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is there two typres of tech 1 rear spoilers, an all rubber one and one with a bit of colour code

or is it me loosing the plot

tec 1 has the colour code bit all rubber one is just a standard se type

yer i thought there was an all rubber tech 1 one, i think its just me

not sure

why do you need a tech 1 spoiler, i have a tech 2 spoiler and think itll look better with out the lower part, thats if there seperate parts

got mine in black [tech1] the middle part wont reach the boot [tech 11] without the bottom part
it'd look a right dogs dinner

oh i see so the tech 11 is the tech1 beneth it but smaller to fit inside??

All tech one spoilers have both a rubber bit and coloured bit.

Only one type!

tech 1 has a hard plastic piece (colour coded)that sits on top the boot lid and the main section is rubber but is technicaly one piece

tech 2 has two seperate pieces a lower lip and upper spoiler no rubber all colour coded

then theres the small completely rubber s e spoiler plain black rubber unless sprayed but not adviseable as paint will crack as soon as its leant on

hope that helps

sorry double post

so not sounding dumb the teh 2 lower lip isnt a tech 1 spoiler??? plus is it removable i realy dont like the look of it and wanna see what it looks like with just the top lip

a tech 2 does come apart buy undoing a bolt on each upright x3,i sprayed the one i had on my blue one,,
the tech one is bigger than the normal lip one fitted to many e30 inc the IS and SE those these models color coded thiers ... [heckler]

zimmer-320i wrote:so not sounding dumb the teh 2 lower lip isnt a tech 1 spoiler???

no they are totaly different designs

i thought there were two types of tech 1 one with the bit of plastic and one where the plastic is rubber (im not thinking of a heckspoiler here)

dont know why i thought that

dazleeds wrote:then theres the small completely rubber s e spoiler plain black rubber unless sprayed but not adviseable as paint will crack as soon as its leant on

Some came painted from BMW.

The paint wont crack if the correct flex agents are added to the paint.

cold air

Alex wrote:

i thought there were two types of tech 1 one with the bit of plastic and one where the plastic is rubber (im not thinking of a heckspoiler here)

dont know why i thought that

not that i've ever seen

i could be wrong but have had in excess of 100 e30s since my early 20s and have never seen a fully rubber tech 1, maybe youve seen a tech one spoiler with the hard piece missing? although it would look hideous without the coded section

yes i know i've had way too many but started with e21s and never lost the bug

bss325i wrote:

dazleeds wrote:then theres the small completely rubber s e spoiler plain black rubber unless sprayed but not adviseable as paint will crack as soon as its leant on

Some came painted from BMW.

The paint wont crack if the correct flex agents are added to the paint.

the laquer still peels on the bmw ones both my 316i and 318is were factory fitted ones and both have laquer peeling, im currently on the look out for a tech 1 spoiler

Alex wrote:

i thought there were two types of tech 1 one with the bit of plastic and one where the plastic is rubber (im not thinking of a heckspoiler here)

dont know why i thought that

The small spoiler fitted to iS's and some SE's is the one comonly know as a heckspoiler as this is whats on the sticker on it along with the part number.

The thing is heck means rear so all boot spoilers are heckspoilers.

The all rubber spoiler you may have seen might be an alpina spoiler unpainted.

bss325i wrote:

dazleeds wrote:then theres the small completely rubber s e spoiler plain black rubber unless sprayed but not adviseable as paint will crack as soon as its leant on

Some came painted from BMW.

The paint wont crack if the correct flex agents are added to the paint.

edit

most cracks seem to be caused by friends leaning on the spoiler at some point

i could be wrong but have had in excess of 100 e30s since my early 20s and have never seen a fully rubber tech 1, maybe youve seen a tech one spoiler with the hard piece missing? although it would look hideous without the coded section

probably or unless ive seen some painted black