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Old Mar 11, 2010 | 01:44 PM
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Originally Posted by 2k1gt
I think the Steeda wing looks good from every angle but directly behind the car.
thats what made it look funny when i first got it, from directly behind it looks funny, just have to get use to it...and aeron, ive been meaning to ask you, do you have billet winglets on ur wing or are they like black painted, i cant tell with the light
Old Mar 11, 2010 | 01:50 PM
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Get what looks good to you because very few people on this forum actually have cars that need to worry about downforce so just get what you think looks good.

i have a steeda wing on my SN95 and i think it looks great i upgraded from the ricer shopping cart wing that was on it when i bought the car
Old Mar 11, 2010 | 04:02 PM
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Originally Posted by DarkShadow04
thats what made it look funny when i first got it, from directly behind it looks funny, just have to get use to it...and aeron, ive been meaning to ask you, do you have billet winglets on ur wing or are they like black painted, i cant tell with the light
they are carbon fiber. the rear is actually my favorite..

Old Mar 11, 2010 | 04:55 PM
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You do all realise that a wing that is truly functional in creating downforce (negative lift) creates additional drag--right? A lot of it...

Any wing thats creates lift, be it negative or positive lift, does so by converting the energy needed to push it through the air (against its grag) into lift--the more lift created, the more drag, and the more power required to push the wing through the air.

The induced drag is proportional to the square of the lift (downforce for most automotive wings), meaning that a 2x increase in downforce requires a 4x increase in drag. There is no free lunch...
Old Mar 11, 2010 | 05:44 PM
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where the eff did u find them in carbon fiber...i have the billet ones but after a year the finish is becomming a lil weird...cant get em the way they looked when i first got em =/
Old Mar 11, 2010 | 05:51 PM
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Quick google search came up with these...

http://www.steeda.com/products/steed...r_winglets.php (4th one)
Old Mar 11, 2010 | 06:00 PM
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Originally Posted by cliffyk
You do all realise that a wing that is truly functional in creating downforce (negative lift) creates additional drag--right? A lot of it...

Any wing thats creates lift, be it negative or positive lift, does so by converting the energy needed to push it through the air (against its grag) into lift--the more lift created, the more drag, and the more power required to push the wing through the air.

The induced drag is proportional to the square of the lift (downforce for most automotive wings), meaning that a 2x increase in downforce requires a 4x increase in drag. There is no free lunch...
this^ *infinity

I personally don't mind any functional wing, if you are actually going to be doing racing- this is where I see the difference between rice and performance/good looking
Old Mar 11, 2010 | 06:03 PM
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Originally Posted by 99BlackPonyGT
oh btw...when i bought my car, it had that steeda wing on it.... i did multiple top speed runs with the wing, and i did some without it aswell and i did not notice a bit of difference....i was going much more than interstate speeds....to each their own i suppose
You would see the results on a skid pad.. depending on how the angle is set up its not gonna help you in a straight line. however.. the results you would get are likely out in the thousandths place of a g.


On a side note.. i see so many people that say everything is rice. its rather annoying. Just like "epic" people use rice way to liberally.

and TJ
http://www.mustang50magazine.com/fea.../photo_01.html

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Old Mar 12, 2010 | 08:14 AM
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Thanks HOSS...now i find that the steeda wings only work on coupes lol
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