Wussup with everybody hatin on wings., I dont understand that at all. Can someone enlighten me please? Options

[samir0189]

I had remembered reading a thread about this a while ago.

http://www.6gc.net/forums/index.php?showtopic=21344

There is a link to an outside website on there which ill also post below that describes functionality of the celica's distinct wing in both high and low positions from the mouth of one of TTE (toyota team europe) engineers.

http://homepage.virgin.net/shalco.com/tte_ST205.htm

[playr158]

i'd say the OP has a wing of sorts, albeit completely non functional except for being heavy. the GT4 i would consider a wing as well.

a spoiler is very close to the body and/or fully attached, where as a wing is up a good bit creating larger pressure zones.

Actually I have a spoiler. Its bolted to the to trunk and flares out as it goes higher. And even the smallest lip is functional. Im think of our car as a big paper airplane. It cut two slits in the back on slightly above the other raise the cen portion up u have a wing on ur paper airplane. Now think how air moves over under and around our cars. Dont think of the speed just the air. Now put a wing or a spoiler in the middle of the airflow. Wut happens is that airflow gets cut in half. U now have air flowing over the and under the air flowing under is trying to rise. while the air over is trying to lower. Easy way I can I can describe it is u get the same effect from a wing or spoiler as u do when u put ur hand out the window of a car and raise up and down. and magicly we have wut is know to be called down force. It really doesnt matter the speed.

you can call it a spoiler or a wing it really doesn't matter.

and if you actaully knew how aerodynamics work...speed is a completely important factor....downforce is created by making a low pressure zone under the wing and a high pressure zone above the wing...speed of the air is a DIRECT relationship to the magnitude of this function.

so no its not magical, there is a science to creating this function


my girlfriend says to put your hand out the window when you are sitting at a stoplight and see what happens....

This post has been edited by playr158: Nov 29, 2008 - 8:32 PM

[Lil-Joe101]

Lol playr ur a funny person. Nah but I see wut u mean. But this thread wusnt to start an arguement or nothin it was just to get everyones opinions on wings and spoilers. Thats all.

[whatthe]

A workmate called my spoiler huge and ugly. That is all

ps. I still love my spoiler

This post has been edited by whatthe: Nov 29, 2008 - 9:15 PM

[PHLCELICA]

Nice wing Joe.... Personally I like spoilers/wings whatever. I also think 6gc's look nice wingless. I plan on getting a TRD style wing for my celi. Some might call it a bit ricey, But the fact of the matter is it's my car my rules and what I like goes. It's that simple.

[Lil-Joe101]

Preach it brother, Yeah this is wut I wanted to see when I started this thread. People's opinions and thoughts on wings/spoilers. Thanx for the compliment man.

[eggman40]

the problems with wings is that they dont really flow with the nayural body style and design of the car. especially with our cars bein so curvy and having such distinct lines its hard to find a nice wing that flows with the body.

i couldnt agree more... but to each his own

[terbear4god4life]

lol i thinck i have the biggest one on here ill take pics in a few

[richee3]

Lil_Joe, I like your spoiler! I haven't actually looked at pictures of your car, but from what I can see in your signature I like it. Personally, I'm trying to get my hands on a GT4 spoiler. I love how it flows with the factory lines, since after all it's a factory spoiler. So I wouldn't say that everyone here hates wings at all, just that a lot of people hate goofy ricer wings like this.

[BURNSJ2]

Lil_Joe, I like your spoiler! I haven't actually looked at pictures of your car, but from what I can see in your signature I like it. Personally, I'm trying to get my hands on a GT4 spoiler. I love how it flows with the factory lines, since after all it's a factory spoiler. So I wouldn't say that everyone here hates wings at all, just that a lot of people hate goofy ricer wings like this.

now i did see a wing almost like this one on an old body style prelude, the old square body, i have to say that it was the only one that ive seen that i liked. possibly because that body really didnt have "lines", but it looked nice.

[richee3]

now i did see a wing almost like this one on an old body style prelude, the old square body, i have to say that it was the only one that ive seen that i liked. possibly because that body really didnt have "lines", but it looked nice.

[playr158]

that goofy wing is probably more functional than what the OP has

[richee3]

that goofy wing is probably more functional than what the OP has

Actually, sadly, that article I found and posted on here implied just that, that the wings with two fins like that are the most functional. Nonetheless, I'm not gonna be racing my car or anything any time soon, so I don't really need a functional wing. I just want one to look good

Playr, I'm feeling some sort of resentment towards Lil_Joe's wing Ha, no, I'm kidding.

[Lil-Joe101]

U know how bad that hurts playr? I dont go talkin about ur car man. I just asked a simple question and wanted to hear people's opinion. I didn't need to hear a dissing perade. Wow,

This post has been edited by Lil-Joe101: Dec 3, 2008 - 7:55 AM

[playr158]

you wanted to hear people's opinions.. I gave you mine...why you hating on my opinion just cause you don't like it?!

I'm giving fact...your wing does 0 besides add weight. I used it as an example against other people's posting of "goofy ricer wing". Don't get all hurt cause 1 person doesn't like your ish.

This post has been edited by playr158: Dec 3, 2008 - 7:57 AM

[GEpower]

I don't like that wing either, sorry Lil-Joe. But that's just my opinion. And what do you need my opinion for? It's your car, and you have the right to put on a spoiler.

I also think the standard GT4 spoiler is already very high, bit too high for me.
Most of the wings just add weight, but they can work, even on a fwd car. For example cornering at high speed (say 80km/h or 50mph and above).

And besides that, the 6th gen Celica is a good example of a sporty car which looks good withouth the spoiler.

[vsideboy]

end of the day mate, its upto you what you put on your car no-one else!

hardly anyone in the world likes the veilside kit but I still love it so thats why I still have it, once I get bored then I might change but for the amount of effort I've put into it its not gonna be any time soon.

And HELLO to everyone, I ain't been on here for ages, 128 pages of new posts to be exact, sorry. Hope everyone is well!

[richee3]

end of the day mate, its upto you what you put on your car no-one else!

hardly anyone in the world likes the veilside kit but I still love it so thats why I still have it, once I get bored then I might change but for the amount of effort I've put into it its not gonna be any time soon.

And HELLO to everyone, I ain't been on here for ages, 128 pages of new posts to be exact, sorry. Hope everyone is well!

Welcome back!

Lil_Joe, I agree with vsideboy. It's your car, do what you like with it. There's no need to get into arguments over anything. Like vsideboy said, a lot of people don't like his Veilside body kit but he likes it and that's all that matters to him. If you like your wing, keep it. Playr has a nice car, and so do you. Both of your cars are better than mine, and you guys should be appreciative of that

[D-Man]

I'm supprised that i haven't been in this topic yet. Wings Are FTMFW!!

^ WTF is that? ^

Honda-Civic-Skyline?

[richee3]

^^^^

I wondered that too lol. But it had a nice gay spoiler on it so I thought the picture would work lol.