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I must admit I've missed it during delivery and the dealer is a little out of my way.
Does anybody know if the rear spoiler can be adjusted? I haven't looked at it but maybe someone has experience or there's a procedure
On the left it sits flush as it should, on the right its about 4mm lower then the rear quarter panel.
Besides a dash rattle with 1000 miles on the clock this is the only thing bothering me
Drop it by the dealer, they can adjust and shouldn't cost you anything. They're usually very good about correcting panel fit as unfortunately it has come to be expected with these cars.
Perhaps it is something easy: our car had some of the little 'bumpers' underneath missing when we got it. If you find this to be the case, you might be able to use furniture or cabinet door bumpers sold by home or hardware stores.
If the bumpers evens it out and you want to keep them, I recommend reinforcing the bumper adhesive with a drop of Krazy Glue because cabinet bumper adhesive isn't made for outside heat.
In the first instance open the hatch and if you look up you should see 2 rubber adjustable stops ( one each side) that can be rotated by hand to raise or lower the height of the closed position.
In the first instance open the hatch and if you look up you should see 2 rubber adjustable stops ( one each side) that can be rotated by hand to raise or lower the height of the closed position.
Yep. That's all that should be necessary. Side to side is more difficult, but fine-tuning the closed height is easy.
In the first instance open the hatch and if you look up you should see 2 rubber adjustable stops ( one each side) that can be rotated by hand to raise or lower the height of the closed position.
Kev
I tried that at first on mine and it was only partly successful, to raise the RHS as much as the OP needs the stopper needs to be screwed out a fair way and once you screw it out that far it becomes fairly wobbly, and even then because it is spring loaded it still closes down lower than you want.
A better fix for me was to remove the plug that the stop sits on when the hatch is shut (lever it off with a trim removal tool) and stick some Velcro to the underside of it. Punch/drill a hole through the middle of the Velcro first, stick it on the plug then trim around the edges of the plug for a nice clean finish, then replace the plug.
Rinse & repeat as necessary, can take one, two, three or four bits of Velco until the hatch closes perfectly level.
If the entire side of the spoiler is sitting too low (and not just the rear edge) you can remove the spoiler and add spacer washers under one or both of the two mounting bolts to raise that side, again some trial and error and testing may be needed until you get it perfect.
My post around here somewhere about disabling the spoiler explains how to remove it, not a big or difficult job but you need a special Torx "star security" bit, I forget the size but it's in that post.
I just looked and it seems it's not the spoiler but the whole hatch. The spoiler sits level with the triangle piece above which in itself is not flush with the rear quarter panel as well.
I'll check the rubber stoppers when it stops raining. If I can't do it I'll wait until it goes in for the first service.
You're lucky it's just the rear spoiler that is not lining up, loads of cars have panels that don't fit properly for example the door alignment, plenty of posts on it.
That is a significant misalignment of your rear hatch. That would drive me nuts too :-) Perhaps since your dealer is not close, you could call and talk to a service tech and ask if it's something you could do yourself?
CRS
fiddled with the RH rubber bumper today and got it aligned. I’´ll Sleep so much better tonight 😁
thanks everyone
Nick
By "rubber bumper" do you mean the springy thing on the hatch cover or the "stopper" (plug) on the hatch surround that the spring butts up against?
It may help other / future owners to know which one worked for you.
Also note that the OzXFR's repair manual has a section on adjusting panel alignment (section 501-26, p. 23667!) For the 'tailgate', it has you loosen the trunk hinges, which I would be hesitant to do!
Interestingly, at the start of that section, it has a number of body dimensions, which perhaps could aid in determining if the car was in an accident, in addition to helping with alignment.
Also note that the OzXFR's repair manual has a section on adjusting panel alignment (section 501-26, p. 23667!) For the 'tailgate', it has you loosen the trunk hinges, which I would be hesitant to do!
Interestingly, at the start of that section, it has a number of body dimensions, which perhaps could aid in determining if the car was in an accident, in addition to helping with alignment.
Dave, If that copy of the manual does not include the MT section, you can post my copy as well.[/QUOTE]
Lance, looking through my copy it does include the MT section.
Below is a before and after. Not yet perfect but this was the change from a single 360° rotation of the rubber adjuster shown in the second picture.
Oh no, fiddling with hinges is not in my league anymore
Excellent work, and easy. Now, how about adding "solved" to the thread title so that the trolls don't use this as yet another of their anti-Jaguar fixations?
Spoiler adjustment
