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Old 12-24-2008, 03:11 PM
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spoiler is a tad big... but the flat paint and color choice looks amazing.
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Old 12-24-2008, 03:47 PM
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it looked cooler before the respray, but whatever.
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Old 12-24-2008, 04:14 PM
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still have to paint the vents black and stuff.
a satin-finish clearcoat will be at hand soon.

the wing isn't there to look pretty, it's there to keep the rear planted.
i kindal like it more now because it doesn't have the dumb looking ricey decals
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Old 12-24-2008, 04:20 PM
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The only way that wing will keep the rear planted is by weight of the spoiler, and it looks like it weighs nothing.

It has no actual shape to it, there is no way for it to provide down force.

Other than that, I like the car the colors that it is.. not sure why, but I do.
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Old 12-24-2008, 04:58 PM
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well i don't want too much downforce, but i've measured the angle of the wing. it's around 2-5 degrees. it'll be enough to keep the rear hunkered down as i go faster.
i might bend the wing a bit to give more downforce later, but i like it now how it is.

thank you, i'm pretty satisfied with the twotone myself

i might add a splitter later if i think the front need more traction.
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Old 12-28-2008, 01:23 AM
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Update:
no pic right now, but i stole a few stock fets off of my fried-range boards and stacked them on this one. id addition, i added a 50t arm to replace the stock arm.
it's got a lot of getup&go now.
so what if its just stock fets. it still works and it does indeed provide more power than i expected from stock fets.

sadly, i haven't gotten my clearcoat yet so i can't run my eclipse body.
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Old 12-28-2008, 01:32 AM
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Nice riceclipse. Be it GS or GSX, A or FWD cars don't need wings. Paint's alright, glosscoat it if anything. Don't forget all of the lights and do a good job at panel lining it.
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Old 12-28-2008, 02:21 AM
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no dont panel line it and wait to see if it looks fine with out it, or if you have a SUPER fine sharpie then do it but if not leave it alone when it comes to planel lining
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Old 12-30-2008, 02:24 PM
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seems i've changed back to rwd.
reasons:
longer runtime
give me more car control practice
challenging
higher speed
less moving parts to maintain
less stressful to my electronics

sadly to say, it was not enough to keep my near stock elecs from frying my 50t motor.

list of parts i'll need to buy:
new EGR ball bearing motor can
some resistors for the steering
new tires
locking lugs

that's about all i need.
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