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Old Jan 16, 2012 | 04:28 PM
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Homemade roof spoiler

Hey guys, I was wondering how my car would look with a roof spoiler today so I decided to make one. I used bought a sheet of lexan and cut, sanded, and painted it. It turned out quite decent, soooo I figured I'd show it off to yall! :]


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Old Jan 16, 2012 | 04:57 PM
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moar downforce
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Old Jan 16, 2012 | 04:58 PM
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I was expecting something hideous. But it doesnt look too bad.
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Old Jan 16, 2012 | 05:01 PM
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Originally Posted by RX8inSTL
I was expecting something hideous. But it doesnt look too bad.
I agree, anytime someone usually says homemade it looks like crap. Doesn't look bad at all.
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Old Jan 16, 2012 | 05:26 PM
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MOAR DOWNFORCEZ FTW!!!

Haha I was helping my buddy make one for his Miata and I've never seen an 8 with one, so I figured "What the hell?". It took all of like an hour to make, minus the painting which took the longest because of waiting in between coats. But it cost like a total of $20 to do, and it doesn't look too shabby IMO!
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Old Jan 16, 2012 | 05:49 PM
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You should make them and sell them.
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Old Jan 16, 2012 | 05:50 PM
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Originally Posted by RX8inSTL
I was expecting something hideous. But it doesnt look too bad.
agreed ... too bad you didn't make a DIY
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Old Jan 16, 2012 | 05:55 PM
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Originally Posted by 9krpmrx8
You should make them and sell them.
Haha that's not a half bad idea... I'll have to look into that ;]. They'd be super cheap. Anyone know of a better way to adhere them down other than double sided 3M tape? It seems to be holding up just fine, I can tug on it and it doesn't go anywhere. Just wondering if anyone knows of a better way?

And as for a DIY, there's really nothing to it. You just measure it out, cut out the shape with a rotating cutting tool (Dremel, etc.), sand the edges down to make them all purdy, paint, and stick it on!
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Old Jan 16, 2012 | 06:28 PM
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I would also appreciate any input you guys may have on it. Like if it should be shorter, longer, wider, etc.
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Old Jan 16, 2012 | 06:29 PM
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Can you take a pic from the rear standing back a few feet and also a side shot showing the whole car?
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Old Jan 16, 2012 | 06:49 PM
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Originally Posted by RX8inSTL
Can you take a pic from the rear standing back a few feet and also a side shot showing the whole car?
I'll have to do it first thing tomorrow, it's already dark out.

Here's one more picture for now, I took it right after mounting it.


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Old Jan 16, 2012 | 06:57 PM
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Originally Posted by RX8inSTL
I was expecting something hideous. But it doesnt look too bad.
Same, after reading the title i thought CARDBOARD lol, glad it looks nice.
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Old Jan 16, 2012 | 07:22 PM
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Same, after reading the title i thought CARDBOARD lol, glad it looks nice.
Thank you!!
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Old Jan 16, 2012 | 08:28 PM
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It looks like good quality craftsmanship but I'm not a fan of how the car looks with it.
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Old Jan 16, 2012 | 08:35 PM
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Originally Posted by godesshunter
It looks like good quality craftsmanship but I'm not a fan of how the car looks with it.
I'm most likely going to make another one that's a little more subtle and doesn't stick out as far.

Any suggestions anyone?
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Old Jan 16, 2012 | 09:19 PM
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ill take one if you make them i like it
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Old Jan 16, 2012 | 10:09 PM
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Originally Posted by Jake33
ill take one if you make them i like it
Do you want one just like the one in the pictures above? Or the smaller one I'll most likely be making on my next day off? I think they flow with the car well, and if you have your sunroof tilted up it looks damn good IMO.
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Old Jan 16, 2012 | 10:59 PM
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I think a little bit shorter would look better, but overall it looks pretty good!
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Old Jan 16, 2012 | 11:57 PM
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yeah same, ill def place an order if you make it alittle shorter, i dont know i need to see pics, and money. Def special pricing for me and jake
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Old Jan 17, 2012 | 12:55 AM
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can somebody repost the pics?i can't see them from here
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Old Jan 17, 2012 | 01:15 AM
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yeah same, ill def place an order if you make it alittle shorter, i dont know i need to see pics, and money. Def special pricing for me and jake
^agree! OP, post up pics of the shorter version when you can please.
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Old Jan 17, 2012 | 01:28 AM
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just suggestions to take with a grain of salt

maybe make it line up with the black part around the rear window???

maybe add more...edges to it so it flows around the edges like the evo-r



only downside i see with it, is that after looking at it some more it looks very thin, and has no body, almost out of place and looks homemade, giving it some thickness would remedy this.
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Old Jan 17, 2012 | 10:54 AM
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I appreciate all the input guys, this was pretty much a spare-time prototype because I was curious and I think it looks good. But since there's interest in it, I'll definitely take the time to make a 2.0 version by next week at the latest. I might use the Evo-R lip as a guide, we'll see what happens! In the meantime, keep the feedback coming and here are the rear and side shots that were requested last night!!





Excuse the dirty car and aquarium tail lights, just more things I need to work on :P.

Also, I don't wanna talk prices just yet because I have no idea how much will need to be put into the final product, I can most likely sell the prototypes I make super cheap and the final product will definitely be much cheaper than the Evo-R version.
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Old Jan 17, 2012 | 01:48 PM
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dont say any prices, its against the rules to do so without it being in a "group buy" thread.

thanks for taking a look at the evo-r
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Old Jan 17, 2012 | 04:11 PM
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Ill be interested in buying one... lets see V2.0
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