Rate That Mod Day 27: GM Dovetail Spoiler

[jksynergy]

have it, love it, wouldn't want any other spoiler than the ZL1 on the car.

[White Shark]

sorry I am late, didn't have access to my pics. Upgrade came on the car with the grill.

[IPT]

Originally Posted by benji1997

I think it looks fantastic...but then I'm prejudiced! 10/10. I also replaced the rear deck in the back window with a ZL/1 deck so I wouldn't have the redundant third stop light.

How involved is doing that? Expensive? Of course I never see my car from the back so it doesn't bother me that much, but I know it's there....

[Frank in MD]

Originally Posted by camaro_RS

As for my vote...I give it 8/10. I would give it a 10 solely for looks but due to the darn installation template being off of what it should have been I give it an overall score of 8. My end pieces are not 100% straight.

I concur. I gave the same rating. Mine is off just a tad. The biggest downside is the paint. GM doesn't have pre drilled holes, which is STUPID. The dealer has to drill the holes, then torque the bolts just enough so that they'll be secure w/o cracking the cheap water based paint. Which is a problem even w/ the factory spoilers. My trunk needs a complete repaint due to the cracking.

If I had to replace my car, my next one would still have the blade spoiler however. Even with all it's downsides IMO it's fantastic and really sets the car off.

I'm actually happy so many don't like it, it makes my ride that much different. The "ricer" comments are laughable. Clearly if you feel the Dovetail or Blade spoiler is rice, you know jack about the heritage of the F-body. That would be the same as calling the old school cursive Camaro font ricer and you would be equally incorrect.

[benji1997]

Originally Posted by IPT

How involved is doing that? Expensive? Of course I never see my car from the back so it doesn't bother me that much, but I know it's there....

It cost me around $700 including install. The rear window deck ran about $250 with the install. I had that done to make sure I didn't have a light showing that was supposed to work. Just in case, some Statey is looking to increase his ticket quota.

[camaro_RS]

Originally Posted by Frank in MD

If I had to replace my car, my next one would still have the blade spoiler however. Even with all it's downsides IMO it's fantastic and really sets the car off.

I'm actually happy so many don't like it, it makes my ride that much different. The "ricer" comments are laughable. Clearly if you feel the Dovetail or Blade spoiler is rice, you know jack about the heritage of the F-body. That would be the same as calling the old school cursive Camaro font ricer and you would be equally incorrect.

I feel the same. Mine would have the blade spoiler as well! Even with the template being off and having to drill holes I'd still get it. It looks really good to me from all angles....and people say it looks "fat". Well...yeah it does. The Camaro is already fat and this just goes along with the styling IMO. To me it is leaps and bounds above the stock spoiler and quite a bit better looking than almost all aftermarket spoilers.

I was laughing to myself about the "ricer" comments as well. To each their own.....I really like this spoiler and how it takes some styling from the past and fits the new.

[Irivas4]

I don't like it... at all :/

[Obzen]

Depending on the car I either love it or hate it. It really needs the right color and combination of mods to be good. If you take a stock car and put the blade on it, then it looks awful to me.

[benji1997]

Originally Posted by Irivas4

I don't like it... at all :/

Who asked you?