Turbo S spoiler switch

[keegiam]

Hey gang,

Before I bought my Turbo S 10 days ago, I thought I had read there was a spoiler "kill switch" under the dash. I found the switch, but as you Turbo S experts already know, all it does is bypass the automatic 45-mph trigger. Has anyone heard of rewiring the switch to make it a kill switch? I'd love to be able to defeat the silly thing.

Thx

[wawalker]

You need a TailWagger!

[Fowvay]

What you need is a wire cutter and to click here.

[keegiam]

Wow thanks Fowvay, this seems too good to be true. Just to be clear, when I snip these wires I change the pre-set speed at which the spoiler goes up from 45 to 93-mph? Where does the 93-mph come from? And the under-dash switch still makes it go up "manually" at any speed desired?

[Fowvay]

Originally Posted by keegiam

Wow thanks Fowvay, this seems too good to be true. Just to be clear, when I snip these wires I change the pre-set speed at which the spoiler goes up from 45 to 93-mph? Where does the 93-mph come from? And the under-dash switch still makes it go up "manually" at any speed desired?

no you snip the wires and it goes manual. The spoiler will still go up at 45mph but wont come back down untill you tell it too. It is an emergancy default mode.

I just leave mine popped up all the time and it never moves

[wawalker]

Originally Posted by Fowvay

...I just leave mine popped up all the time and it never moves

Yeah, and it looks so silly when you're going zero!

[SilverSportNOLA]

Originally Posted by keegiam

Wow thanks Fowvay, this seems too good to be true. Just to be clear, when I snip these wires I change the pre-set speed at which the spoiler goes up from 45 to 93-mph? Where does the 93-mph come from? And the under-dash switch still makes it go up "manually" at any speed desired?

No ... you need to change out all kinds of stuff to get it to deploy at 93. I am so glad I have an 01 ... I don't hit 93 or above more than 2 or 3 times a day on a short drive ... I hit 45, 100's of times on my 30 mile commute through stop lights.

If you snip the wires it will not go down until you push the button ... which isn't a problem for Tom ... since he moved the switch to a more convienent place ... but his is a 93MPH one anyway, for those of us with it in the stock location, I think carrying on two conversations on two cell phones is probably safer than to keep reaching for that switch.

I am not sure what deploys the spoiler speed wise ... but I know it is not related to the speedometer directly or indirectly through the ECU ... when my speedo sensor was broken by the mechs changing my clutch, the spoiler still deployed in the 93MPH range ... but I had no speedometer working for the 5 days awaiting the part, spoiler would just stay up after that, unless put down by the switch, that's how I know the mechs took a joytestride after reinstalling everything ... they didn't know how to get it down with the switch.

[keegiam]

Oh, OK. I'd prefer the opposite. I'd love the set up to be that it goes up automatically at 70+ unless I choose to manually raise it at lower speeds.

I really don't want it up all the time, which it is in stock mode. What is a tail-wagger?

[wawalker]

The TailWagger allows you to set the deploy and retract speeds from 5-80mph. I dunno if they are still making them or not--I have one, it's sweet.

[keegiam]

They're offered by Whispering Wolf for a PayPal payment but it may be an old site... I haven't gotten an e-mail response to see if they still have them. Don't wanna send a PayPal payment before confirming it's still a functioning business. Ny one out there bought a Tailwagger recently?

[SilverSportNOLA]

There is a current thread where someone said the just ordered one today. I think it is in 1.8T forum. Here is the thread: http://www.newbeetle.org/forums/showthread.php?t=15202

[FallinApartBoy]

i will think about trading you motors. i have an 01 turbo and mine doesnt pop up until 93mph. i heard its all in the motor that makes it do it. if you want to trade pm me.

[wawalker]

Originally Posted by FallinApartBoy

i will think about trading you motors. i have an 01 turbo and mine doesnt pop up until 93mph. i heard its all in the motor that makes it do it. if you want to trade pm me.

Trading motors will do it, I did it for a little while and it caused some weird quirks with the spoiler actuation--so traded back.

[keegiam]

I think I'll go for the tailwagger since 93 mph seems too high... thanks for the trade offer.

[SilverSportNOLA]

Originally Posted by keegiam

I think I'll go for the tailwagger since 93 mph seems too high... thanks for the trade offer.

It's really not ... when your chipped and get there within 10 seconds of takeoff. But .... 45 is way to low, 75 would be best ... that way it goes up and flips off the person that took to long getting out of the passing lane where they can still see it.

[keegiam]

That's what I'm thinking. Maybe even as low as 65 or 70, with a higher retraction speed as well... maybe 20 or 25. One other thought... has anyone had any bad spoiler experiences in the winter, when the car is encrusted in ice or snow? I guess it's a must to make sure it's free to go up before driving?

[SilverSportNOLA]

My spoiler retracts around 80 ... unless I activate it with the button. We had snow here 2 years ago .. for christmas day .... sorry can't answer that for another 10 years or so.