spoiler help
 

hey guys, can someone help me? i have an 02 boxster. the spoiler will go up, but one arm (driver's side) won't go down. i was told by a mechanic looking at it that it was the actuator. but when i called pelican parts for a price quote, he states that it sounds more like a ram issue. what are your thoughts? the reason i am asking is that i don't entirely have faith in the mechanic working on it now. i brought it in for a exhaust rattling noise. they took it apart and couldn't find anything, yet they still charged me for labor. however, when i drove it home, it still made the rattling noise and now the spoiler doesn't function. i took it back to them and they said it was fixed. when i went to pick it up, it was NOT fixed. so now they tell me that the actuator had failed. perhaps just coincidence, but it's frustrating. and now that i am doing a price quote, the sales rep states that it is likely a different issue. i don't want to pay this guy to replace something to find out that it was a different issue.

You need to find a competent honest mechanic. Easier said than done. It sounds like you have gone to the mechanic you are using now twice and twice come away with no unsatisfactory results. If your spoiler goes up and trys to lower than I would say that the acuator is fine but something on the drivers side is sticking. I have not worked on a spoiler on a boxster so I can not say for sure. Can you have someone lower the wing while you gently push the drivers side down. If that works than it most likely just needs to be gone through and cleaned up. If you do not have the tools and time to do this yourself then you have to find someone to do it for you.

A spoiler is an automotive aerodynamic device whose intended design function is to 'spoil' unfavorable air movement across a body of a vehicle in motion. Spoilers on the front of a vehicle are often called air dams, because in addition to directing air flow they also reduce the amount of air flowing underneath the vehicle which reduces aerodynamic lift.
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Avoid Roock Automotive At All Cost!!
 

now that i got my car back.. i want to warn all Atlanta peeps, AVOID ROOCK AUTOMOTIVE AT ALL COST!! fabian roock claims to be a porsche specialist, but doesn't know what he's doing. charged me several hundred to "look" at my car that took weeks and didn't diagnose the problem. then, he even installed the bumper on incorrectly and caused my spoiler to malfunction...costing me an additional $1K to fix. he wanted to replace a piece of the spoiler that he believed just failed, but luckily, i didn't let him. it wasn't even the piece that was damage. never communicated with me, but only replied to my calls after multiple attempts. and to top it off, when i finally was able to get my baby back, came to the shop to find the battery drained. he, of course, was not anywhere to be found, but his assistant couldn't even help me with a jump start. luckily, my ride had some cables and we had to do it ourselves. so, i want to warn all porsche drivers in atlanta, avoid this place like the plague!!!

Roock is legion amongst Porsche enthusiasts as being one of the most unscrupulously and dishonest "tuners" out there . For example, quite a few years ago, a friend of mine sent his newly purchased boxster to him to undergo a total conversion that included an engine swap, suspension upgrades, cosmetic changes ect... The experience that he had was nothing short of horrific !! The vehicle was never quite right. And after being in storage for years, he finally "unloaded" it. Interestingly, the same vehicle surfaced on this site a few months ago - now in the hands of a new owner. Apparently, he couldn't get the vehicle to perform right either, and in turn "unloaded" it as well. Unfortunately, you learned a lesson the hard way. Stay away from Roock ! :(