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I for one think the big wing sucks big time. Very dated look, 70's Dodge, with no function. Very ricer.
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Sorry for my typo's. I'll be more careful in the future.
Lastly, the BOEING joke above is the funniest thing I have ever, ever heard in my life. |
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None of the spoilers are really functional.
I can't help it. I just can't. I'm gonna do it.
I never though for one minute about functional reason. It's just a desire I have to fulfill. From a functional standpoint - -the old whale tail on the 911, -the electric automatic spoiler on the crossfire and boxster, -100% of all other spoilers (INCLUDING the svx spoiler) are all there for gee whiz purpose and have no function. |
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Spoilers do very little if nothing for a car... Unless speeds of close to 150mph or head winds of 100mph when you are doing 50, they will do very little. Spoilers nowadays are for looks and looks alone. I prefer mine without a spoiler which I think makes the car look more clean and refined. Do what you will, but I highly doubt you will encourange another to get the same thing...IMHO that wing is hideous along with everything motorsports has...
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This is a good discussion & why not add a little something? The Boeing reference was good but they're more focused on achieving lift and improving airflow / fuel consumption through the winglets offered on many of their aircraft now. The spoiler thing has been about downforce and you really gotta be moving to obtain any effect. They can be nicely done or cheesy & a good design / installation would be essential. Just my humble opinion but I'd keep a 65k "97" as original as I could knowing that mods or body changes would detract from its value in the long term. Just personal choice though & we get to personalize our cars as we see fit. That's part of the coolness of checking out all the different SVX looks that are out there. But I did ponder this, what would that Italian guy with the hard to pronounce last name think of his beautiful Italian design being altered with a wing conceptualized from a Toyota? Aaarrgghhh! I can hear him now. Oh, he don't count - good luck with the project!
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I will keep the original spoiler and since I'm getting a custom job I might be able to use one of the screw holes used by the current spoiler.
The modifying an existing spoiler makes the spoiler weak. |
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I must say, at the very least, your taking the criticism very well
Using the stock bolt holes, at least it'll be removable. Frankly, I just dont like spoilers. thats it. I think the toyota supra looks at least 26 times better without the spoiler, and the svx is surely no diffrent. The spoiler was (and obviously at that) an aftethought in the design of the car. It's lines are garbage...It just sits on the trunklid and inturuppts all the lines. It also adds another funky / lookin line on the back too..Unless it's moved to blend in with the other line.The only spoiler that actually BELONGS on an svx is the one from the concept car that was molded into the trunklid (Its the only one that folows the lines right) Being you need to paint the wing, you midaswell get a spare trunklid too, and just paint the whole thing. That way you can switch between stock wing lids and custom lids with absolutly no damage to the factory peice (Very good for resale value)
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Yes, you are out of the norm. It's hideous. the svx is a smooth car, and not as angular as all the other subaru's out at the time. adding a huge f40 style wing is pure rice, offers no performance gain, and just screams "Hey, look at me, I want attention!!!!!!!" A wing like that belongs at the bottom of a lake. Learn to mod a car properly before you start screwing things onto the exterior. Do a tranny swap, add some performance mods, get some wheels, listen to people's opinions (especially here, a lot of people here have quite good taste I've come to find) and don't screw up a beautiful car. Trust me. you won't look unique or cool, you will look like every other retard in his honda civic with a huge wing. You can't ever look cool in a car like that with a wing like that. Subtle modification is the name of the game. not loud-sprouty lambroghini style sh*t. Here's a taste of my first attempt at modding a car. I knew nothing, and it shows. My second car. note the less shouty exterior. more performance mods, I'd done a tranny swap and rebuilt the motor. My third car. Serious engine, serious suspension, serious performance. About a third of that car is completely custom, but you wouldn't be able to tell. The CAI, the entire front end, the paint around the mouth and lip, the wingless trunk, the subtle bits of bling (paint, wheels, carbon fiber shift boot) Do you see where I'm going with this? Making a car look cool is NOT about making it look "different" It's about making people who can really appreciate it go "sweet" not making everyone in the world go "look at that!" Last edited by Sr240sx; 11-10-2006 at 05:26 PM. |
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Beauty is in the eye of the beholder.
Just because you dont like it, doesnt mean its wrong. Its just wrong for YOU. So stop making blanket statements about being the know all, be all, end all in mods, because we dont care. Do I value your opinion, yes. Do I feel like being talked down to because our opinions differ. Absolutely not.
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I just want to point out my stock spoiler blocks out certain SUVs headlights very well, preventing them from blinding me.
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sr240sx, I have to say that of all the great comments on this subject, yours is the one where the movie Working Girls comes to mind.
Particularly the scene where Sigoney Weaver says to Melanie Griffith, "learn from me". You basically sent a road map that I should follow to be just like you. Your comments are still much appreciated but dude, I'm sorry, I just can't help myself. I've got to do it. |
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"I just can't help myself. I've got to do it."
Then go for it! I mean, damn its your car, if you like them then have at it! I am sure I do a lot of things people dont like or care for but I could give a $hit less! I am going to paint my car a newer shade of green (maybe LIME, or pea...)and a lot of people hate it when the original colors are changed. OH WELL!
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Of course you should do what you want. I'm just giving you advice. I think you should bury that idea, because you'll come to understand why everyone else hates it in time, and appreciate that you didn't do it. Do one thing, CERTAINLY, however. before you bolt the thing down. put it on and look at what you're doing first, and if you REALLY want to. don't just rush into it and be all YAAAAAAAAY Not handing you a roadmap for what you should do, just kind of showing you how one's tastes "progress" towards something that is a lot more reasonabl, but still quite hot. Last edited by Sr240sx; 11-10-2006 at 11:32 PM. |
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