Front Ground Effect Cracked
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RE: Front Ground Effect Cracked
As another Sport owner - I've struggled with the same issues. It's impossible to drive the car and not ding the spoiler, and I am extremely careful. One of my weekly routines is inspection and touch up of my front spoiler.
I don't know how bad your crack is - but I have a 3"-4" crack in mine too, but its really not noticeable - so I haven't even bothered gluing it.
For touch ups, I just use my Jaguar touch up kit - and it works really well. I have the Quartz paint job - and I've also found that the Slate Gray Sharpie marker is a pretty good color match. I use this to touch up the bottom and areas where its not really visible. Why do I bother with areas that aren't visible? Go figure...
I also priced a new ground effect - and the quote I got was $460. They come primed, but not painted, so you're going to have some additonal costs there. Other forum members here recommended that it is much cheaper to just have it repaired and repainted at a body shop - and the result will be just as good. I assume they can fill cracks.
I have not resorted to this yet. I'm going to wait until I really do some major damage...
Good luck!
I don't know how bad your crack is - but I have a 3"-4" crack in mine too, but its really not noticeable - so I haven't even bothered gluing it.
For touch ups, I just use my Jaguar touch up kit - and it works really well. I have the Quartz paint job - and I've also found that the Slate Gray Sharpie marker is a pretty good color match. I use this to touch up the bottom and areas where its not really visible. Why do I bother with areas that aren't visible? Go figure...
I also priced a new ground effect - and the quote I got was $460. They come primed, but not painted, so you're going to have some additonal costs there. Other forum members here recommended that it is much cheaper to just have it repaired and repainted at a body shop - and the result will be just as good. I assume they can fill cracks.
I have not resorted to this yet. I'm going to wait until I really do some major damage...
Good luck!
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