Tailwagger

[andrzejvan]

hi i have a question do any of you know where i can buy the tailwagger ?
i try his site and email him no response

or should i just change it to an older motor b/c i was reading that the 01 and earlier open at 75mph ? is that true
b/c my opens at 60km (40mph) my beetle is 2002

[2004NBTURBOS]

The tailwagger is almost impossible to find. I am pretty sure the company went out of business. The earlier models opened at 95mph.

[andrzejvan]

so like 91 and earlier right b/c i seen on ebay some guy was selling that motor for 55 dollars and it was 91 and older

[2004NBTURBOS]

They didnt start making New Beetles untill 98. So I guess your talking about a 01. What is the problem with yours? The 98 thru 2001 deploy at 95mph, while the later models 02 thru 06 deploy at 45mph.

[andrzejvan]

i hate it open at 45mph i want it to open at 95mph b/c i drive a lot in the city and that think just goes up and down all day long and it will break it and till will cost a lot to fix. and i dont want to do the mod b/c its my wife car and she dont want to see that icon on they dash .

i will just go buy they 01 motor from junk yard or from ebay
but i wish i could find people that sell that tailwagger product
it sound really cool

but thank you
for helping me

thanks

[agento2]

The motor doesn't control when it goes up or down it's in the software. I think the tailwagger make the high deploy at the lower speed but not the other way around that i've ever heard of.

[andrzejvan]

ok

[VDub Dan-O]

Tailwaggers are long gone.
Suggestion: Post in the classifieds that you want to trade your low speed motor for a high speed one. People are always looking to buy the lower speed unit.

[andrzejvan]

yeah check craglist am from b.c Canada so its hard to find people with this car here

[Downtown Turbo]

Originally Posted by andrzejvan

hi i have a question do any of you know where i can buy the tailwagger ?
i try his site and email him no response

or should i just change it to an older motor b/c i was reading that the 01 and earlier open at 75mph ? is that true
b/c my opens at 60km (40mph) my beetle is 2002

My 2000 GLX spoiler went up at around 130km/h, whereas my 04 TS spoiler goes up @ around 75km/h

If you have the lower speed activation motor I can see the logic in swapping. Yes it's cool for people to see it go up and down in the city but I seriously doubt it makes any significant aerodynamic difference at that speed. I read somewhere that VW did it just to showcase the spoiler because people were complaining that they never drove fast enought to activate it.

Here in Toronto anyways it's been almost -30 Celcius the last few days and trust me if you wash your car the wing is gonna get stuck. There is a sensor that prevents it from activating if there is too much resistance but this happening all winter can't be good for the mechanisms. I wouldn't worry about it too much in the spring/summer/fall but in the winter you could just disable it totally (I am seasonally). My TS has about 70,000km on it right now and the spoiler is loud when it retracts but seems to be working without any issues. However: Since this winter the car has always been garaged and never seen snow or salt (or that brine spray crap they use around here). My GLX's spoiler motor was very quiet compared to the TS so I do believe wear is a factor.