factory spoiler question - Honda Prelude Forum

N8_94SI · 06-23-2002, 03:20 PM

This might be a dumb question but will a 1992 factory spoiler fit and 1994? is there any difference in the 2 spoilers? how much for installation? is it easy to do? etc.. thanks

Si4WS · 06-23-2002, 04:12 PM

Yes it should fit fine. I think the 94 has an LED brake light though.

yield · 06-23-2002, 08:34 PM

It will fit but I think it will make your car illegal. As the other guy said, the 92 spoiler doesn't have a led light in it so the 92-93 had a brake light on the top of their windshield. The 94-96 had a brake light in the spoiler and therefore (I think, but you can look at your own) don't have a brake light in the windshied. Therefore, if you did this you would have no third brake light, which technically would be illegal.

liddlelude · 06-23-2002, 08:40 PM

I don't think he will fail inspection nor be pulled over for that though

preludechic · 06-23-2002, 08:43 PM

I'm not understanding this whole illegal thing. As long as your taillights are working, you're fine. There's many old cars, and even some newer that don't have a third brakelight.

SiR-P12eLude · 06-23-2002, 09:27 PM

EVery car must have a third brake light... well from the 90 and up model cars... i guess the third brake light helps to know if it's really breaking or just on fogs for dumb people that can't drive

ExodusFX · 06-23-2002, 09:41 PM

Thank goodness I have 4 brake lights.

EvilRyu · 06-23-2002, 10:45 PM

i think the 3rd brake light from the spoiler is

preludechic · 06-23-2002, 10:59 PM

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Originally posted by SiR-P12eLude
EVery car must have a third brake light... well from the 90 and up model cars... i guess the third brake light helps to know if it's really breaking or just on fogs for dumb people that can't drive

Cool! Where'd you read that? I like learning about stuff I didn't know. Guess I'm a nerd!

PreludeRacer023 · 06-23-2002, 11:16 PM

hmmm..i believe that there are 94 and up models without spoilers....which would have the third brake light in the rear window..hmm

luder4lyfe · 06-23-2002, 11:17 PM

unless for sum odd reason ur swapping sumone a 92 spoiler for a 94 spoiler which is already on ur car then putting a wing on the car should have no affect on the legality of the breaklights. if ur car is wingless from the factory, its not like the installation of a spoiler is going to "erase" a light or sumthing.

as far as installation i wouldnt pay to have it done. i have done 3 myself and it took proly 15 minutes. lift ur trunk and look at where u think the spolier bolts appear they should be and u will find 2 premarked areas for holes on each side.... drill them out and screw the wing on

Porschify · 06-24-2002, 11:34 AM

i have a 94 si and the break light is in the rear window and not on the spoiler

yield · 06-24-2002, 01:43 PM

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Originally posted by preludechic

Cool! Where'd you read that? I like learning about stuff I didn't know. Guess I'm a nerd!

Ya, once any new safety feature is mandated, every car built after that has to comply and you cannot "undo" it. If that weren't true, it's like saying I could take my seatbelts out because they didn't have seatbelts in the 1930's.

As for my original post, I guess that was pretty dumb to assume he was swapping out an old spoiler for a new one, although it's possible if you scratched it up or something. My bad!

Probably a lot more likely he's just putting it on for the first time. There I go again, trying to sound like I know something and I end up eating my foot!

vile10 · 06-24-2002, 01:52 PM

i once heard that oem spoiler w/ LED for 4th gen's only for Special Edition, is it true?

ExodusFX · 06-24-2002, 07:32 PM

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Originally posted by vile10
i once heard that oem spoiler w/ LED for 4th gen's only for Special Edition, is it true?

Not true.