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your car looks great and I've been thinking about abandoning my OEM wheels for your wheels (so much easier to keep clean).
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I only need to replace the "grille" portion that pops up at speed.
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I'm about to go through this exact procedure to replace the fake wing my car came with when I bought it.
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$900.00 seems like a lot but it was a color change from black and the shop I used is one of the 'go to' Porsche guys and has a big following with the **** 356 crowd.
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$900.00 seems like a lot but it was a color change from black and the shop I used is one of the 'go to' Porsche guys and has a big following with the **** 356 crowd.
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Just bought an OEM 996 Carrera spoiler. Being painted to match the car now and will have it back on Friday.... Cant wait!
Anyone have installation instructions? I've searched everywhere and I can't find anything! Thx in advance for any help or advice!
I'm about to go through this exact procedure to replace the fake wing my car came with when I bought it. Just got my new trunk in the mail last week. So what I'm getting at is we will have each other for emotional support, if nothing else.
Are you willing to disclose what the painting cost? I have yet to reach out for a quote on mine.
awesome! not too much info out there as it's pretty rare part I guess! I dropped mine off today for paint, they said I can pick it up on Friday. $389 total for painting black to arctic silver. I took the parts apart including removing the light and the wiring harness to make it easier for them.... let me know what you find on install! Thx.
Sorry for not replying to your PM yesterday, it's been crazy this week (and it's only Tuesday
).
The flange you PM'd me about is still available and even though it's just stamped metal, it was $55.79 from Sunset in 2017.
I don't have the offical instructions but here's a schematic and the parts list.
And some pics of the the actual pieces.
If you need this circled cover piece, be prepared to bend over.
In 2018 I paid $900.00 to paint the engine lid and the two wing pieces .
$900.00 seems like a lot but it was a color change from black and the shop I used is one of the 'go to' Porsche guys and has a big following with the **** 356 crowd.
I could have found a cheaper place but the car is so pristine that I knew I would never be happy unless the paint job was perfect.
These were all taken at the shop:
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Thx for the help SoCal. I guess I better order those flanges! Hopefully don't actually need that $200 cover piece! I should probably find an extra decklid so that I don't have to take apart my stock deck/spoiler.
Thanks! I only need to replace the "grille" portion that pops up at speed. The motors, fan, etc. I'm not too intimidated by this project - but I have a busy schedule on top of a 99 Carrera that I'm rebuilding so this is a minor project I've been keeping in the back of my mind for a rainy day - and I live in Vegas so I'm not holding my breath for that!
Thanks for the intel. I gotta pick up my phone and start figuring out who the top painter in Vegas is.
Those painting prices are crazy! How many hours are these shops spending on them and how much is the material? You guys need to find shops that don't add a "Porsche tax" to their work.
I was just going by what it was called in the options catalog back in the day.
What GarrettSR5 said, good paint work isn't cheap. I could of paid half what I did but it had to be
perfect
. Also matching 20 year old metallic paint can be a challenge from what I've heard.
Didn't know it was called the Carrera spoiler.
And yeah I hear you on the paint. I had my engine lid, front bumper and frunk redone recently and it is a good match but not perfect.
"Driver quality" if you will. In a few years I will have a glass out repaint done as I intend on the 996 being my 'forever' car.
I did this a few months ago. I should have taken step by step pics but was too excited to get this on, also there was a fear that I would mess it all up.
I first watched this video - very helpful instructions on how to remove the stock spoiler.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=83dl2IvfYU8&t=96s
If you don't have the harness order it here, I could not believe the price! This way your third brake light works and your spoiler error light does not go off.
https://parts.porscheofannapolis.com...ss-99661207004
Hope this helps.
I think you are right as well.
I remember seeing it in one of my early 2000 Tequipment catalog labeled as "Tequipment Spoiler.
