Rarely Seen: LE Spoiler Braces, NOS Porsche, NLA Options

[914Sixer]

Thought I would show these because they are rarely seen, Fit on the front suspension point and attach to lower lip of FACTORY LE spoiler.

[technicalninja]

Complete original hardware.
Note color of plating on brackets and width of opening on tin clips.
The clips slip over thick edge or spoiler easily.
These brackets are bent 'square' at the small hole end, Marks are bent at an angle

Thanks for the detailed picture.

Where do the 10mm headed cad plated bolts with the large flat washers and the rubber washers fit?

These are in the center of the pictures.

[rgalla9146]

Complete original hardware.
Note color of plating on brackets and width of opening on tin clips.
The clips slip over thick edge or spoiler easily.
These brackets are bent 'square' at the small hole end, Marks are bent at an angle

Thanks for the detailed picture.

Where do the 10mm headed cad plated bolts with the large flat washers and the rubber washers fit?

These are in the center of the pictures.

Those two are tightened from inside the front trunk through the latch panel.
The rubber discs and large flat washers are to keep the interior of the trunk dry.
Actually an 8mm tool.
The two smaller ones are tightened from inside the front fenderwells through the latch panel as well. Same screw as above, just shorter.
All four pull the spoiler against the body with the tin clips slipped onto the edge of the fiberglass.

[87m491]

Sometimes I find my lack of "mechanical common sense" appalling. When recommissioning my 914, I wondered why Porsche would install the spoiler so that you needed to almost remove the bumper to get it off.
As my spoiler was long gone I had no template and assumed they fastened from the outside in.

In retrospect inside out makes more sense as you can see in the far lower left, and far lower right, there are slotted cutouts in the "latch panel" to allow some variance to align with the captured speed nut locked onto the spoiler.

I used thin bits of rubber on each side, of each spoiler mounting point to reduced vibration fracture possibilities.

While my spoiler was unfortunately long gone, who ever put the cow catcher on as a replacement was a little to lazy to fully remove the original supports.
Like Jeff's example mine had slanted creases on the bottom which I suspect ever so slightly allowed for better alignment to the spoiler when properly installed L/R.
(IMG:http://www.914world.com/bbs2/uploads_offsite/i.imgur.com-14731-1690201254.1.jpg)
(IMG:http://www.914world.com/bbs2/uploads_offsite/i.imgur.com-14731-1690201255.2.jpg)

Complete original hardware.
Note color of plating on brackets and width of opening on tin clips.
The clips slip over thick edge or spoiler easily.
These brackets are bent 'square' at the small hole end, Marks are bent at an angle

Thanks for the detailed picture.

Where do the 10mm headed cad plated bolts with the large flat washers and the rubber washers fit?

These are in the center of the pictures.

Those two are tightened from inside the front trunk through the latch panel.
The rubber discs and large flat washers are to keep the interior of the trunk dry.
Actually an 8mm tool.
The two smaller ones are tightened from inside the front fenderwells through the latch panel as well. Same screw as above, just shorter.
All four pull the spoiler against the body with the tin clips slipped onto the edge of the fiberglass.