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YOUR RESEARCHThe spoiler on the Porsche goes up and down...
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coolest thing, now i also have a car
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Thought it was the coolest thing, now I also have a car that does it!
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I wipe the rubber bellow with Aerospace 303 protectant, and lubricate the gear mechanism with a bit of white lithium grease sprayed into the access holes on the gear housing.
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I wipe the rubber bellow with Aerospace 303 protectant, and lubricate the gear mechanism with a bit of white lithium grease sprayed into the access holes on the gear housing.
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I wipe the rubber bellow with Aerospace 303 protectant, and lubricate the gear mechanism with a bit of white lithium grease sprayed into the access holes on the gear housing.
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I can't see the spoiler when driving, therefore, I've never actually known whether the spoiler actually extends at the preset speed and I've always wanted to find out (ridiculous I know) So, I attached a GoPro to see the spoiler in action. The first part of the video has a Fister Sports Exhaust-enhanced acceleration through a tunnel. Unfortunately, the GoPro's microphone is seriously lacking, therefore everything sounds pretty rubbish.
You do realize that you can also raise and lower the wing from the toggle switch on the front of the fuse box near your left foot don't you? So you can have the wing up from start. It may go back down if you take it to 75mph and back to the 30s mph. Not sure on that score or if it stays up all the time after you manually use it.
I have only been able to verify on a sunny day by driving in the fast lane and looking at the shadow against the center median. Nice silhouette it creates
Hurdi has brought up one of my questions. On my 2005 996 C4S when I put the wing up per instructions with the switch(wife thinks it is cuter that way even though I explained German engineering!) it seems to have a mind of it's own. Even when I don't go above 75mph it might stay up for a few trips around town or it may go back down within a few miles or one or two restarts. Spoiler works quietly and smoothly. Seems to have no logical consistent operation. I can't find any info written anywhere! Anybody understand this function? Agree with Ditto I can see the spoiler in mirror when it's up.
The way it should work is:
Hit switch, spoiler is up u til you shutoff the car,spoiler stays up with ignition off
Fire the car back up, exceed the spoiler retraction speed, then drop below that speed (roughly 35 mph) and it should go down and then operate normally.
If yours doesn't exhibit that behavior something could be wrong but I have no idea what that something could be.
I can't or maybe I've not tried hard enough. I have a cab perhaps that's why? Also I specifically wanted to see it work automagically and knowing me, if I could see it in the mirror I'd get transfixed and hit something at 75mph... :/
DTM Thanks. That is what is happening! I have a problem keeping this thing at/below the retract speed even around town where the speed limit is 35mph. Maybe I can tell the policeman "I was just trying to keep my spoiler from retracting." when stopped for going a "little" to fast.
I remember seeing the spoiler go up 15 years ago on a 996 passing me, then it retracted once the traffic flow slowed down.
Thought it was the coolest thing, now I also have a car that does it!
I can't see mine so the way I've verified it is by driving next to a dark-colored SUV and look over or a reflective semi truck.
Speaking of the wing, how many of you perform preventative maintenance on it?
I wipe the rubber bellow with Aerospace 303 protectant, and lubricate the gear mechanism with a bit of white lithium grease sprayed into the access holes on the gear housing.
Yup that's the answer!
You're kidding, right? You mean to say, "Wait you guys ONLY drive 75?"
Honestly I don't know how anyone did it back in the 1970s-early 1990s when 55 MPH was the national limit. OMG it must have been a snoozefest!
I think most highways today should be 80+ MPH unless there is congestion or weather issues.
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