Thứ Tư, 1 tháng 2, 2017

How do you remove the STI wing? part 1

zigger 05-12-2005 10:01 AM

How do you remove the STI wing?
What is the proceedure and or best way to do this? Also how much does this cost to do.. Thanks.
conker69 05-12-2005 10:04 AM

Hacksaw. Chainsaw. Sledgehammer. Tie a tow strap to it and a fire hydrant and on 3 hit the gas and yank it off.
BoberT- 05-12-2005 10:07 AM

Just open your trunk, and there will be bolts in the top of the trunk, you unscrew them, and... then the wing will come off. But ur gonna need to get molding, or body filler to fill in the holes, not inless you want them.

-Bob
STiMUL8 05-12-2005 10:13 AM

Find someone to swap trunks with (and the torsion springs)
spacenut999 05-12-2005 10:16 AM

It doesn't cost anything if you do it yourself :p What are you trying to accomplish? Remove it and leave it off, swap it for another, etc.

I think the STi wing has 12 bolts and 4 clips, plus disconnecting the 3rd brakelight connector.
anotherSTi 05-12-2005 10:16 AM

Best thing to do is just trade with someone. But it's easy enough to take off the wing if you want to get rid of it immediately ... there are like 16 screws or something. Just open up the trunk and start unscrewing. Don't forget the ones underneath the rubber stoppers.
f4phantomii 05-12-2005 10:57 AM

Yeah, somewhere on here is a thread that says you leave 14 open holes in your trunk lid if you remove the STi wing.

If you swap trunks with someone, it's super easy. You remove 4 bolts from the trunk lid support arms (2 bolts each side) and disconnect the center brake light connector.

Don't forget to swap trunk locks with the other person. This took me about 10 minutes to do, with no idea what I was doing, and working in my dim garage.

If you are like me, you may find there are many people who say it's easy to find someone to trade trunks with, but that wasn't my experience. I ended up buying a used '03 WRX lid and spoiler at a reasonable price and putting it on myself.

Despite several advertisements and lots of interest, I've yet to have anyone buy my STi trunk lid and wing at less than half OEM cost plus shipping. Seems to be far more STi owners wanting WRX spoilers than there are WRX owners who want STi wings.

-Michael
Rdrcr 05-12-2005 01:09 PM

12 screws, 17 holes.............Man, it looks bad!

Just need a 10mm deep socket, unscrew all nuts, unclip the third brake light connector and lift. Take out the four blue retainers and you have a decklid full of holes! ;)

A fabricator is designing a lip spoiler for my car and needed the factory spoiler removed. If that was not the case, I would of left the spoiler on till the new, "no holes" decklid comes in this Monday.
Uncle Scotty 05-12-2005 02:08 PM

[QUOTE=f4phantomii]Yeah, somewhere on here is a thread that says you leave 14 open holes in your trunk lid if you remove the STi wing.

If you swap trunks with someone, it's super easy. You remove 4 bolts from the trunk lid support arms (2 bolts each side) and disconnect the center brake light connector.

Don't forget to swap trunk locks with the other person. This took me about 10 minutes to do, with no idea what I was doing, and working in my dim garage.

If you are like me, you may find there are many people who say it's easy to find someone to trade trunks with, but that wasn't my experience. I ended up buying a used '03 WRX lid and spoiler at a reasonable price and putting it on myself.

Despite several advertisements and lots of interest, I've yet to have anyone buy my STi trunk lid and wing at less than half OEM cost plus shipping. [B]Seems to be far more STi owners wanting WRX spoilers than there are WRX owners who want STi wings.[/B]
-Michael[/QUOTE]


[SIZE=6]HELLO SOA ! ! ! ! ? ? ? ! ! ! ? ? ?[/SIZE]
REX8 05-12-2005 02:14 PM

[QUOTE=f4phantomii]Yeah, somewhere on here is a thread that says you leave 14 open holes in your trunk lid if you remove the STi wing.

If you swap trunks with someone, it's super easy. You remove 4 bolts from the trunk lid support arms (2 bolts each side) and disconnect the center brake light connector.

Don't forget to swap trunk locks with the other person. This took me about 10 minutes to do, with no idea what I was doing, and working in my dim garage.

If you are like me, you may find there are many people who say it's easy to find someone to trade trunks with, but that wasn't my experience. I ended up buying a used '03 WRX lid and spoiler at a reasonable price and putting it on myself.

Despite several advertisements and lots of interest, I've yet to have anyone buy my STi trunk lid and wing at less than half OEM cost plus shipping. Seems to be far more STi owners wanting WRX spoilers than there are WRX owners who want STi wings.

-Michael[/QUOTE]

There are people that want them...they're just not going to pay you for it (well, not anything close to 1/2 oem price :lol: ). If you don't want yours and they don't want theirs...its doesn't make sense that they'd pay you so much...plenty of trades for Sti wing plus like 50-100 bucks.
REX8 05-12-2005 02:15 PM

[QUOTE=Uncle Scotty][SIZE=6]HELLO SOA ! ! ! ! ? ? ? ! ! ! ? ? ?[/SIZE][/QUOTE]

I'll second that...
shemoves 05-12-2005 02:16 PM

Just find a local wrx owner that will do a swap. make sure you change lock cores and the tension bars.
MR. STi 05-12-2005 02:34 PM

keep the wing!
B WReX 05-12-2005 02:52 PM

[QUOTE=MR. STi]keep the wing![/QUOTE]

[IMG]http://www.we-todd-did-racing.com/wetoddimage.wtdr/wNTg0MDQ3NnM0MTNkZmQzMXk1NDE%3D.jpg[/IMG]
STi-MAN 05-12-2005 02:58 PM

if we didnt get the sti with the wing then we'd be complaining for the wing. i love my wing now.
f4phantomii 05-12-2005 02:59 PM

[QUOTE=REX8]There are people that want them...they're just not going to pay you for it (well, not anything close to 1/2 oem price :lol: ). If you don't want yours and they don't want theirs...its doesn't make sense that they'd pay you so much...plenty of trades for Sti wing plus like 50-100 bucks.[/QUOTE]

Yeah....I tried the trade +$50-$100 buck for months with no takers.

