Paul Posted May 28, 2006 Report Share Posted May 28, 2006 Anyone have the procedure or know if its possible to recode the beetle speed controlled spoiler to operate at a lower (preferably legal! ) speed? Ross-tech's site mentions, 54- Rear Spoiler: – KWP1281 VAG-COM appears to work fine. This is for New Beetle 1.8T only so there is likely to be a module/controller The cars actually a Uk supplied V5, with US spec lights and bumpers etc, and also has the active spoiler. Its possible that it may be self explanitory when i actually log into to the module, with suggestions from the software, but it would be nice to know in advance. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
UweRoss Posted May 28, 2006 Report Share Posted May 28, 2006 There is a control module, but I don't think there are any provisions in it for changing the speed at which the spoiler deploys/retracts. At what speed does yours deploy/retract? -Uwe- Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paul Posted May 28, 2006 Author Report Share Posted May 28, 2006 Hi Uwe, Its a friends car. From a brief telephone conversation Im told it deploys at 100mph which is 30mph over our highest UK speed limit! Im led to belive there is provision for operating it manualy via a switch but it overrides this and retracts at 20mph, until you reach 100mph again. My friend is contemplating operating it manually, and pulling the fuse/killing the power so its out all the time, I wondered if there was a neater/easier vagcom solution. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mb Posted May 28, 2006 Report Share Posted May 28, 2006 If you can't do it via Vagcom how about replacing the controller with a variable resistor then he could "dial up" whatever activation speed he required ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paul Posted May 28, 2006 Author Report Share Posted May 28, 2006 Had a look this evening and there certainly doesnt appear to be any adaption channels pressent. 0-99. Coded all the remote locking/beeps/autolock while i was there, So thanks to Uwe for the instructions from his site, as it differs slightly to the Audi method of coding im used to. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
UweRoss Posted May 29, 2006 Report Share Posted May 29, 2006 You should check with US Beetle owners, but I'm pretty sure that the US model deploys the spoiler at a considerably lower speed, so replacing the spoiler control module with one from a US-spec car could be a possible solution. -Uwe- Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paul Posted May 29, 2006 Author Report Share Posted May 29, 2006 Many thanks Uwe. Thats something I will get my friend to look into. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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