ight if you look in my post "pics of my car" you'll see my wing, the kid with a gst wants to trade me for his high spoiler stock, should i ? ? ? is it a good trade ? or does mine look good ?

trade that sucka fast!!! Would your GF be mad? Also is it off a black eclipse? because painting could be a little pricey.

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97 Eclipse Spyder

I would.... Make him give you some cash to though.

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James

his car is silver, but his uncle owns a paint shop and i told him if he can get it painted black i'll prob would, and no she wouldn't my g/f said i should but the thing is, is that it's kinda unique for someone to have a wing on an eclipse and i think i really like the way mine looks, who cares if it ricey, one day it will be wing worthy (turbo . . . . etc etc)

i'd go for the trade.. just make sure your g.f really doesn't mind.. they sometimes like to say they don't mind and then do..

I got news for you, no wing will ever help our cars. They are used for drag. They force the rear of the car down for traction... for rear wheel drive cars. Anytime you push on the back of our cars you lose traction so don't think of it as a functionality issue. Neither are going to be functional. So then you have to ask, which do you like better? Let that be your deciding factor.

Brynden

someone said the stock one kinda makes the car squirly at high speeds though

Downforce on the back end of a car does make a diffrence regardless of weather the car is FWD, RWD, or AWD. Added down force on the back of the car will not lighten up the front of the car any. Yes, if power were going to the rear wheels then the downforce created helps much more than if the car is FWD. Remeber most of the weight of the car is in the nose especially with a FWD drive car. A good example of downforce making a diffrence in a FWD car is the Audi TT. The car was recalled and a spoiler was added to all the cars to help with high speed stability regardless of wether they are FWD or AWD.

In reality though the wings available for our cars add little to no downforce but do add a lot of drag. The wings are just for looks. Do you really think that our spoiler can take 100+lbs of downforce? If you do then I dare you to stand on it. The only wing on a stock car that I can honestly say was ment for real downforce is the old Roadrunners. I've seen pictures of three people sitting on those wings.

I say trade. I'm not a big fan of the aluminum benches. Also since his unlce owns a body shop try to work painting of the spoiler and filling on any holes into the deal.

-J

-J

You do what you want. Not what other's think. I say keep it, why not.

i have a gst with stock wing, mine does not get squirly at high speeds. ive had it up to 130 (gsts are speed limited) and it was pretty damn smooth!

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trade definitely. it'll look more natural but nice car though whether you keep it or not.

New Car:
2004 350z base, Nismo CAI, pioneer avic-n1 (dvd, cd, navi)



Old Car:
1998 GS with hrc stage 2, HID 6000k conversion kit, AEM UEGO wideband, sfmu, ml, prokits, Greddy warning gauges: egt, boost gauge, and oil pressure, apexi tt, haydans tranny cooler, costum dp, groundwires, dynotune fp gauge. gst muff, turbo spoiler
Boostin since Aug 03.

nothing like driving with the windows down and the music low: i love hearing the turbo spool, swwwhhhttt!!!!

what ever you wanna do man it seems like you wanted to do it cause you asked all of us but if your gf gets pissed just tell her it a gift from another gf haha

Boca Raton, Florida
95 Eclipse GS- sold
99 Eclipse GSX- 386awhp
98 Eclipse GS- sold
92 Prelude

screw what your GF thinks dude, mine (ex) made me trade in my 2000 Celica GT for a 2002 ford explorer (hated it), then I went for the 'clipse, women just want to make us confused, yup, btw, get whatever you want, cause it's what you'll have, it better be what you like, and if it's what you like, then you'll like it, so get what you like.

1993 Eagle Talon Tsi FWD
6 bolt swap COMPLETE!
ACT flywheel, ACT 2600, Joe P MBC, Autometer boost guage, Buschur DP, Buschur high flow cat, prothane motor mounts, BM tranny lsd insert, K&N,balance shafts eliminated, EGR blocked, free mods, and sweet ass 16g @ 18psi.