Hey guys,

Well still don't have the 1g in my possession, but I'm tired of doing nothing and seeing all you guys upgrading and tinkering away so I'm going to be planning what I need for after summer/hotter days.

I bought a solar wing for it a while back (don't hate, I like the look and find the fact it also acts as a nice "tint" of sorts for the back window).

Anyway, I remember a couple guys telling me to use windshield glue to fasten it to the window to be sure it'll NEVER come off. Is this the best solution? or is there a better alternative somewhere? Also, same question with this and Lexan panels as I may do the same thing with the 2g while eliminating the OEM wing.

For those who don't know what it is:




Just a piece of plastic essentially.

Ugh that 2G is gorgeous! Anyway to hold the visor thingy on my vote is 3m double sided tape, kinda expensive though.

Yeah, I tend to find the best pics to show what it looks like, that guy's 2g is a Beaut'!

Thing with the 3m tape is how long would it last? Can it be worn by mother nature and possibly come off (there is a slight duckbill at the end so it will see air turbulence and hence force, that's my only issue)?

I have a 1" thinkc roll of the 3m tape.. Call it my xmas bonus from work! was gonna use it to hold the oem body kit on sandras car. I was using actual oem trim tape adheisive, used for mounting the chrome trim on headlamps.. But its garbage.

But in your case... I think a full perminant epoxy would be needed.
And ya.. I think the rear visor thingy fits the 2g eclipse well! Lal

What did that guy use?

And how long has it been installed?

I use 3M for badges, side skirts, lips.. But eventually the skirt let go.

I personally wouldn't use epoxy but in that location, you might not have a choice.

Can't pressure wash, and def no touch car wash if you do tape it.

Sikaflex is what the MCM boys use when they don't want something coming off, why don't you look into that? And would definitely choose it over epoxy as it's always flexible.

I forgot about Sikaflex from the episodes! May have to see where I can get some of that. I want it to stay there forever. If I ever need to change it, I'll remove the glass lol.

PS Jay, it's going on my 1g too

Good.. I think it looks better on the 1g style hatch. Goes with the late 80s look of the 1gs. Lal

Be happy I'm not digging up a "way-back-play-back" and find an old 1g louver for the hatch

Reminds me of the mach1 or the 5.0.

Old school!

I would be down for louvers!!

Id say on a 1g, the louvers remind me more of a 1986 shelby daytona turboI than a mustang.

Personally, I think the Daytona was cooler anyhow.

My sister had one.

So no.

Not cool

I think the Shelby Daytona or any of the 2.2 and 2.5 liter turbo cars were the closest to being as underrated as the DSM. Like the 4g63... The 2.2 and 2.5s could easily hold 30+psi on stock form. Drop a dohc head from a Neon.. And it had some huge potential!

There was even an AWD transmission and tcase from the minivan that would bolt right up! Would not have taken much to biuld a awd daytona with 500hp!

Not going to read it all because I'm lazy, but use 3M double sided fender tape from CDN tire and you'll be good to go. That sh!t never comes off.

Disagree!

For some things yes, it's the bees knees. But not for that piece.. Especially where it's being mounted.

Clean both surfaces properly, and the 3M tape should be more than enough. I've used it to hold on body pieces in a few different scenarios.. one that I still see every day is the front bumper on my advisor's car. The bumper skin itself uses the factory mounts, but all of the stuff that came stuck to the original I mounted to the replacement with 3M tape. That was 4 years ago; he drives it year round and puts LOTS of mileage on it.

As with most jobs of this type, prep is everything.

Edit: Just noticed this post:



If that's the case, epoxy it. The only reason to not use epoxy is because it's not something that's reversable.