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I installed the switch in my horseshoe a couple of years ago, but what I like about this solution is, it tells you whether the spoiler is up/down and/or in motion.
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I'm doing this mod as well but ran into a problem.
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Freakhead I used the targa switch too and it is also illuminated
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It is pretty slick because it taps into the wiring to indicate if the spoiler is up or down as well as replace the awkwardly placed switch from the fuse box.
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I installed the switch in my horseshoe a couple of years ago, but what I like about this solution is, it tells you whether the spoiler is up/down and/or in motion.
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It is pretty slick because it taps into the wiring to indicate if the spoiler is up or down as well as replace the awkwardly placed switch from the fuse box.
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Wouldn't I be able to simply remove the wires from the spoiler foot switch and run similar wires directly to my footwell switch and not use the one located on the fuse panel?
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Read a post about relocating the spoiler switch and followed a link to an ebay seller in Germany with the switch. It is pretty slick because it taps into the wiring to indicate if the spoiler is up or down as well as replace the awkwardly placed switch from the fuse box. It was a little more involved than I thought because I had to partially remove the instrument cluster, the horse shoe, and the fuse box. It ended up being easy and everything worked when I was done. The switch is easier to get to and the light goes out when it is down.
Attention, this link is for the indicator only, it will not control the spoiler. However the same seller also has the switch/indicator (the same but a few more wires).
This link is the good one (if you want the full meal deal):
http://www.ebay.com/itm/Spoiler-cont...item3cd020b7bf
D'oh. Excellent find, wish I had found this earlier as I ordered a Porsche OEM switch from the newer models but like the indicator light on this. Will order up one of these and sell my new OEM unused switch.
Thanks for posting this. Did it come with good install instructions? If not can you link over the ones you used.
This maybe a way to simple question, but, I have an unused footwell light switch I bought thinking I would add this option to my '04 996. Wouldn't I be able to simply remove the wires from the spoiler foot switch and run similar wires directly to my footwell switch and not use the one located on the fuse panel? Thx for replies - sure glad I found this forum - immense help for someone new to P-cars.
Yes you can use that switch and "remote" from the footwell switch. No need to remove the wiring just tap into the existing wiring. You can follow this tutorial:
http://www.renntech.org/forums/tutor...il-switch-mod/
Thx for the reply Eric, last question, why do I need to tie into the PSM switch? Why wouldn't I just run the 3 14 gage wires to the original switch? Sorry, just not that electrically inclined.
The tapping into the PSM is to get the illumination into the switch. If you dont want illum than only run the 3 wires from the footwell switch to the center console (also known as the horseshoe). My installation is 3 wires from footwell to new switch and tapping into PSM so all my switches are lit at night. Did the same with the garage opener mod. That was my first mod, easy.
Thanks for info, renntech page did not open for me. Was your garage door switch mod illuminated too? I ordered the Targa switch many people use but haven't received it yet, I presume it can be illuminated.
Once I get them and time, I will tear into and then ask more questions when it's laid out in front of me. I am a visual person....
Thanks all!
Yes, I thought the instructions were good that came with the switch. I wish I would have been more careful with the connectors behind the instrument cluster as I broke some of the bottom off. The plastic is THIN. If anyone else removes the colored connectors from behind the gauges there is a black tab which the instructions call a cam that you pull perpendicular to the connector (kind of like opening a beer can). Then the connector comes right out. I took the image off the switch because it was a sticker and did not like how it looked.
Wausau 911, if you decide to just tap into the existing switch, it is very easy. I removed the fuse cover and then took out the four phillips screws. I was able to work the plug off the switch without taking it apart. You will see the three plugs (pic attached). I wanted the other switch because for some strange reason I want to know if the spoiler is up or down and I can not see it.
Like the beer can reference; instructions in my kind of language.
Disappointed about the sticker. Am fussy and would not like it either but do want a symbol. I probably will stick with OEM switch i ordered that doesn't have light but has graphic. Just need to gloss it for my interior.
Thanks all!
I installed the switch in my horseshoe a couple of years ago, but what I like about this solution is, it tells you whether the spoiler is up/down and/or in motion.
I would love to add this functionality to my install. Does anyone know what needs to be done/wired to get this status LED?
I started this project today, had all the stuff (5' wires, connectors, switch ect). Opened the horseshoe and I'll be damned if I could figure out where to push the 3 wires through. Spent way to much time trying to get the wires through even with a coat hanger, where I could feel them with my hand. Where did the rest of you gentlemen push them through?
If you are seated in the drivers seat there is a small panel by your right foot. On mine it is covered with leather. Just pull on it and it Will be easier to fish the wires. Pull from the far end towards you it is held in place by push pins not screws
Wausau 911, I put the wires to the instrument cluster through a small hole far back and to the left as you shine a flashlight through where the horseshoe goes. I put the wire to the fuse box through a hole immediately to the left and close to front of the dash of where the horseshoe goes. That wire runs along the top of the panel described described above. Hope that helps.
Thx Cmanis, unfortunately I have to put the switch on the Rt side of the horseshoe due an Ipod jack occupying the blank on the left. I'll still try pulling the leather pad off and see if that route will work.
I'm doing this mod as well but ran into a problem. I'm installing the spoiler switch on the right side of the horseshoe (because I'm installing the garage door opener mod on the left side) but the short cable is too short to reach the gray connector on the instrument binnacle. I can splice extra wire into the cable assembly to make it reach but since no one else mentioned having to do this I'm wondering if I routed the cable the wrong way. What do you guys think?
Hope yours comes quicker than mine did. I ordered it April 16, took 6 days for the seller to ship it from Germany. Never received it. 2+ weeks later the seller finally shipped the replacement.
Good luck!
Bobs95. How did you do with your wire? Mine is on the left so I did not have an issue. I found that I needed to email the seller a couple of times as well.
Cmanus, I'm getting there. I spliced in extra wire, finished routing both cables and connected the shorter cable to the green terminal behind the instrument binnacle. Next step was to operate the spoiler to verify the LED on the switch lit up, but when I pressed the spoiler rocker switch on the kick panel the spoiler didn't move (so the LED didn't lite). I'll work on it tonight to see if I can figure out what's going on.
I did finish the switch install for the garage door opener mod--works as advertised.
Wausau 911, how did your install go?
Cmanus, did you wire your switch to the green harness connector exactly as the instructions described? I triple checked mine to make sure it matched the instructions but after installation it isn't controlling the spoiler. The led lights up when I press the switch but won't lower the spoiler (it was in the up position when I started this mod). Before I connected it to the harness I made the connections to the kick panel switch and the new switch did control the spoiler--but after making the harness connections it doesn't.
Bobs95, sorry for the slow response. I followed the instructions for the green plug and thought the connection seemed loose. I then connected the rest to the switch by the fuse block. My switch works fine and lights up when the spoiler is up. It does not blink on the way up but I do not care. I would check your connection to lower switch.
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