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Old Feb 14, 2005 | 04:46 AM
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can anyone with the pedestal or lip spoilers tell me about their driving experience goin at high speed (90mph+), does the car feel lighter and how does it feel when you change lanes?
Old Feb 14, 2005 | 01:52 PM
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Old Feb 14, 2005 | 02:16 PM
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it shouldnt make a different...

well it shouldnt make much difference. functional spoilers only work when your going pretty fast
Old Feb 14, 2005 | 02:36 PM
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lip spoiler? forget it..
Old Feb 14, 2005 | 04:33 PM
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they won't do jack for our cars.
Old Feb 14, 2005 | 05:40 PM
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and they definetely won't make it feel lighter.
Old Feb 14, 2005 | 06:24 PM
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Don't listen to these guys lip spoilers add 42 hp.
Old Feb 14, 2005 | 06:26 PM
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Originally Posted by imBen
Don't listen to these guys lip spoilers add 42 hp.
ha, great point.
anyways, it's just for show, plus we have front wheel drive, a spoiler wouldn't help if we were at high speed anyways
Old Feb 14, 2005 | 06:33 PM
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I have the rear lip spoiler, i think it looks better i dont know about making it faster but the car is fast enough for me so i dont really care HA!
Old Feb 14, 2005 | 11:29 PM
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A lip spoiler probably won't do anything big enough to notice at any speed. A well designed pedestal will put a more downforce on the rear of the car at high speeds, but the tC is a FWD car so it's unlikely you'll have problems with oversteer at speed anyway.

BTW at higher speeds the pedestal will drag alot, so its not a very good choice in terms of pure performance.
Old Feb 15, 2005 | 06:12 AM
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pure performance, this is a heavy Eco-box ? ? ?
Old Feb 15, 2005 | 07:10 AM
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To my understanding, the only spoiler which actually helps a FF car is a Touring Wing.

Supposedly, a true touring wing will provide some downforce, and help with control cornering at high speeds.

Then again, I'm no expert. When Supertouring was big in the states, every car had a spoiler on it...
Old Feb 15, 2005 | 07:32 AM
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wow, a entire 42 hp for a spoiler. WHat if I add a racing stripe and lots of TRD stickers?
Old Feb 15, 2005 | 07:37 AM
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haha, I have a lip spoiler... so, if I put a pedestal over it, does that double it up to 84?
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