well i got lucky and didnt actually pay for the wing. it came with my car when i bought it. the only reason its still on there right now is just for the fact that its so damn expensive (and for that matter no one around me has one).

 

yes, but how big was that wing? ive seen a video of the same car you are talking about, and the wing on the porsche turbo is a normal sized wing. it fits the car nicely, and looks good.

i like rear spoilers, but to a certian extent. i like the stock wing, the 99 spec wing, and a few others. they serve their purpose: they look good, and cause enough downforce needed for street driving. as for the double deckers, and the wings that sit above the top of the car... just makes it look like something that belongs to a 16 year old. no street driving needs a wing that big. speeds that make a spoiler like that useful should only be reached on a track, hence F1 cars have huge *** wings. but if you like the way big wings look, go for it. its your car, and you can do what ever you feel like.

 

You're on point throughout... and no I'm not talking about a wing that has higher clearance than your roof lol. Granted, wings from C-West & Mazdaspeed etc do have significantly higher clearance than say...stock or the 99 spec, they're not rediculously high (def. don't have clearance higher than the roof lol)

You're right about it being your car, and do what you like cuz in the end you're the one who's gotta deal w/ it...

But one point. Unless I'm just abnormally calm that day, anytime my FD hits the streets it's definetly going at significantly higher than street-legal speeds... and while I got flamed for this before (someone was outraged at me doing 120 on the highway) I say sorry... too bad, move on over. Cuz when I see that Corvette or Porsche or wutever, I'm goin for it, and you're definetly bound to break 100 EASILY. So in that sense, the wing is very functional to me

 

I paid around $500 for my alluminum wing that is the real thing from APR, one of 2 approved wings for SCCA sanctioned events at the time of purchase.

 

You mean it didn't come from the batcave?!?!

 

well, the entire set was $250, but i did have to custom CNC the stands so that they are taller.

 

thats all i have to say about aluminum wings

 

i agree joe-they have to serve a pupose but on a side note, aluminum=whack-*** but carbon fiber=bad ***, because if its truly there to serve a purpose, it should also have to be as light as possible

 

Honest question...is there much (if any diff) between the weight of a aluminum and carbon fiber wing? I figured since they're fairly small peices, and aluminum is lightweight as it is, the difference would be minimal...(kinda like CF hoods and the stock FD aluminum hood...sure there's a weight difference, but it's minimal, correct?)

 

yes the difference is minimal but my point was that in the only acceptable situation (full on racing) you would want to go with the all around lighter piece wether it is marginal or not. On a side note - the pedestals are going to be where the major weight difference is, if they're cast compared to c/f

 

i agree with Rxmfn7, it depends on the wing, big ricer wings are gay, smaller tasteful one are okay in my book

 

there not gay there hella gay

 

smaller ones are not all gay but the big ones are gay like scooterxc
said

 

so many newbies say that they hate the look of em just because its cool to say they're ugly... i think they look good on some cars, not so good on others. for me, i think if its a black car and its a aluminum wing, the pedastals and the ends have to be black and the car has to have silver wheels... if so it looks nice... aluminum only looks good on black cars and red cars... thats it

 

silver cars to

 

i voted no, but if it is not the first thing you notice about the car, then they are fine

 

IF they make it onto an RX7 the owner should be taken out of their misery.

 

I don't mind some of the nicer stuff on a well done car, such as the C-West Carbon Fiber wing. But the cheap *** APC garbage and knock off aluminum wings on a stock bodied car just look like ***.

 

i can def. live w/ that...much more of a moderate stance =)

 

The CF wings are a litle lighter....

CF advantage is that they come in more organic shapes that better suites the lines of the FD.

 

Let's face it, they are mad gay. The only reason you see them is that they are cheap and easily stolen so all the guys with primer colored bodykits can buy them cheap. Then they have more money for Wal-Mart beautification upgrades. Which reminds my I need to by some more chrome door trim to put around my gas tank cover. Oh, and I can't forget those cool plastic double-bladed wipers and my dash mountable bubble compass WITH built in digital clock!!

 

Anything that is not functional on a car is Gay.
Eg Red lights on the windshield washers. Looks interesting but it is gay nevertheless.

 

So in that case, ask first how someone drives their car before you start bustin on whether their spoiler is gay or not

If you quite frequently push past 100mph, then guess wut...it's pretty damn function for you

EDIT: RedRex, this wasn't directed at you. It was more of taking your statement and directing it at "others..."

 

its all about contrast... if a car is reletively stock exterior wise, then alum. wings do look gay, but if they have a kit on it, then it does look good

 

LouisM...the prob is when "others" just blindly think ALL large wings are gay. W/o lookin at the rest of the car, if there's a body kit, if it flows w/ the look of the car, etc.

It's just broad sweeping generalizations classifying ALL large wings as gay that i think is ignorant...

and here's my $0.02 for some of ya
the 99 spec stock wing...while lots claim it's fully functional, and it's technically "stock" JDM, i think it looks BUTT. MUCH worse than many other wings ive seen. And id take a large wing that "looks like a bench" over a bookshelf on the back of my car ANYDAY (not to mention that wing is practically the SAME wing as the ones on celica GTS' and WRXs)

(i also think a lot of ppl are more obsessed w/ something bein JDM more than how it actually looks... ("oh that's JDM? it's GOTTA be hot!)