Bertrand Daoust

I have a flip-up wing that I bought last year to eventually paint it to color match my car.

Didn't do anything yet and was wondering if painting it would be a sacrilege as those we're not installed on many 928s. Early '87s if I remember well.

I would not like to use this one if they are hard to find if I can use any other one from later cars.

What do you think?

Thanks in advance.

Edit: It's in very good shape but not as nice as the one I have right now.
I will NOT paint mine.

Mrmerlin

I would not paint it they are too rare,
much easier to find a later model,

the flip up wing was more of a novelty, but it was an expensive set of parts

Weissach

I've got an extra one, don't think they're hard to find at all. Don't go by eBay prices, those have been posted for years

Bigfoot928

someone should autocad the parts and make them out of billet because the parts that fail are the cast crap pot metal bits

Randy V

FredR

Bertrand,

Flog it - they are really only of value to owners of 87 models who crave originality and serve no real world purpose I know of other than something else that can go wrong [as if we do not have enough of those to start with].

Bragging rights cost $$'s so better to gain a few green backs and spend them on your precious.

Adk46

I - owner of an early '87 who craves originality - demand you put said wing in a dark, cool place. One distracted moment with a garage door opener and I'll need it. (I just read a funny story on the Macan forum: a guy forgot his opener was in his jacket pocket, jostled it while putting it on, and sent the garage door down upon his wife as she backed up - in his car. Flowers were required to settle the marital issues that ensued.)

FredR

It may be original but who for heavens sake designs something like that- why? Make no wonder they dropped it just like the the air flap system.

On the other hand maybe it would have saved what happened to my rear wing when I drove over a speed bump I did not see one evening- the shock caused the rear hatch to pop open and duly crash back down agaon cracking the paint on my otherwise immaculate rear spoiler! There again maybe the Heath Robinson spolier would have broken off altogether!

voskian

Bertrand, I just found and bought a used spoiler and had it painted , kept the original in case it even was to go back to original. I picked mine up on eBay for about $200.

Bertrand Daoust

Bob,
The thing is that I paid way less than that.
That's why I bought it (locally). Wasn't looking for one.

I'll keep it for now.
If I ever decide to paint one, I'll see.

Thanks guys.

Red Flash

Since the decision has been made, I take the liberty of hijacking this thread, Bertrand. Excusez-moi...

I have seen these devices before but could never understand what the purpose of them is... ? Can someone enlighten me?

Adk46

My understanding:

1. Easy access for cleaning the lower rear window,
2. Access to the wiper mechanism, perhaps to clear ice, and
3. Gratuitous engineering complexity.

G.P.

It's designed to scare the s**t out of you when it is not snapped down properly after closing the hatch, then it locks down with a loud bang when you reach about 80kph (about 60mph).