Wings and things

I am on the fence here guys... is an aluminum wing RICE or is it possible to pull it off well?

I was on my thrown, flipping through an issue of Import Tuner when I noticed that a large majority of cars in there don't have wings. I thought to myself.. "that's cause they are rice and people know that now" .. but then I turned to read about the cover car, the tightest Integra-Silvia conversion I have ever seen. What's on the back of that? an aluminum black wing. I go to my little JDM spot in cyber space and 90% of the Skylines, Silvia's, Impreza's, Supra's, etc.. have wings.

I am posting this because my M3 spoiler arrived defective :? and I sent it back for a staright refund. I have been searching for a fiberglass spoiler that I like but have never found one, I hate them all. As many of you know my car is black with hypersilver accents and I have seen a few wings with the same color scheme. To add to the mix, the spoiler is low to the deck... NOT more than 3" from the trunk and is 55" across. I don't have a kit though, it's a 98 bodystyle with custom made silver grill inserts, clear lights w/black brows, smoke tails, silver Mitsu badges, silver wipers, 3" drop, and hypersilver Motegi MR-8 18" rims. Think White Ghost but in black https://www.thegalantcenter.org/styl...ault/laugh.gif

So basically I just want feedback, if you think there is a limit to what's acceptable post it. I have some pics I want to post but they are huge and my mouse is broken.. will post tomorrow. It is a personal decision what people end up doing to their cars but we 7g'ers are a small group and I wear that silver TGC sticker on my car with pride, so we represent each other also... remember that.

Wes

id say w/o a body kit an aluminum wing will look ricey...but with a bodykit and rims, it will look better. me, not my style...i think the 8g gtz spoiler would look good on our rides.

ill sell you an oem 7g spoiler for $30 :biggrin: its just sitting in my basement...ill put it on my car if painting it is cheap, heck depending on how good Mazarins spraypaint job turns out, ill do it myself :lauging:

i need some pics of your ride! i have never seen it before :shock:

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Originally Posted by seth

heck depending on how good Mazarins spraypaint job turns out, ill do it myself :lauging:

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And it will, too. I'd post pics of my spoiler now, if my camera wasn't so crappy @ the moment.

I think the aluminiup spoiler can be pulled off, but beware if it fails.

I'm not too wild about how it looks on Tony's 7G, and his is all decked out...

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Originally Posted by seth

i need some pics of your ride! i have never seen it before :shock:

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There is a good reason for that....

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Originally Posted by Maz

I'm not too wild about how it looks on Tony's 7G, and his is all decked out...

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True. The Blue Dragon even has a roof scoop https://www.thegalantcenter.org/styl...ault/laugh.gif
So did you get that M3 lip after all Eric? I was surprised at how small it was..

it all depends on the style and the stance u are looking at. i mean a big alluminum wing isn't gonna look right on a car with hubcaps or a car with chrome dubs on em. if you got some nice racing style wheels it might go good. also make sure that it isn't too big. the big complex looking wings make things start to look ricey. a simple alluminum wing would act as a good accent. but ov course in alaska, having a wing makes it just a lil bit harder to clean off ur car, but itsn't really a burden lol

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So did you get that M3 lip after all Eric? I was surprised at how small it was..

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Yup. Hopefully I'll have a pic of it on this weekend. Man invented Hairdryers for a reason.(damn weather)

I think unless your pushin major hp its there for no reason other then looks, thus I classify it as rice!

<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE(2True)</div><div class='quotemain'><div class='quotetop'>QUOTE(seth)</div><div class='quotemain'>
i need some pics of your ride! Â*i have never seen it before :shock:</div>

There is a good reason for that....</div>

Really whats the reason then Wes?? :?: :?

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Really whats the reason then Wes?? :?: Â*:?</div>

Dirt.... Alaska... Ego....snow...ice...rocks.... lack of sunlight.... it goes on..

