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Topic #63798 72 posts Started by Lil-Joe101
Lil-Joe101
#1
So reading through these forums I see alot of people aren't too fond of wings and spoilers. My question is why? Why all the hate on them, am I missing out on something, enlighten please.
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Remy
#2
Thats because our cars (6thgen celica) looks better to "most" people here spoilerless thats all. IMO if your going spoilerless you should have a nice rear lip/splitters/extensions to go with it.
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silverceli09
#3
I happen to like wings. now ofcourse not the tacky metal ones, but i do admire most wings smile.gif when i get the money i plan on purchasing either the TRD wing, or a supra style wing...not sure which one yet...decide when the time comes i suppose smile.gif
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Lil-Joe101
#4
I tend to find spoilers as a great accent to our cars.

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silverceli09
#5
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QUOTE (Lil-Joe101 @ Nov 27, 2008 - 12:10 AM) *
>I tend to find spoilers as a great accent to our cars.



i really like that wing you have there...i bet that cost an arm and a leg...lol....where did you find that at?
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Lil-Joe101
#6
Its from Z-Glide/Way-Glide. The base cost fo it 800 USD.

This post has been edited by Lil-Joe101: Nov 27, 2008 - 12:27 AM
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silverceli09
#7
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QUOTE (Lil-Joe101 @ Nov 27, 2008 - 12:19 AM) *
>Its from Z-Glide/Way-Glide. The base cost fo it 800 USD.

yeah...800 doll hairs....about that...haha..thats hard to come by when you are still in highschool....frown.gif i'm workin my ass off this winter,i have 3 jobs for the winter..my goal is to save up around 3 grand by graduation in may so i can purchase a 3sgte smile.gif
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Lil-Joe101
#8
Good luck with that. I hope it works out for ya, I truely mean that.
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RickJamesBish
#9
If the wing fits, so be it. But one, I think spoilerless is fine...Joe, your wing works fine on your car, but I would never put it on my own. Either wingless, maybe GT-Four, or maybe something else that's tasteful. But most "big" wings I'm not into.
Cutrara
#10
Wings are great... who cares what anyone else thinks. I'm thinking about getting gt-four blocks or a TRD Wing. I think I might go spoilerless for the winter though... Snow and ice builds up and its hard to see out the back.

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SeverX13
#11
wings give off downforce which pushed the back of your car down at high speeds giving you more grip. but thats only with RWD and AWD. with FWD it will give u less grip at high speeds.
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Akirad1
#12
To each his own when it comes to wings, but i think you spoiler looks nice a little bulky for me but im not gonna dog you on it cause your car looks a 1000 times better than mine. if i would to get another spoiler besides my stock one id get either the c-one/hiro/trd style or the c-one razor style wing. Just like D-man i like his vert to and hes got a Razor wing on it.
808celica
#13
i tried going on the touge with and without the wing..........

i feel safer with the wing on kindasad.gif its heavy and helps my back end from sliding out, I DONT KNOW WHY????

spoiler delete......just makes the car feel different kindasad.gif FTL frown.gif

i like the spoiler the way it is, im the only one on Hawaii that has this set up in all black. taking it off and no one will know its me frown.gif
I don't normally drive fast, but when I do its on a curvy section of this island
playr158
#14
spoilers/wings tend to be looked down on because most are pointless ugly things that are non functional. like the wingr the op has serves no functional purpose. some thought out setups do provide better stability while cornering. a correctly done functional wing will go through the trunk and mount to the physical car frame. so end all 90% think its cool and u look racer with it, but serves no actual function besides looking ugly

This post has been edited by playr158: Nov 28, 2008 - 12:03 PM
RickJamesBish
#15
Playr, that's not true...it serves no functionality to our cars and FWD in general. However, most others one are purely aesthetic as well, I'll agree with that.
GreenyST204
#16
Here is what a 6gen looks like spoilerless.
and without a lip or splitters



sort of like a crushed hamburger lol

This post has been edited by GreenyST204: Nov 27, 2008 - 4:53 PM
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bslik
#17
bottom line is as long as your fwd, u dont need one, i heard they actually may slightly hurt your traction a tiny little fraction of a hair lol. but they look nice as long as there not bigger than the rest of the car. personally im a fan of the stock spoilers that flow with the shape of the back but thats just me
mitchy
#18
i like wings, but i also like spoiler less. coz i cant really afford to get a cool wing/spoiler i was gonna go spoilerless, sadly theres paint bubbles and stuff where my 3post mounts frown.gif spoiler stays on.
playr158
#19
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QUOTE (bslik @ Nov 27, 2008 - 5:33 PM) *
>bottom line is as long as your fwd, u dont need one, i heard they actually may slightly hurt your traction a tiny little fraction of a hair lol. but they look nice as long as there not bigger than the rest of the car. personally im a fan of the stock spoilers that flow with the shape of the back but thats just me

