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whats better carbon fiber or fiberglass for your spoiler

Im gonna go with fiberglass......CF just wouldnt look right on a spoiler....

Just my :2cents: worth though!

I think it more depends on the color of your car....because carbon fiber is always going to be black...it may not necessarily go along with what your doing to the exterior of your car...on the other hand aluminum may look good.... :evillol:

I've only seen one aluminum wing that looks good and thats on my bf's friends car and its has the color of his car on it....otherwise aluminum wings suck.....sorry like I said Im only giving my :2cents: worth!

Normally I'd agree with you...but if your going for that full on race car look....then the aluminum wing would go perfect with what your trying to do, but then I don't like those super tall wings either...like on the Lancer EVO....2 over the top...The only one I've seen that was tall that I liked was the TRD one that comes on the Celica :sly: But my friend just put a Wings West one, painted to match her body on her car...it looks good, very subtle :iceslolan

well whats consider to be lighter or better...carbon fiber, fiberglass, or aluminum??

It'd probably be between carbon fiber and fiberglass...but the majority of the spoilers you buy out there are polyurethene (type of plastic) which are pretty light to start out with anyways...what kind of car are you putting this on and what color???? :rolleyes:

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Hmmmm....I wouldn't necessarily go carbon fiber then...unless you had a carbon fiber hood with gunmetal (blK) Wheels 2 match...but that's just my opinion..but Wings West has some Carbon fiber/aluminum/normal spoilers on their website you can look at...:) www.wingswest.com :iceslolan :eek:

so then would fiberglass be a good choice

thanx for ur help by the way

Your welcome...anytime...but this may be a stupid question...but why does it matter how light the spoiler is? You have a FWD car, so having a rear spoiler isn't going to do anything for you performance wise and what little weight you save going carbon fiber vs. fiberglass, etc. is not even noticable..you'll notice more of a difference when you get lighter wheels, etc... :icon16:

my friends were actually more curious about the whole weight thing......but say i get lighter wheels ect...then would fiberglass be a bettet choice

Yea fiberglass would be a good choice....but honestly and this is just my opinion...the lines and curves on that car (has to take a moment to wipe his drool :screwy: )....but I wouldn't put a wing on it...it doesn't need it, it would only break up the curve of the roofline...put some really nice wheels...get the headlights and taillights you want and put a nice subtle body kit and you will have one good lookin' car... :iceslolan

do u know a good website where i can find good lights , wheels..ect..

LOL... :evillol: Yea wheels try these websites...www.enkei.com (I personally like these wheels) or www.wheelmax.com, www.wheelsnext.com, www.gruppe-s.com/Volk/volkwheels.htm, www.motegiracing.com/, www.5zigenusa.com.

For headlights and taillights check out TYC (Look them up on web) or go to Nopi.com and check out what they have....I hope that helps. :cwm27:

k..thanx for all ur help

Ur welcome...always happy to help a fellow racer :cwm27: Hey if you ever want to pick my brain...just e-mail me @ [email protected] (Work a lot..damn that's sad) ... but you have to send me pics of your car when its done...love 2 see it :smokin:

k thanx for all ur help

sorry didn't mean to say the same thing twice...kk..i'll e-mail when i need ur help again...and yea i'll send u pics when i'm done

check out these two links for carbon fiber and aluminum wings:
http://autocrony.com/blade.html
http://autocrony.com/aluminumdetails2.html
Regards

The spoilers on the Evo VIII are carbon fiber i belive. And they look amazing. Just my opinion.

"Normally I'd agree with you...but if your going for that full on race car look....then the aluminum wing would go perfect with what your trying to do"


^u dont put a wing on the rear of a fwd car for a 'full on race car look' it serves no purpose. u dont need downforce in the back, the rear wheels dont need traction; u want downforce on the front, putting more pressure/weight on the front tires. - - personally i'd skip the wing and buy something else thats useful, but if u want a wing cf usually looks the best, n u can get dif. colors in tha weave. thou plain cf i think looks tha most clean

^^ added down force in the back of any car will help with traction and control, although usually a wing on a FWD car wont help a whole lot unless your going like 100++

^it will help w/traction 4 tha back wheels... which, why do we need??? unless its like an s2k.... ya dont

It stabilizes the car at high speeds

yeah, i would say any traction is good traction. Staying in contact with the ground is a GOOD thing

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Why don't get the A-Spec package? Like the one in my signature.

well one thing is carbon fiber is the lightest spoiler you can get and another thing is its resistant to hail damage if you live where it hails. Another thing is yeah it does serve a purpose if you get canards in the front of your car to match your spoiler it makes it aerodynamic when you turn not just at high speeds. Unless you have canards in the front of your car than a spoiler is actually bad for your car because it adds weight where your car wasn't meant to have weight you know

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