Spoiler Up Spoiler Down Buttons?

[Benzino33]

Hey guys, my friend just bought a series 1 33gtst, and on the dash, left side of the steering wheel, there's 2 buttons,,one says spoiler up and the other is spoiler down.

Now the car just has the normal S1 spoiler on it, we tried pressing the buttons and having a look over the car but it seems to do nothing. the buttons themselves look pretty standard (like they came stock with the car).

just wanna kno if any of u guys have or hav ever seen this.. i couldnt get a pic of it today, but will as soon as i see my friend.

the car was imported by the previous owner and he had no idea wat the buttons did.

wat u guys think?

chrrz

Ben

[StealthX]

yeh strange, my mates 32 gtst has it too!

maybe jdm optional extra from the dealership?

[Benzino33]

yeh strange, my mates 32 gtst has it too!

maybe jdm optional extra from the dealership?

yeah it is strange,,it doesnt seem to do anything at all though ..

we thought it could be somethin around the front bumper,,but nah, nothing there..

yeh, wud b an extra, but isnt doin anythin atm

[WYTSKY]

Actually... i believe those buttons are for arial up/arial down... I imagine it has an upgraded headunit? if so, thats probably why its not working...

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You gota pic?

[R31Nismoid]

Spoilers have been optional for many models.

A lot of HR31's had them. They only come down from 80km/h+

Or if you are stationary and with the handbrake on (sensor based activation).

[Birds]

This was a JDM option on Supras maybe they took the buttons from it and put it in a Skyline? Can't say I've heard of Nissan doing it factory though.

[Psymon]

Nissan did it factory in my R32 GTST. I checked on FAST and its definately meant to be there. All i have left is the buttons. The spoiler and actuators are sitting in my shed... probably about 25kg worth!

[Luciano]

I have seen something similar in an old mate's car - (s1 33 gtst auto). It adjusted something at the front of the car, under/behind the front bar. I too mentioned "wtf?" at the time.

But it definitely used to adjust, you could hear the little motor going off - similar to the sound of your mirrors folding in and out.

[Benzino33]

I should have got a pic on the weekend but my friend said he'd send me one, so just waiting on that..its basically on the right of the aircon unit, jus 2 buttons one above the other.

yeah the head unit is an upgraded one and the arial works fine.

hey Psymon, so your car came with an adjustable spoiler? whars it look like?

[Benzino33]

sorry,double post

[ashneel]

pretty sure its for the spoiler under the front bar. look under the front bar and get your mate to hit the switches. should see a flap aKa spolier move up or down

[Benzino33]

pretty sure its for the spoiler under the front bar. look under the front bar and get your mate to hit the switches. should see a flap aKa spolier move up or down

Ah yeah, coz the car's got an m spec body kit, its a 1.5. but the front bumper looks like the old series 1. we were just thinkin of putting a lip on it to make it look better..maybe it already has one.. we'll hav a look wen i see him

[Szymek]

It doesn't make any little motor noises when I press the button.

Must be disconnected or blown fuse, but it definately looks like a stock item.

[Psymon]

I should have got a pic on the weekend but my friend said he'd send me one, so just waiting on that..its basically on the right of the aircon unit, jus 2 buttons one above the other.

yeah the head unit is an upgraded one and the arial works fine.

hey Psymon, so your car came with an adjustable spoiler? whars it look like?

Yeah just a metal lip behind/under the front bumber basically that would move up and down when the buttons were hit.

From what i gather they usually get removed because they're quite heavy and the actuators break and cost a lot to replace. I've never actually seen a working one!

[Benzino33]

Well I finally got some pics of it,,yeah i think the spoiler's been changed,,would be pretty cool if it had a metal lip on it though

[WYTSKY]

wow... i have never seen that before... is cool... funny its the same location as the antenna up/down...

[Benzino33]

hmm okk, guess it is pretty rare then loll

[bozodos]

yeah my HR31 owning mates had them on their Passage and GTS-X respectively, the problem with em is that you can't really fit a front mount cooler around them at all, and yeah the motors are fairly heavy. They look cool though It pisses me off that the model earlier has stuff like rain sensing wipers, auto headlights and auto spoiler, but my R32 has none . From what I've read they were an option across the R32 range, though I've never actually see one. Dunno about R33, but maybe so.

[DSTROY]

My 32 had the front electric spoiler and it worked fine, came down at about 60km/h. I ripped it out to fit the cooler and as others have said the motors are fn heavy.