit 100% perfect, but you shouldn't have to hack up and sand away at a $300 piece to get it to look and fit how it should.

None of this is even concerning the sharp corner piece, which is just aesthetics.

If I'm misinformed about any of this, someone please tell me.

 

BTW, that is because the spoiler is made to bolt on to 82-86 and 91-92 Camaros. 87-90's have a slightly different bolt pattern, as you have noticed.

 

even if it's not legal DO IT it's great looking

 

I agree.

Leave the big spoilers for the imports.

 

As long as you leave the primer gray to the domestics.

To each his own, man.

 

No way dude 5in I-roc Spoiler ROCK!!!!

 

I prefer my '87 Firebird spoiler on my '91 Camaro

 

if a cop pulls you over for a missing third brake light.. he is a lonely, lonely, poor pathetic bastard

 

I guess that means the hi-rise spoiler too

 

Neither my spoiler or camaroguy18's spoiler side pieces come down below the edge of the bumper as far as yours. I would call Hawks and see what they have to say about it and maybe send them the picture. Mine is and 89 also and I had to do the same modification to make it work because of the different bolt pattern.

 

i modified my side pices , not so hard to cut theme down and fix the edge so it looks good .


before pic

after pic

i have left the spoiler to my friend fore painting and he told me he will paint it next week so pic of the spoiler will come soon

 

I got the wing back frome the paintshop now, so here is a pic of it back on the car

 

It looks like it came out excellent! Be sure to get some shots of the whole car when you get a chance.

 

nice.... looks great in white. Can't wait to see the pics of the whole car with the new spoiler.

 

the swede.. I can't really see.. what did you change/shave?

 

if you look in the pics you see it easy , i did a red marking on one pic there the sides have longer tips . i shorted theme so they ended at the same line like the stock wing .(bottom of the taillamps)

 

the middle tail light on BOTH of my Camaro's have been not working for quite a while now, and ive never gotten any hastle from cops about them not working...i dont think they'd miss em' if you got rid of them all together by getting the 5" spoiler

 

Now the snow is melting over here so i took the car out today and took a few pics .


frome the front , i will clean the car up after staying in the garage all winter.

the rear now with the new wing

later when i take the car in traffic and the weather is nice i will take some nice photos , this ones are just outside the garage

 

lookin good swede!

 

lookin sharp! can't wait to see some 'real' pics!

 

Nice. I love the hawks 5 inch.

Lingenfelter ? ?

 

lingenfelter....what?

 

Swede has a Lingenfelter license frame.

Swede, does that mean you have Lingenfelter power? If so, very cool.

 

Thats what I was wondering

 

wow i have now heard the spoiler called ugly, and ***** style, how do you consider this a "high rise" spoiler, it doesnt leave the deck, it is more nascar than anything, which is partly why i liked the styling, i love mine be warned the center section IS NOT solid i know that the ends appear to be, slap a big hood and nice stripe over it and its bad ***, looks great at night its tall enough to see in the mirror so as you hit street lights teh stripe comes and goes

 

Irocbirdbuilder......what hood is that!?!?!?!

 

i love this spoiler! i want to get one for my car, but im sort of hesitant. i have heard they take ALOT of prep work, and im not too good with fiberglass (ok, well ive never done it before) so im not sure if i want to drop $300 for a spoiler ill have to modify to get it right.
so how much prep IS really required?

 

Not so mouch to modify . beacuse i have an 1989 i had to take away 2 bolts in the middle of the center part of the spoiler. the sides you can see i have cut down and i had to take away the bolt in top to get the spoiler in the right . I dont think it was a lot of work , the spoiler needed some filler but thats nothing strange about a fiberglas spoiler .

Here is a pic frome last weekend


Bigger pic here http://www.camaroclubsweden.com/gall...firstride3.jpg

 

Has anyone tried to alter the corners like speedmachine's photoshop of LT1powered89's car?
I think it makes it look better, ( more like johnnyiroc's) and it follows the lines better too. But I'm afraid of taking away too much fiberglass.
How thick is it?
Could it be solid like the bottom part?

 

i love my wing. the stock wing is a little bump, i dont even call it a wing. mine was not even close to being ready to paint when i got it though. damn black paint shows the littlest flaw.

 

I know this is a 6 year old thread, but my hawks spoiler is OTW - i was wondering, could i just switch the hatch metal part that connects to the glass out with a 82-85 or 91-92? (i need to take that part off anyway to apply new gasket sealer between the metal part and glass, as mine is deteriorated to nothing and lets water leak in) so no drilling/altering is required there, or will the metal part not fit right on my glass hatch?...