sbca96

We found out that the spoiler has been leaking and filling the trunk with
water, and apparently down into the rear seat wells too. I need to redo
the seals that are in the posts - between the spolier and the hatch. It
also has a foam seal around the hole the wiring goes through. I do not
see it on GMpartsdirect, they only list the spoiler itself. I could just do
some silicone, but I would rather start with the correct seals if possible.

Anyone done this?

Tom

Brangeta

If you are parking on an incline with the nose of the car pointing down, by design, the water is going to go straight into the areas you are talking about. Always park with the nose pointing up!

I'm not as familiar as some of the other guys here (I've never removed the spoiler), but I'm fairly certain that there's no possible way for the spoiler to be causing water to get inside the trunk. Those columns you speak of in the center aren't technically touching the hatch because there's not a hole for them to go into if that makes sense. The "seals" are more of a rubber padding to prevent the spoiler's columns from hitting the hatch.

Any water that could be leaking from the spoiler into the hatch would be caught by the hatch and when you'd open it, it would pour out near the backseat, form a river, and drain near the tail lamps.

It's likely that you're parking with the nose down, water is getting in near the roof, and instead of forming a river towards the tail lamps, it's spilling over your backseat area. Parking with the nose elevated or on a level surface will solve that problem.

sbca96

It sits in the driveway nose up and still leaks some, when its parked flat it
leaks a LOT. I priced the rubber pieces at the Dealer - 4 bucks a pop and
there are 5 total (a larger one for the wiring).

Tom

sbca96

Part number for the 4 small ones according to the Dealer is 20733729, and the
large one is 10189355.

If the large one leaks, your probably OK, since it has a mound the water has to
climb to get into the hatch. The smaller ones will allow water into the hatch
and then it drips out of the strut hole, we took all the plastic off the bottom of
the hatch and I poured water on it while she watched with a flashlight. We've
never had one leak before.

Tom

Brangeta

Do you have a picture of what the hatch looks like with the spoiler removed? It's really uncommon for anybody to take one of those apart on a real Camaro SS.

I'm still not thinking there are actual holes made in the hatch, but I must be wrong.

sbca96

I didnt remove the spoiler completely, since the two down bars are glued to
the hatch, I just pryed the spoiler up far enough to access the seals. I can
take a couple pictures of it when I receive the new seals and install them.

Tom