I finally just gave up and a vendor on here had a fantastic deal on a used trunk/spoiler that was well worth it to me.

If you check, the OEM price for a WRX lid + spoiler is pretty much about half price for OEM STi wing/trunk + $100. So I figure I'm in the ballpark.

-Michael
mustangsmoker 05-12-2005 03:04 PM

SOA please make wing an option. I would buy a STI if wing is not included.
f4phantomii 05-12-2005 03:05 PM

[QUOTE=STi-MAN]if we didnt get the sti with the wing then we'd be complaining for the wing. i love my wing now.[/QUOTE]

I don't think anyone is saying don't offer the wing....we're just saying we'd like the option!

I know I'd rather have the $500+ that SOA charges for the wing...that'd almost pay for an AccessPort!

-Michael
Richard 750 05-12-2005 05:32 PM

Everyone was saying the STi wing is functional, now that I have seen the boot picture I see what they mean.
REX8 05-12-2005 06:26 PM

[QUOTE=B WReX][IMG]http://www.we-todd-did-racing.com/wetoddimage.wtdr/wNTg0MDQ3NnM0MTNkZmQzMXk1NDE%3D.jpg[/IMG][/QUOTE]

I know funny...and that was funny
jetfan2207 05-12-2005 06:43 PM

[QUOTE=f4phantomii]I don't think anyone is saying don't offer the wing....we're just saying we'd like the option!



-Michael[/QUOTE]

I agree, it look too much like rice with it. Today my sister and I went hiking, and there was an STI (with the stock "shelf" wing) I point to it and say: that's a really nice car. She turnes around and says: yeah, it is, expect the kid put that ugly wing on it. I told her: no, they come like that, it's not an option. She looked at me like I was kidding. I just found it funny that my sis (who knows nothing about cars) totally trashed it, I can just imagine all the people who see that wing and a riced out Honda Civic pops into their mind.
SeattleWRX 05-12-2005 07:18 PM

[IMG]http://readyones.com/posts/trunk1.jpg[/IMG]
[IMG]http://readyones.com/posts/trunk2.jpg[/IMG]




I didn't even like the WRX wing. I finally got tired of looking for wingless trunks that I took it off and filled the holes with hole plugs from the hardware store. For now, I'll just paint the plugs, but eventually I'll get the holes filled and the trunk repainted. Maybe when I do 04 taillights...


I don't like the Sti wing either. Looks so much cleaner wingless.
zigger 05-12-2005 11:37 PM

If u paint those blue
will teh ystill show? You are lucky u only have 4 holes.. I have 17 !!
SeattleWRX 05-13-2005 01:15 AM

I can't believe you have 17 holes. I thought the 5 holes for the WRX wing were excessive. I'm going to paint the caps for now until I finally get the trunk resprayed.
shemoves 05-13-2005 01:47 PM

Dude, get those woman boots off that wing!!! :shaking head in disappointment:
laoba 05-13-2005 06:27 PM

[QUOTE=SeattleWRX][IMG]http://readyones.com/posts/trunk1.jpg[/IMG]
[IMG]http://readyones.com/posts/trunk2.jpg[/IMG]




I didn't even like the WRX wing. I finally got tired of looking for wingless trunks that I took it off and filled the holes with hole plugs from the hardware store. For now, I'll just paint the plugs, but eventually I'll get the holes filled and the trunk repainted. Maybe when I do 04 taillights...


I don't like the Sti wing either. Looks so much cleaner wingless.[/QUOTE]

I did the same thing with my WRX wing. now the only problem is the trunk FLIES open haha. you can buy color-matched plugs from the dealer. a friend said he had color matched plugs on his sti. what kind and where did you get those plugs? looks like you can just use touch up paint for it.
cgm on the right..

[img]http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v506/laoba/WRXnEffect4.jpg[/img]
SeattleWRX 05-13-2005 06:36 PM

I took a bunch of mixing and matching at the hardware store. I'm going to have my paint guy just do a quick spray on the caps. I didn't realize dealers have them as well. wonder how those look.

I'm solving my trunk flying open issue by dynamatting the inside of it. I just installed a new sub and realized the trunk rattles like crazy. Those cars look clean!
Tbird Man 05-20-2005 12:53 PM

what about a CF trunk?
xEJ20x 10-30-2006 12:22 PM

[QUOTE=SeattleWRX;9779837][IMG]http://readyones.com/posts/trunk1.jpg[/IMG]
[IMG]http://readyones.com/posts/trunk2.jpg[/IMG] [/QUOTE]

I've been considering doin this for sometime.
Wingless > Winged
trauma11 10-30-2006 08:47 PM

take it off and sell it to me, if you live in new england ill take it off for you
Italo Venegas 10-30-2006 10:41 PM

part numbers
What is the subaru part number for the wing holes filler?
montrealevo 10-31-2006 02:25 PM

[QUOTE=Italo Venegas;15808935]What is the subaru part number for the wing holes filler?[/QUOTE]

Anybody has the answer to this?

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