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Originally Posted by ste6000
i am feeling the idea of taking the spoiler off and just continue the wrap till you hit the bottom of the trunk lid between the lights. then put the spoiler back on. also making the spoiler black would also add a nice addition to it.
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Thanks for the input! I've seen trunk wraps done that way on sixth gens, and maybe more commonly just a black strip between the two taillights. Was hoping to do something a little different though, if I can make the top-only coverage more pleasing to the eye. Having had the blade spoiler wrapped on my 2016, and seeing all the cuts and overlapping pieces involved, was one of the reasons I decided to go with a look that left the spoiler body colored. Plus, various posts I've read here and elsewhere indicate the blade spoiler is a beast to remove, so I'd prefer to avoid that.
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Originally Posted by The Chief (tm)
Have you tried to see what it would look like if you DID blacken the "thin strips" at the end of the blade spoiler? (By which I take it to mean the little section between each side of the spoiler and the trunk cut-out line.) Easy, because you could just cut out a black piece of paper and rest it on there, to take a look.
I feel like I could also see having the paper taper to a point at the trunklid, i.e., it fills the width at the front of the spoiler (closest to the window), then tapers inwards until it is ends at the rear of it, right at the rear-most end of the horizontal portion. In fact, this would probably look "less unfinished" than what's from paragraph above.
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Now that you mention it, having a curved or straight taper there is something I have thought about a couple of times. A straight-line taper might be a better fit, stylistically, than a curved one, considering the angular lines of the bumper.
Great idea to try a paper mockup - I'll give that a shot and maybe post some photos for further input. Thanks for the suggestion!