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Old Feb 14, 2011 | 01:27 AM
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Any thoughts on how this would look on the back of a 996 cab?

http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/ws/eB...category=33638

THanks for the honest feedback (which I know always get from this forum)
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Old Feb 14, 2011 | 01:39 AM
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They have photos of it on a cab. Looks kind of lame to me, but to each his own.
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Old Feb 14, 2011 | 03:49 AM
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To me it isn't a question of how it looks but how it functions. A wing isn't just a wing. Unknow to most the air at the back of the car is drag to be gotten rid of. Sure a wing can cause down force but what is its added drag from causing a vacume set up in the rear if it does so. You could get drag from the downforce and drag from the vacume set up behind the wing. I'd just stick with what the factory set up. But eh.
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Old Feb 14, 2011 | 08:15 AM
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nope! fugly.......
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Old Feb 14, 2011 | 08:53 AM
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reminds me of "Shallow Hal"

(anyone get that?)
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Old Feb 14, 2011 | 10:13 AM
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Just like the movie...
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Old Feb 14, 2011 | 10:20 AM
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Originally Posted by wyovino
They have photos of it on a cab. Looks kind of lame to me, but to each his own.
+1 lame
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Old Feb 14, 2011 | 10:35 AM
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Skip it!
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Old Feb 14, 2011 | 11:35 AM
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I agree. Keep it as God had intended.
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Old Feb 14, 2011 | 12:07 PM
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I like it. Its cheap, subtle, and maintains the original functionality. I imagine you will get different responses on 6speed where they're probably younger and more into wings and rims.
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Old Feb 14, 2011 | 06:36 PM
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Hmmm, I'd give it a miss..
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Old Feb 14, 2011 | 06:46 PM
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Originally Posted by ivangene
reminds me of "Shallow Hal"

(anyone get that?)
that's hilarious!
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Old Feb 14, 2011 | 06:57 PM
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techart has a spoiler that looks almost the same.....
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Old Feb 15, 2011 | 02:56 PM
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Hmmm.... I kinda like the way it looks. I don't think I'd put it on MY car, but I like the way it looks on someone else's car.
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Old Feb 15, 2011 | 03:25 PM
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here is the Techart one on my step dads C4.... I like it.
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