Re: painting ur-q rear spoiler?

[Alex Kowalski <akowalsk@shrike.depaul.edu>]

Glen Powell wrote:
> 
> Richard Funnell writes:
> > I wonder about its condition, however, if people can create cracks by
> > pushing with their fingers.  Also, the surface of mine doesn't look much
> > like paint.  It seems to be a flat, unpainted black (in its younger days)
> > plastic.  It sounds as if someone has already painted yours.  Is it not
> > rigid enough to lightly sand it by hand?
> 
> Earlier TQCs and coupe GTs have black (unpainted) rear spoilers.
> Later cars come from the factory with body-color painted ones.
> Glen's TQC is an '85, so he probably has one of the later styles.
> 
> Yessir, mine is body-color. (Graphite Black Metallic) The shop that just painted the front bumper cover and valence (airdam) and did a GREAT 
job actually refus
> 
> -glen

The spoiler on my silver '84 4KQ is painted black.  It is also 
fissured and cracked and generally looks terrible close up.  The paint 
seems to be some kind of rubberized product, but so far I haven't 
undertaken to paint it.  I'm afraid that using any kind of chemical to 
strip the paint might damage the rubber as well.  I've unfortunately lost 
touch with my friend who was a body man in NJ, so I'm in the dark too.  
Why did Audi paint it?  I have seen later Coupe GTs with the unpainted, 
hard-foam rubber spoilers that resemble anti-skid floor-mat material, 
and look great after many years of service. 

Alex