Do all Bongos/Fredas have spoilers?
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Do all Bongos/Fredas have spoilers?
Hi all,
We took ownership of our lovely Freda on Saturday and this is gonna be the first of many stupid questions from us over the next few weeks/months.
As the title says... Do all Bongos/Fredas have a spoiler? There is no spoiler on our van at present but we were given one when we bought it. Someone has done a horrific white paint job on it and I guessed it had been removed for that but we can't seem to find any holes to reattach. Are we being really dumb?
Thanks in advance.
Rebecca
We took ownership of our lovely Freda on Saturday and this is gonna be the first of many stupid questions from us over the next few weeks/months.
As the title says... Do all Bongos/Fredas have a spoiler? There is no spoiler on our van at present but we were given one when we bought it. Someone has done a horrific white paint job on it and I guessed it had been removed for that but we can't seem to find any holes to reattach. Are we being really dumb?
Thanks in advance.
Rebecca
New owner of a 1996 4WD 2.5l diesel Ford Freda, needing all the help we can get.
Re: Do all Bongos/Fredas have spoilers?
Not all have spoilers.
I have just replaced the tailgate on mines, my original had a spoiler but the replacement hasn't & there are no holes pre made. I probably wont bother re fitting the spoiler to my new tailgate as I have a fiamma bike rack which needs the spoiler to be butchered anyway.
I have just replaced the tailgate on mines, my original had a spoiler but the replacement hasn't & there are no holes pre made. I probably wont bother re fitting the spoiler to my new tailgate as I have a fiamma bike rack which needs the spoiler to be butchered anyway.
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Re: Do all Bongos/Fredas have spoilers?
Ah okay, so is it possible to fit a spoiler to a non spoiler bongo?
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Re: Do all Bongos/Fredas have spoilers?
Yup use the new spoiler and make a template for the pin and bolt holes then use that to mark up the van and drill, you may not however have the loom for the high-level brake light.
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Re: Do all Bongos/Fredas have spoilers?
Sounds like a plan. Any thoughts on who might do a loom for the light? Isn't it a requirement for the MOT that if it is there it should be working?
New owner of a 1996 4WD 2.5l diesel Ford Freda, needing all the help we can get.
Re: Do all Bongos/Fredas have spoilers?
You do know the extra down force from the spoiler will make it more difficult to drift
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Re: Do all Bongos/Fredas have spoilers?
To drift? Care to elaborate?
New owner of a 1996 4WD 2.5l diesel Ford Freda, needing all the help we can get.
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Re: Do all Bongos/Fredas have spoilers?
Hoping you mean "Tokyo Drift" stylee. I am scared at the minute of taking corners too sharp in case it falls over, lol. Bit of a step up from my 1.2 Corsa.
New owner of a 1996 4WD 2.5l diesel Ford Freda, needing all the help we can get.
Re: Do all Bongos/Fredas have spoilers?
My replacement tailgate has the centre brake light wiring present despite not having a spoiler. Even if yours doesn't It is not hard to run a wire up from the O/S lamp cluster through the tailgate harness, there are a couple of earth points in the tailgate you can use for a negative.
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