Anyone seen this rear spoiler?
August-26th-2002, 01:44 PM
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Anyone seen this rear spoiler?
August-26th-2002, 02:20 PM
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Hi
The shop that does it is right here in my city and I have seen it. Actually I have even tried it (held it against the back door) on my P5 but I don't like it. Others do I guess. They are primer grey in colour so it is done to match your vehicle.
As an aside, that same shop does the spoiler work for many of the dealers in the city.
The shop that does it is right here in my city and I have seen it. Actually I have even tried it (held it against the back door) on my P5 but I don't like it. Others do I guess. They are primer grey in colour so it is done to match your vehicle.
As an aside, that same shop does the spoiler work for many of the dealers in the city.
August-26th-2002, 02:36 PM
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d00d that spoiler is ultra gaY!!!!!!!!!!!!! i saw it on a silver p5 and it was so ugly... but there was a hot chic driving so its okay... chics are allowed to rice their car's up lOL
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August-27th-2002, 01:23 PM
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Uhhh...functional?
NO spoilers on regular cars are truly functional. You really don't need (or get) extra downforce at 70 MPH on the highway with a spoiler, no matter what the big-*** aluminum-wing-having-Civic driver next to you says. And 99% of the "factory spoilers" and wings are shaped only for good-looks - they couldn't function as a "wing" no matter how fast you drove.
Race cars, on the other hand, drive at high speeds and need all the grip they can get in the corners and sweepers. YES - wings and junk like that are 100% functional on a RACE CAR, but even the, only once you get upwards of 100 MPH - before that they are very limited in function.
Not that it matters, but at top speed, an Indy car (Formula 1? What the hell are they these days?) with all the aerodynamic shapes and wings, etc. - creates enough downforce to drive UPSIDE DOWN. Basically, if the car weighs 1500 lbs, the wings and such create 1500+ additional lbs of downforce when the car is at top speed. Just interesting to me - wouldn't you love to see a long straight track that banks higher and higher until it is upside down, and see an Indy car drive on it? I think if I had 10 million dollars, I might build that track just to test the theory.....
So, functional? If you consider looks to be a "function", I guess they are functional. But from a performance standpoint on street cars - absolutely not.
~HH
NO spoilers on regular cars are truly functional. You really don't need (or get) extra downforce at 70 MPH on the highway with a spoiler, no matter what the big-*** aluminum-wing-having-Civic driver next to you says. And 99% of the "factory spoilers" and wings are shaped only for good-looks - they couldn't function as a "wing" no matter how fast you drove.
Race cars, on the other hand, drive at high speeds and need all the grip they can get in the corners and sweepers. YES - wings and junk like that are 100% functional on a RACE CAR, but even the, only once you get upwards of 100 MPH - before that they are very limited in function.
Not that it matters, but at top speed, an Indy car (Formula 1? What the hell are they these days?) with all the aerodynamic shapes and wings, etc. - creates enough downforce to drive UPSIDE DOWN. Basically, if the car weighs 1500 lbs, the wings and such create 1500+ additional lbs of downforce when the car is at top speed. Just interesting to me - wouldn't you love to see a long straight track that banks higher and higher until it is upside down, and see an Indy car drive on it? I think if I had 10 million dollars, I might build that track just to test the theory.....
So, functional? If you consider looks to be a "function", I guess they are functional. But from a performance standpoint on street cars - absolutely not.
~HH