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should i lose my boot spoiler?

Postby nstg8a » May 7th, 2011, 12:58 pm

my ghia goes into the panelbeater soon to get the rear end fixed, the 'beater has given me the choice of fixing and spraying the rear spoiler and keeping it original, or removing the spoiler and filling the holes.
i was never a fan of removing the spoiler until i saw the pics of this
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i cant decide :banghead:
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Re: should i lose my boot spoiler?

Postby Dansedgli » May 7th, 2011, 1:03 pm

I'd ditch it.
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Re: should i lose my boot spoiler?

Postby xr6_ghia » May 7th, 2011, 1:53 pm

yeah lose it...although i cant really talk...ive got the same wing on mine and couldnt be bothered removing it...but now i want to lol
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Re: should i lose my boot spoiler?

Postby superhuS! » May 7th, 2011, 2:01 pm

Ditch it. Spoilers are for riced up lancers that go so fast they need downforce
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should i lose my boot spoiler?

Postby Customxg » May 7th, 2011, 3:56 pm

I agree ditch it I find ef and el looks heaps better without spoiler
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Re: should i lose my boot spoiler?

Postby [Sterling] » May 7th, 2011, 5:33 pm

I'm going the opposite. Your car looks great as it is. Keep it. It's not a massive over the top wing it actually suits the wheels and kit.
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Re: should i lose my boot spoiler?

Postby InfernalTyrant » May 7th, 2011, 5:35 pm

[Sterling] wrote:I'm going the opposite. Your car looks great as it is. Keep it. It's not a massive over the top wing it actually suits the wheels and kit.

Agreed. It looks great with the colour too.
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Re: should i lose my boot spoiler?

Postby DJV8T5 » May 7th, 2011, 6:05 pm

personally i think that i would keep it, it looks pretty good with it.
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Re: should i lose my boot spoiler?

Postby NickosEL » May 7th, 2011, 8:02 pm

yeah the EF kits door pods are to small compared with the EL's, and they need the spoiler on there to finish it off so to speak, or get some EL door pods and ditch it!
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Re: should i lose my boot spoiler?

Postby nstg8a » May 7th, 2011, 8:34 pm

lol, pretty much a 50/50 split....


are the door pods the only difference? i thought the el sideskirts were a fair bit chunkier than the ef ones?
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Re: should i lose my boot spoiler?

Postby NickosEL » May 7th, 2011, 8:36 pm

Yeah that too, and the rear clip aswell, but dont think you would notice too much cos most people look at the pods to tell what model kit it is, well I do anyway!
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Re: should i lose my boot spoiler?

Postby nstg8a » May 7th, 2011, 8:46 pm

yeah i think if i was gonna go to the hassle of changing the kit id change it completely, copy dumpsters ef or something, that looks mint with that kit.
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Re: should i lose my boot spoiler?

Postby Another_ef » May 7th, 2011, 8:59 pm

I say take the wing off, it was the 1st thing I did with my old ef when I got it,

Ef/l's look so much cleaner without them :grin: what wheels are they in the 1st pic?
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Re: should i lose my boot spoiler?

Postby nstg8a » May 7th, 2011, 9:06 pm

Another_ef wrote:I say take the wing off, it was the 1st thing I did with my old ef when I got it,

Ef/l's look so much cleaner without them :grin: what wheels are they in the 1st pic?


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Re: should i lose my boot spoiler?

Postby pHaT`eL » May 9th, 2011, 5:13 pm

Ditch it!

First pic is FR20's too :P
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Re: should i lose my boot spoiler?

Postby Jake » May 9th, 2011, 5:18 pm

Ditch it for sure, also helps make it look lower I reckon... its not exactly a nice spoiler either, pretty plain :glare:


I don't think any spoilers suit EF / EL's.
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Re: should i lose my boot spoiler?

Postby ELOVER » May 9th, 2011, 6:07 pm

ditch it!
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Re: should i lose my boot spoiler?

Postby Bob Lablaw » May 9th, 2011, 6:19 pm

take it off, thats what I done
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Re: should i lose my boot spoiler?

Postby nstg8a » May 9th, 2011, 6:46 pm

pHaT`eL wrote:Ditch it!

First pic is FR20's too :P


lol, yeah, i was umm just seeing who was paying attention... :?
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Re: should i lose my boot spoiler?

Postby NickosEL » May 9th, 2011, 7:48 pm

so what have you decided? Yay or nay?
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Re: should i lose my boot spoiler?

Postby nstg8a » May 9th, 2011, 7:52 pm

NickosEL wrote:so what have you decided? Yay or nay?

beats me, but im leaning towards keeping it. could always get another bootlid sprayed up when i get the bonnet done. then i could change the bootlid as often as i change my mind.
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Re: should i lose my boot spoiler?

Postby NickosEL » May 9th, 2011, 7:55 pm

That sounds like a good idea. Then you could stock up on some rims and totally change the look of your car as you please, haha, and maybe get an EL grill and go further.
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Re: should i lose my boot spoiler?

Postby SNR » May 9th, 2011, 7:57 pm

It only really works if you have the back really low, but yeah I'd lose the boot spoiler.
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Re: should i lose my boot spoiler?

Postby LUVSIT » May 9th, 2011, 8:02 pm

remove the wing dude
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Re: should i lose my boot spoiler?

Postby nstg8a » May 9th, 2011, 8:05 pm

NickosEL wrote: haha, and maybe get an EL grill and go further.



like this one :grin:

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Re: should i lose my boot spoiler?

Postby LUVSIT » May 9th, 2011, 8:13 pm

looks like an el grille to me lol
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Re: should i lose my boot spoiler?

Postby superhuS! » May 9th, 2011, 8:14 pm

now get EL skirts, door pods and rear skirt, and your set :D
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Re: should i lose my boot spoiler?

Postby Parfrey » May 9th, 2011, 8:40 pm

Yeah get rid of it :) + get some custom colour too (and a money tree)!
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Re: should i lose my boot spoiler?

Postby nstg8a » May 9th, 2011, 8:46 pm

money tree would be good...
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Postby Another_ef » May 10th, 2011, 10:52 am

I think everyone wishes they had a money tree haha, personally the el grill looks worse than the ef grill but thats my opinion :)
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Re: should i lose my boot spoiler?

Postby justa6 » May 10th, 2011, 6:10 pm

not sure. your car does look good with. everything sorta goes together. if you took it off, i'd lower the back more. i'm going with take it off.
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Re: should i lose my boot spoiler?

Postby nstg8a » May 10th, 2011, 9:06 pm

cant really lower the back any more cos when the tanks are full the tyres damn near rub, and every bump they do rub.

i should get some pics with the tanks full, its sits gooood

those pics i think it only had like 1/4 tank petrol, and sfa gas.
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Re: should i lose my boot spoiler?

Postby OED666 » May 10th, 2011, 9:18 pm

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Postby xr-ghiaaa » May 10th, 2011, 9:25 pm

Dude have you lipped the guards? What tyres are you running?
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