Spoiler - despoilered - or what?

General discussions on all non technical car related topics

Moderator: The Mod Squad

Postby blackie » Sat Oct 01, 2005 1:48 pm

Maybe people just dont like having ghey little appendages on their boot, i for one dont..

my brother despoilered his ae92, i think its looks better, although the factory ae92 spoiler isnt too bad.

all those aftermarket wings look crap.. the standard one looks better, and wont cost you a cent.. although then i guess its not different.

your car looks nice ants! even with chromes! haha
User avatar
blackie
Toyspeed Member
 
Posts: 781
Joined: Fri Feb 20, 2004 11:39 am
Location: Chch

Postby nobody » Sun Oct 02, 2005 12:49 am

The AE111 spoilers could look okay on your car:

http://sp-aa.hp.infoseek.co.jp/offrepo/2004-05-03/yukki02.jpg
http://www2.ocn.ne.jp/~nikusimi/ae111.JPG

TRD spoiler:
http://www.asahi-net.or.jp/~uu5j-ogw/levin/parts02.jpg

You could also go with the stock AE111 - about the same height as your original one - just a little different:

http://www.toyotaparts.co.nz/levin/ae111/845/845.html

I've got no clue if any of these would fit easily - just throwing out a couple more options :)
User avatar
nobody
Toyspeed Member
 
Posts: 196
Joined: Mon Jan 26, 2004 1:04 am
Location: Hamilton

Postby FXGT » Sun Oct 02, 2005 3:00 am

blackie wrote:all those aftermarket wings look crap.. the standard one looks better, and wont cost you a cent.. although then i guess its not different.


Totally agree... still prefer no spoiler even though the stock spoiler is alright.
Image
MY AE92 FXGT FOR SALE PM OFFERS
User avatar
FXGT
Toyspeed Member
 
Posts: 269
Joined: Tue Apr 26, 2005 1:07 am
Location: In Auckland driven a black FXGT

Postby ants_ae92 » Mon Oct 03, 2005 8:06 am

your car looks nice ants! even with chromes! haha



Chromes? What chromes? Can't you see my signature? Must be the light bouncing of them, theyre just silver. Yeah I think it looks alright.

Those bomex ones...... whoa, theyre just too big! Seen those ones before, has to be those hard out asian boys that get those.
http://toyspeed.blakjak.net/profiles/pr ... hp?id=1548
Current Ride: ae101 1997 White corolla BZ-touring station
Previous Rides: ae92 Levin (smallport 4age, Lowered, 17s, exhaust, intake). Ke70 Station wagon (4k, lowered)
User avatar
ants_ae92
Toyspeed Member
 
Posts: 286
Joined: Thu Jun 10, 2004 9:15 pm
Location: West Auckland

Postby Sick Puppy » Mon Oct 03, 2005 8:40 pm

At the end of it all, if you're gonna do the spoiler, you have to do the whole package- it's about the lines of the car, you know, the one that Toyota spent $10's of millions of dollars developing?! Buy the full kit or make sure it co-ordinates with what you got, or it will look out of sorts on the car and therefore siht, whatever you buy...

IMO, there is no point on spending $$$'s on say, a front spoiler that ruins the side profile of the car, same as there's no point in buying a TRD spoiler when you only have standard suspension and minimal kit elsewhere on the car.

My advice is that if you see a decent piece of kit, think about how it will look on your car- if you think it will accentuate the car's appearance, grab it and do a decent install (I hate taped boot lids! :evil:). Whatever you do, make sure it's a complete job, or you'll never be happy, and if you have any doubts, walk.

Spoilered, despoilered, the levin looks fine- its the total package that counts.

Ahhh, feel much better now...
Sick Puppy
Toyspeed Member
 
Posts: 829
Joined: Fri Jun 17, 2005 10:29 pm
Location: Sydney

Postby peas » Thu Oct 20, 2005 12:11 pm

As I said that I would post up some images of my spoiler once it was fitted to my Levin. Just finished painting last week and fitted this morning. I'm quite happy with it, suits the lines of the factory kit nicely without being too "out there" and while I was happy with the despoilered look this is different. As far as I know there are only South Island cars with this as it was made by an importer down there for a batch that they brought in ages ago... they happened to have one left :D

http://photobucket.com/albums/b105/_peas/Levin%20AE92/?sc=1
'97 Caldina GT (ST215G)
User avatar
peas
Toyspeed Member
 
Posts: 398
Joined: Wed Feb 16, 2005 11:30 am
Location: North Shore

Postby lofreq » Thu Oct 20, 2005 5:34 pm

small and simple is best.

ImageImage
Image
User avatar
lofreq
Toyspeed Member
 
Posts: 74
Joined: Wed Apr 13, 2005 11:27 am
Location: Auckland, New Zealand

Postby barryogen » Tue Oct 25, 2005 1:30 pm

ants_ae92 wrote:What about one like this?
Image


Getting ricey.
User avatar
barryogen
2ZZ Guru in training
 
Posts: 2692
Joined: Thu Oct 13, 2005 8:38 am
Location: Dunedin

Postby mr pad » Tue Oct 25, 2005 2:46 pm

eightytrueno wrote:just a small lip smaller might look nice. like the ones you see on GTR's when you take the big main bit off. a small little lip off the boot. cant describe it or be bothered finding a pic, but hope u get what i mean


The best kind of spoiler...

I left the wing on my ae92. But would have taken it off had I kept it.

Looked ok with one, they look ok without. I rekon the factory spoilers only really look good on the white ones....

But yeah... take it off. Or get a nice lip.
User avatar
mr pad
Toyspeed Member
 
Posts: 2707
Joined: Wed Nov 10, 2004 8:45 am
Location: Christchurch

Postby Fred » Thu Oct 27, 2005 5:48 pm

The first one 1gtz1 is mint man haha

i have 2 truenos stashed away in the garage one is spoilerd and the other dewinged personally i like it without as long as car is nic n low and the holes have been sorted out

was at a time looking for a bmw style lip, but never got round to getting one, rekon wud b nice as you have somthing there to balance car out and also so that u dont have a purely flat boot lid

dont have images hosted anywhere

anyone recomend a good site which is most importantly free?
White Trueno ae92, 4agte
172kw atw and as bazda put it "lowest reading dyno in auckland"
http://toyspeed.blakjak.net/profiles/profile.php?id=672
http://www.cardomain.com/ride/2124212/1

Black and Gold Trueno ae92, 4agze
14.6@152 (hmmm thats a .69)
http://www.cardomain.com/ride/2160441
User avatar
Fred
Toyspeed Member
 
Posts: 295
Joined: Thu Mar 06, 2003 4:21 pm
Location: Wellington

Postby TygerTung » Fri Oct 28, 2005 10:29 pm

I reckon that stock spoiler looks sick
TygerTung
Toyspeed Member
 
Posts: 291
Joined: Fri Oct 29, 2004 1:35 pm
Location: Christchurch.co.nz

Previous

Return to General Car Discussion

Who is online

Users browsing this forum: No registered users and 18 guests