I want to wait till summer so that I can take some really nice pics out at like Denali National Forrest or something and post those, pics taken in my garage of how the Alaska winter treats a Galant just isn't very appealing. I posted pics of my CAI setup for you guys... gimme some credit MF's https://www.thegalantcenter.org/styl...ault/laugh.gif

If you guys really want to see it before winter breaks here in say, uhm JUNE, that's cool. I just think there is no point, it's raised up all the way on stock rims and studded tires... tight. :roll:

Here's one of the wing styles, not this one exactlly though...
http://www.bomzracing.com/images/pro...k_Blk_01BZ.jpgThe one I saw was NOT a double decker LOL

personally, i like that wing, even if it is a double decker. if it was any higher in the air, i'd think rice, but that actually looks decent. if i had a black car, i'd put it on...

I dont like how that particular wing mounts flush with the trunk...I dont like em far off the trunk, I just dont like how that mounts...

Have you ever thought of using this spoiler for your car? It fits on 7G Galants:

http://www.autoworld.com/news/Mitsubishi/Mirage.gif

It has to be one of the phattest stock spoilers I have ever seen.

oooooohhh me likes

:roll: hmm.......

http://homepage1.nifty.com/naiad/gee/Oners/011/001.jpg

http://homepage1.nifty.com/naiad/gee/Oners/011/002.jpg

I think roys spoiler looks pretty good, if it wasnt a double decker it would be even better
http://www.imagestation.com/picture/...a/fc95b69e.jpg
http://www.imagestation.com/picture/...2/fc959cf5.jpg

LIke I have a wing on my car, but its not aluminum.. ITs a JDM Super VR4
matches my car perfectly, its a big change really, espcially at freeway speed, the backend sits down much more than it did without it.

PICS! I wanna see pics of ur ride shane haha ive NEVER seen it, same with 2true...both need to get some pics up stat! :lauging:

<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE(seth)</div><div class='quotemain'>http://www.imagestation.com/picture/...2/fc959cf5.jpg</div>

Custom rear bumper??

sorry guys i know this is not part of the question but... what front lip is that on the car for vr6???

http://www.imagestation.com/picture/...2/fc917471.jpg
plain no spoiler :cry:
http://www.imagestation.com/picture/...4/fc91773b.jpg
oooh spoiler looks better to me. :wink:

my favorite rear shot. But a wing is ricey for some and aint for others, just make sure the wing goes with the flow of the car not too high though. I mean a wing dont come to play until your goin like 180 or something correct me if im wrong. but if you wanna stand out from the crowd get it and a spoilers just something to throw on when you got nothing else to do to a car im running out of shit for looks so thats my 2 cents. I dont like aluminum spoilers personally but some cars can pull it off.

Word.

I am officially lost on the idea of a spoiler. I want one that flows but it seems the only one that does is the OEM. I want something different. My car looks like it's missing something...

Back to the drawing board. :?

reason is silvia, skylines, supra, blah blah have em is because they are rear wheel drive and aluminum wings provide downforce, trust me all those people in Japan or the JDM enthusiasts dont put wings on their car unless the serve a purpose, as for the wrx and evo they add rear spoiler to provide traction for the rear wheels, but some also have front lip kits that provie downforce for the frnt too

<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE(HiperSilver)</div><div class='quotemain'>reason is silvia, skylines, supra, blah blah have em is because they are rear wheel drive and aluminum wings provide downforce, trust me all those people in Japan or the JDM enthusiasts dont put wings on their car unless the serve a purpose, as for the wrx and evo they add rear spoiler to provide traction for the rear wheels, but some also have front lip kits that provie downforce for the frnt too</div>

Amen.

<span style='color:blue'>Personally i was thinking about going with the Evo style wing </span>

yo 2True how about this one, its the stock EVO 8 spoiler

http://www.car.co.nz/images/sport/rally/evo8_01a.jpg

i just wanna know if it would fit

i have gotten feedback on my car that is equally good and bad, but i like andif htis picture decides to load here is what mine looks like
http://www.geocities.com/typexeroeta/JaysCar4.jpg

that picture was also taken a long time ago when my car had NOTHING

is the pic working xero..., i dont know if its my computer???....

no stupid geocities never loads my pics right no more
umm i think seth said that if you copy and paste it it will work though

oh wait you know what i just found out works, go back then forward on the web page at least twice it came up for me

I dig the m3 style on Mazs ride. I'd like to do that, but he had to mod it a bit I think.