But since for the most part its held by adhesive, You have to use a bunch of go-gone/cleaners and polishes. Also some cars might be oxidized under there some not. The guy at the body shop told me He use to pull off a lot of spoilers to switch when hew worked at nissan. And he said some of them were ok underneath, but many needed repainted. Not sure if he was bs'ing me though. I've heard of people here pulling them ok. He said to be prepared to have the money to repaint in case it came to that. I decided to hold off for awhile. Let me know how things turn out if you decide to go that route.