just because it is fwd dos not mean the car wont benefit from a correct spoiler or wing setup...you know they work more than just in straight lines. they help in cornering abilities as well. just nobody on this site has that kind of setup. although the oem gt4 spoiler is shown to be effective to a small degree

This post has been edited by playr158: Nov 28, 2008 - 12:03 PM
forkee
#20
then theres the spoilerless, wiperless, lightweight cf option.



some spoilers look good, but all add weight. thats my excuse.
RickJamesBish
#21
^ And that's just downright sexy, wow. The wiper delete makes a big difference as well.
Lil-Joe101
#22
I guess its one of those personal preference kinda things hunh?
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richee3
#24
It really is all just personal preference. Lil-Joe, your wing looks good on your car, but to each his own. I would only put factory spoilers on my car, i.e. the 3 post I have now or the GT4 spoiler. Not that I think either of them will help me any at all. From how I understand it, you have to be traveling at a very high speed for a spoiler to be any use at all, like in excess of 100 mph. That's just an estimate, by the way. I did not just look that number up, that's just how it's been explained to me. But from how I understand it, a spoiler is useless unless you are hauling a**.

Somebody please correct my numbers up there!

That's not stopping me from getting a GT4 wing though biggrin.gif
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rickstast
#25
I like wings, hence mine.
I dont like the celica spoilerless, and the rear bumper site too high off the ground, so spoilerless just looks wrong to me.
standard spoilers look good, but i didnt want to look like every other celica.
Certainly wouldnt change back from mine now.
playr158
#26
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QUOTE (richee3 @ Nov 28, 2008 - 11:23 AM) *
>It really is all just personal preference. Lil-Joe, your wing looks good on your car, but to each his own. I would only put factory spoilers on my car, i.e. the 3 post I have now or the GT4 spoiler. Not that I think either of them will help me any at all. From how I understand it, you have to be traveling at a very high speed for a spoiler to be any use at all, like in excess of 100 mph. That's just an estimate, by the way. I did not just look that number up, that's just how it's been explained to me. But from how I understand it, a spoiler is useless unless you are hauling a**.

Somebody please correct my numbers up there!

That's not stopping me from getting a GT4 wing though biggrin.gif



if you are just spouting off at the mouth don't bother.....it just spreads false information...

you DO NOT need to be going crazy fast to be effected by a wing.

also to be noted spoilers and wings are different. A spoiler is close to the body of the car where as a wing is offset in height by a reasonable amount

This post has been edited by playr158: Nov 28, 2008 - 12:02 PM
richee3
#27
Ah, sorry! That's just how it was explained to me. I'm actually gonna go look some information up since I have nothing better to do right now. I also thought wing was just another word for spoiler.
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RocafellaRicer
#28
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QUOTE (Lil-Joe101 @ Nov 27, 2008 - 5:59 AM) *
>So reading through these forums I see alot of people aren't too fond of wings and spoilers. My question is why? Why all the hate on them, am I missing out on something, enlighten please.

They look ridiculous, serve no purpose on 99% of the street cars that have them, add weight (and thus actually HURT performance), and did I mention they look ridiculous?

No trunk-mounted wing is actually doing anything for you other than making your car look like a child's toy.

Even Evo and STi wings are mostly unnecessary.

If you're worried that your stock car looks like a squished hamburger, maybe you should have bought a different car in the first place?

Also, to the kid who is working 3 jobs to save money for a big dumb ricer wing - save the money for something worthwhile like college or beer.

This post has been edited by RocafellaRicer: Nov 28, 2008 - 12:12 PM
RickJamesBish
#29
Richee, AFAIK, a spoiler and wing are differently functioning in that one pushes up and another pushes down. A wing on your car does nothing but push the tail down to increase the contact patch on the rear wheels, but since our cars are FWD it's basically useless.

This post has been edited by RickJamesBish: Nov 28, 2008 - 12:16 PM
playr158
#30
^fail...you know 0

This post has been edited by playr158: Nov 28, 2008 - 12:22 PM
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