Fuckwits fix.
Had my tailgate up under the carport up at Melrose about 3 weeks ago, needed to reverse... thought its got room to open, she'll be right. Forgot about the
special spoiler that channels all dust and dirt flicked up by the car... to stick to the back window.
Crunch ! Split the rear roof spoiler across the middle and had grey paint gouges on the underside.
A couple of online reports of prices to buy, paint and install a new one from Toyota ranging from $1300-$1500
Typical Toyota, you get a price in your head of how much it will be and Toyota surprises you with a quote, double what you estimated.
The crack was straight and clean... 2 days planning, cleaned the spoiler with metho and removed all marks, taped the split closed, 5 x kits of Araldite (which I had) injected inside to hold the split shut, about 180ml of Araldite in a large syringe. I had primer, bought a can of Toyota white 040 spray and used a can of clear lacquer I had. Bought a roll of 3M double sided tape.
Total cost $40
Then drilled the trailer's front hitch receiver to accept my ISI rack as its easier than fitting the shuttle rack when I'm only carrying 2 bikes.
3pm... daylight and time for a ride, got 3 x DH runs in of Andos, it was a good day !