Rear spoiler in the winter
#16
Instructor
100% the spoiler has issues with snow and ice. You need to be careful raising and lowering it, particularly if you store it outside, or if it gets covered while you're at work. To be honest there should be a button to leave the spoiler down at all times......but since there isn't I keep it raised most of the winter. I only got mine stuck once, and I just poured some warm water down the back of the car. I'd be very carful though trying to force it or make it work hard while partially frozen. I think the whole spoiler system is pretty well made, but there are a lot of moving parts. Fortunately, while deployed, the spoiler doesn't look like an afterthought, looks like part of the car rather than leaving a big gap open, and prevents most crap from getting stuck.
#17
Rennlist Member
I keep mine deployed . Was in OPC in March as it was cracking when raising. They stripped & recalibrated it , which fixed it for a couple of weeks only. Took it back in, they removed it again, then told me one of the mounting pins had snapped , blamed it on “outside influence “ , hence it was not working properly. I raised a complaint , however they refused to budge and I need to cough up rather a large sum to rectify . I’m going to find a fabricator to fix the mounts, as it’s simply a large diameter plastic dowel that has snapped. The joys ...
#18
Instructor
I keep mine deployed . Was in OPC in March as it was cracking when raising. They stripped & recalibrated it , which fixed it for a couple of weeks only. Took it back in, they removed it again, then told me one of the mounting pins had snapped , blamed it on “outside influence “ , hence it was not working properly. I raised a complaint , however they refused to budge and I need to cough up rather a large sum to rectify . I’m going to find a fabricator to fix the mounts, as it’s simply a large diameter plastic dowel that has snapped. The joys ...
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Mr Tee (12-26-2020)
#19
Instructor
I have a 2014 PTT which has the big turbo spoiler. I also had a 2012 Panny 4S with the smaller spoiler. I live where it snows and this is my snow car in the winter. I have other toys that live in the garage. From November to April, I keep the spoiler up as I have had failures due to ice in both cars. Not worth it to not deploy for the season. I dont think Porsche gave this enough thought. Everything else about the car is wonderful. I am almost about to hit 50K miles on the PTT. As to tires, I used snows for the first season and then put Pirelli Sotozero all seasons on since with no issues.
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MKC91 (12-29-2020)
#20
Instructor
I keep mine deployed . Was in OPC in March as it was cracking when raising. They stripped & recalibrated it , which fixed it for a couple of weeks only. Took it back in, they removed it again, then told me one of the mounting pins had snapped , blamed it on “outside influence “ , hence it was not working properly. I raised a complaint , however they refused to budge and I need to cough up rather a large sum to rectify . I’m going to find a fabricator to fix the mounts, as it’s simply a large diameter plastic dowel that has snapped. The joys ...
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Mr Tee (01-14-2021)