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Old 06-06-2022, 04:41 AM
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Default CGTS Spoiler fully down?

On my CGTS, it seems my spoiler may not be fully flush, or this is just how they are? And, yes, I have pushed and held the button to ensure fully down operation.


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My CGTS spoiler slits slightly higher than flush when retracted, but yours does look about 1/8" to 1/4" higher than mine.

Did you raise the spoiler up while the car is parked and make sure nothing is trapped under it - preventing it from lowering that last little bit?
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Mine is like that
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Originally Posted by RoadrunnerGTS
On my CGTS, it seems my spoiler may not be fully flush, or this is just how they are? And, yes, I have pushed and held the button to ensure fully down operation.
I have studied this too, and think it is normal. Look at the panel gap / fit to your hatch, it looks perfect. Where the side geometry is coming down from the hips, that part of the spoiler is a bit higher on mine too.
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Originally Posted by slilley
My CGTS spoiler slits slightly higher than flush when retracted, but yours does look about 1/8" to 1/4" higher than mine.

Did you raise the spoiler up while the car is parked and make sure nothing is trapped under it - preventing it from lowering that last little bit?
Any chance of a photo of yours please as my dealer says its normal.

We basically have the same spec cars

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I just discovered the same issue, only I'm 99% sure mine wasn't always like this. And it's definitely higher than my friends car. The gap is about 1/4" from the back above the Porsche lettering. If it can't be programmed to go down further, I know it can be adjusted down more. I'll let the dealer do it as I don't want to be the one to scratch anything.


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Originally Posted by RoadrunnerGTS
Any chance of a photo of yours please as my dealer says its normal.

We basically have the same spec cars
Yes of course, see below! First picture is the passenger side. The next two pics are the drivers side.






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Mine (CGTS) is exactly the same as all posted photos. The blend between the length of the rear of the wing and the hatch is perfect so I wouldn’t mess with any possible adjustments.
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Mine is somewhat similar although the black color seems to hide the gap a bit

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Interesting, so it seems that the wing is built to align with the top side of it more than the bottom, based on what @FLCAYMAN is saying. I could see that. But I know that my friend's 2021 wing is down lower than mine, flush with the bottom side. And I noticed mine was not down all the way when washing the car. I had manually raised the wing to clean under it, and when I lowered it, I thought I took my finger off the button too early and left it 1/4" too high. Then it wouldn't go down further no matter what sequence of button pushing and door locking I did. Almost as if I changed the memory setting of where "bottom" is now. Maybe that's in my head, maybe, but I really thought it used to sit lower. Looking at the screw adjustments under the wing, it clearly has a good amount of downward movement available. I personally want it lower than it is now, even if that's not how it was before.

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I went back to some old pics and would like your opinions. Because based on these pics, I think I'm wrong, and the wing has not moved. What do you think based on these old pics from when I first got the car:




Above is a recent pic, but before I noticed a wing height issue.



Recent pic, but before I noticed a wing height issue.



Above Picture about two months old.



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Looks the same to me. It’s funny the things we start to imagine if we look too closely. 🤣
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I just went out and snapped another pic for comparison:

How's this look?






WAIT A SEC! LOOK, PROBLEM SOLVED! lol...



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Mine is the same



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