What trunk spoiler would you get?
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Lipstick and mascara. Pick one that looks good to you. Today's F1 cars run downforce greater than the weight of the cars. Theoretically, an F1 car could run upside down, should such a track be created. Twenty or forty pounds of downforce is probably not detectable.
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Also not to forget, the chassis itself works as a wing to produce a vacuum underneath the car. The car is so close to the street and even the material has something to do with it.
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Many years ago Michael Schumacher still drove the Benetton Renault and was the unbeatable winner within the first few races. Even if he would have stopped driving for the rest of the season he would still have one the championship that year. Major changes had to be made on the cars in order to make it more a driving skill race rather than the car and its ability to stick to the ground because of the wings and the chassis.
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If you are referring to F1, that was last year. This year, the winglets, steering vanes, and other bits are outlawed. Now we have a moveable front wing and a smaller rear wing, although clearly, some teams use the mirror mounts as flow controlling devices. For the street cars - the 'spoilers' being discussed are just lipstick and mascara.
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If you are referring to F1, that was last year. This year, the winglets, steering vanes, and other bits are outlawed. Now we have a moveable front wing and a smaller rear wing, although clearly, some teams use the mirror mounts as flow controlling devices. For the street cars - the 'spoilers' being discussed are just lipstick and mascara.
I don't follow F1 at all anymore for the last 8years to be correct.
About lipstick and mascara - absolutely right!!! But like the women, it makes most of them even prettier as they are already
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As an aside it's interesting that Porsche made the new GT3 a bit less slippery (up in Cd to .32) in order to give it a bit more downforce. Same top end as before but now with a bit more high speed stability (according to the latest issue of Panorama, the PCA magazine.)
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to Hamilton. Finally.
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I've been looking around for a good quality, painted E63 style rear spoiler. What do you guys think of this one?
http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/Merce...Q5fAccessories
I know there are cheaper ones on EBay but I wanted to stay domestic. What do you guys think about the price and material of the spoiler? Will double side tape work or will I need to have it glued down?
THX!
http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/Merce...Q5fAccessories
I know there are cheaper ones on EBay but I wanted to stay domestic. What do you guys think about the price and material of the spoiler? Will double side tape work or will I need to have it glued down?
THX!
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I've been looking around for a good quality, painted E63 style rear spoiler. What do you guys think of this one?
http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/Merce...Q5fAccessories
I know there are cheaper ones on EBay but I wanted to stay domestic. What do you guys think about the price and material of the spoiler? Will double side tape work or will I need to have it glued down?
THX!
http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/Merce...Q5fAccessories
I know there are cheaper ones on EBay but I wanted to stay domestic. What do you guys think about the price and material of the spoiler? Will double side tape work or will I need to have it glued down?
THX!
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Be warned, you don't want to screw up. This stuff sticks like nobody's business. Set it down with protective film still on the tape. Slowly pull away protective film while spoiler is already in final position.
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As I mentioned somewhere else, I had an E63 OEM spoiler installed by MB and they permanently glued it with polyurethane glue; its not going anywhere.
It only takes fishing line to remove ones stuck with double sided tape (if you are unlucky)
It only takes fishing line to remove ones stuck with double sided tape (if you are unlucky)
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just received my oem e63 spoiler. the quality is so much better than the replica junk i originally ordered (sent it back as it came with a nice crack and was unacceptably wavy). i purchased it from getmercedesparts.com for $427 plus $8 shipping. i think parts.com had them for $391. these are pre-painted spoilers (they only come in a few oem colors pre-painted). unpainted ones should be a little cheaper. pay a little more and get the real deal.
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