Help to identify tail type

[dfink]

I posted a tail for sale on the sale section and a question arose about whether the tail was a factory carrera tail or an aftermartket. Any ideas on how to tell the difference. I have pulled it off the sale untill I can figure out what it is. On the underside of the tail there is a raised porsche crest in the black area and an impressed porsche in the red area.

[Oh Haha]

The embossed crest are signs of a factory tail.

[RickM]

Originally posted by Oh Haha
The embossed crest are signs of a factory tail.

...and easily copied for aftermarket parts.

Unfortunately a good repro base may be hard to distinguish from a factory piece. (IIRC, the later tails were made of a material called "Fibron" which is a bit different from fiberglass.)

A very common scenario is a repro base and factory rubber lip. The lip is harder produce accurately and most copies are spotted easily, especially as they age.

[dfink]

Did the factory carrera tails have the rubber edge like the turbo tail or were they one piece.

[Komenda Fan]

Factory tails did indeed have the rubber edge, as do many, but not all reproductions.