993 Window spoiler
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993 Window spoiler
Was the rear window spoiler fitted from factory? As I was looking at a 993 today with a view to buying and it doesn't have one? Its has just has a complete strip down ands respray, wondering whether they accidentally left it off?
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What year 993 are you looking around? For 95 they had what people call a "basket handle" mounted just below the rear window. A lot of people don't like them and it may have been deleted seeing as it was getting a respray.
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Originally Posted by gavonder
I thought all early (94 ROW, 95 US cars) 993's had the basket handle & the light as pictured didn't start until 96.
Am I wrong?
Am I wrong?
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Racer
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My '95 RoW looks like the car in post #4 - no basket handle.
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And for US spec coupes until sometime (probably late in) the 1995 MY. And FWIW, I'm not sure it's about "spoiling." Rather it's about meeting the CHMSL - Center High Mounted Stop Lamp regulation. While both versions appear to be aerodynamically designed, I doubt they do anything positive for the airflow compared to the massive impact of the rear wing. I'm sure someone can chime in with more info, but I suspect that in 1995 Porsche did not want to have two different solutions in production and the "Basket Handle" style was required for the Cabs (and Targas) - so the coupes got them as well. For a while.
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Last edited by jrmdir; Jun 9, 2019 at 10:30 AM.
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Its a 94, and has no towel bar or 3rd light spoiler, in fact no spoiler/valance in theat area at all. Just rear windshield up against the body work and the rubber seal
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Has anyone recently retrofitted the upper window spoiler and eliminated the "Basket Handle" on their 993?
I read in the bast several cases of rear windshields shattering after installation.
Any info on this phenomenon?
I read in the bast several cases of rear windshields shattering after installation.
Any info on this phenomenon?