It is on my factory window sticker, ($3500.00 option), Porsche build sheet as well as PCA certification as "Carrera Wing"
When presented with Aero Skirts and Aero Bumper it is referred to "Carrera Aero"
It's just a spoiler and an engine lid. What was the breakdown of the cost? How many hours are they claiming they spent of it? There is a difference between "good work isn't cheap" and being ripped off.
As for matching the paint, they have a spectrometer that does this. All they need to do is mix the paint according to the what the machine spits out.
SoCal... is there a reason that cover piece (shown in your circle above) is required? Is it a functional piece or just a piece to make the underside of the deck look better? I ordered the flanges (only available in Germany) and will not receive for another 3 weeks or so.
Thx.
Not ture. Initially, I thought it was just for looks, however, having it and driving my car, I notice a considerable more about of road dirt behind the spoiler and on the rear bumper than there was before I had the spoiler.
Ok, got the flanges today and decided to try to tackle this install. Maybe I shouldn't have...
I took apart the rear deck, removing the spoiler, the spoiler motor and the fan. Now, not quite sure how to get the fan wiring working again. The fan wiring is in the same harness as the spoiler motor. I have the wiring harness that came with the OEM Carrera spoiler. Do I also need an additional harness that was referenced above (
https://parts.porscheofannapolis.com...ss-99661207004
) in post #18? Just not sure what I need to do to get this all back together... Thx for any help!
Great thread. When I had my 2003 C2 it had the Carrera spoiler as a factory option but a PO had removed it and reinstalled it...was missing all the correct hardware...I could never find the Factory parts diagram for it to get the correct hardware, until now. Thanks for posting. Dad owns my C2 now so may drive over to his place and take a look to get the correct hardware on there and take off the cobbled together hardware store stuff I had to use. Thanks again for posting this!!
I guess I'm not 100% clear on what your issue is. You say you have the harness that came with the Carrera wing. If so, it's pretty much plug and play. Do you have a pic and/or part # of the harness?
My question was how to get fan motor wired correctly as fan wiring is intermingled with electric spoiler motor and was not sure if I needed the second wiring harness that was in the parts list you provided... got it all sorted today though... my mechanic paid a home visit and all working great! Thx
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So it looks like I need the correct hardware for what is listed in the diagram as "C", "D", and "G" as well as the cover plate and it's 4 bolts. Can anyone tell me which P/Ns match these as the P/N list is not indicated to the letters in the diagram.
My car came from the factory with this spoiler (I have the original window sticker) but at some point a PO removed it, then reinstalled it before selling the car but lost a lot of the correct hardware along the way.
Thanks in advance!
I forgot to mention, you 4 of part # 944.503.255.00 "
spacer sleeve
".
They look like this:
And they go on the plastic cover piece where the bolts go through.
I snapped a photo of the inside of the decklid. Is the decklid different? Appears I have more openings than what was posted above. This car came from the factory w/ the Carrera rear spoiler....but decklid looks different than yours above. Was yours a factory Carrera spoiler decklid or did you swap the Carrera spoiler onto your electric spoiler decklid? Trying to figure out which one is correct.
I bought mine on Craigslist and it was advertised as a 996.2 decklid and wing. I don't know if the decklid started out as an electric version. When I was researching all this stuff 2-3 years ago I found some random pics of other decklids using this wing and none of them have the extra openings shown in your pic. I'm wondering if someone maybe cut those extra openings in for whatever reason.
Interesting. Thanks for posting those pictures. I will look at the cutouts more closely to see if they look like they were cut in by hand. Just searching Google images I can't find any photos that look like mine with the extra cutouts. It would make sense that that area would be closed to direct as much air as possible into the stock air intake tube. When I got the car it had an aftermarket intake on it that would benefit from all that being open, I removed this intake and reinstalled the stock airbox.
ouch. i actually did install new motor mounts about a year ago! I like how your tips are closer to the bumper though. your car looks great and I've been thinking about abandoning my OEM wheels for your wheels (so much easier to keep clean).
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