mistapickles Posted August 8, 2010 Report Share Posted August 8, 2010 My starting point. The window edge is shaped wrong, the wing is too narrow and it's got a bow in it towards the window, doesn't lie flat against the hatch.http://www.fileden.com/files/2007/2/3/727626/P1140064.JPGhttp://www.fileden.com/files/2007/2/3/727626/P1140066.JPGhttp://www.fileden.com/files/2007/2/3/727626/P1140067.JPGhttp://www.fileden.com/files/2007/2/3/727626/P1140070.JPG cut the under side out and shaped the front edge to match the window line.http://www.fileden.com/files/2007/2/3/727626/P1140072.JPG after cutting and fitting for an hour and reshaping the side wings...http://www.fileden.com/files/2007/2/3/727626/P1140076.JPGhttp://www.fileden.com/files/2007/2/3/727626/P1140077.JPGhttp://www.fileden.com/files/2007/2/3/727626/P1140078.JPG Tomorrow I get to do the side with the antenna on it...yeah and make a spot for the third brake light.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spoolinturbo Posted August 9, 2010 Report Share Posted August 9, 2010 thin if the angle wasnt so high it would look better Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mistapickles Posted August 9, 2010 Author Report Share Posted August 9, 2010 thin if the angle wasnt so high it would look betterI think the steepness of my driveway is throwing the look off, it only has an 11 degree rake...it's only 6 degress higher that the 1/4 window line... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BOOSTED88tsi Posted August 9, 2010 Report Share Posted August 9, 2010 Pics of 67 in the back! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mistapickles Posted August 9, 2010 Author Report Share Posted August 9, 2010 Pics of 67 in the back!This is a Starion site...let us focus on that.....lol Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BC_99 Posted August 9, 2010 Report Share Posted August 9, 2010 Pics of 67 in the back! +1!nothing wrong with admiration for something other than starion. BC_99 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BOOSTED88tsi Posted August 9, 2010 Report Share Posted August 9, 2010 Yeah after 6 starions, they don't really do much for me, and i have a 68 coupe in the garage that im building right now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
creakyjoints Posted August 9, 2010 Report Share Posted August 9, 2010 I was thinkin it didnt have enough rake! And yes pics of the Stang. At least you can get parts for that! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mistapickles Posted August 10, 2010 Author Report Share Posted August 10, 2010 (edited) http://www.fileden.com/files/2007/2/3/727626/P1160079.JPG There, now what about my wing? what do you think? I drove it on the freeway today and I can feel it working, doesn't really feel like drag, but my blown GR-2s aren't bouncing around when I'm in the number 3 lane...how could I measure downforce? Edited August 10, 2010 by mistapickles Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BrazilBoy Posted August 10, 2010 Report Share Posted August 10, 2010 (edited) There, now what about my wing? what do you think? I drove it on the freeway today and I can feel it working, doesn't really feel like drag, but my blown GR-2s aren't bouncing around when I'm in the number 3 lane...how could I measure downforce?This may help..http://www.ferrarich...ad.php?t=283240 Heres a better how to..http://www.instructables.com/id/Measure-the-drag-coefficient-of-your-car/ Edited August 10, 2010 by BrazilBoy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BC_99 Posted August 10, 2010 Report Share Posted August 10, 2010 (edited) I like the 67 stang better than the wing, but its your ride. If you like who cares what the rest of us think. BC_99 edit, thanks for the pics of the 67 Edited August 10, 2010 by BC_99 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mistapickles Posted August 11, 2010 Author Report Share Posted August 11, 2010 This may help..http://www.ferrarich...ad.php?t=283240 Heres a better how to..http://www.instructables.com/id/Measure-the-drag-coefficient-of-your-car/thanks Roberto... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BOOSTED88tsi Posted August 11, 2010 Report Share Posted August 11, 2010 what color was it orginally? Got the same interior as mine. i like the wing btw, it will set you apart from every other starion out there. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DryBear Posted August 11, 2010 Report Share Posted August 11, 2010 Are you going to keep it bare CF? Seems it would be pretty hard to clean up the gaps and keep the same pattern Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
psu_Crash Posted August 11, 2010 Report Share Posted August 11, 2010 I like it! Get the edges all clean and I think it will look sharp. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MikeMeyerhoff Posted August 12, 2010 Report Share Posted August 12, 2010 Looking good so far! I had been trying to figure out a way to do something similar using a second stock hatch trim piece. Since they are fiberglass I figured I could position it like I wanted and mesh it together with the one glued to the glass. I was going to extend the new spoiler over the quarter panels to hide that gap. You might consider that as well. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mistapickles Posted August 12, 2010 Author Report Share Posted August 12, 2010 Are you going to keep it bare CF? Seems it would be pretty hard to clean up the gaps and keep the same patternI'm not into bare CF, it's going to get the body work finished, then paint it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mistapickles Posted August 12, 2010 Author Report Share Posted August 12, 2010 (edited) Looking good so far! I had been trying to figure out a way to do something similar using a second stock hatch trim piece. Since they are fiberglass I figured I could position it like I wanted and mesh it together with the one glued to the glass. I was going to extend the new spoiler over the quarter panels to hide that gap. You might consider that as well.I thought about extending it out over the quarter panel, but then wondered about vibration causing it to rub on the quarter panel paint, we'll see, it's not too late to do it if I can get the body lines to match up Edited August 12, 2010 by mistapickles Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mistapickles Posted September 19, 2010 Author Report Share Posted September 19, 2010 (edited) its about two and a half inches longer and the rake is about four degrees higher than factory. Screwed up putting in the third brake light so I am a little behind schedule....I also now know why people don't paint their carbon fiber....at first I thought it was just a douchey way of showing off, "hey look, I have carbon fiber" but after prepping my wing for paint I have found that carbon fiber is wavy, like Hawaii North Shore wavy... It has taken me four hours to prep my car, the entire car but it has taken me an hour and a half to prep that wing and I'm still not done...http://www.fileden.com/files/2007/2/3/727626/IMG00972.jpghttp://www.fileden.com/files/2007/2/3/727626/IMG00973.jpg Edited September 19, 2010 by mistapickles Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
strang3majik Posted September 19, 2010 Report Share Posted September 19, 2010 Me like... only problem I see arising from this is....if you haven't already gotten the, "is that a fox body mustang with widebody fenders?" question....well, you're going to get it now...haha. Can't wait to see the finish product. And, keep the rake of it, thats what these cars need for the rear spoiler is one thats a little more up in the air. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
starquestG54B Posted October 28, 2010 Report Share Posted October 28, 2010 did you ever finish this? and if so could you update with more pics of it mounted? thanks Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mistapickles Posted October 28, 2010 Author Report Share Posted October 28, 2010 did you ever finish this? and if so could you update with more pics of it mounted? thanksI had to change some things about the way I mounted it, my intention was to have the wing similar to the factory wing, in that it was three pieces. After driving it for a while I came to the conclusion that my little side wings would not stay on the car with the surface area they had connecting them to the car, so I am fitting them to the main wing. It will be a single wing that contours to the side of the car...I like, I have one side attached but not finished, I'll upload some pictures if I get a chance to take some tomorrow. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mistapickles Posted November 12, 2010 Author Report Share Posted November 12, 2010 I was going to make a three piece wing like the factory, but making the gaps equal turned out to be more of a PITA than I wanted to deal with, so I glassed the side pieces to the center...I actually like it better...I just have to fabricate the end caps.http://www.fileden.com/files/2007/2/3/727626/IMG01030.jpghttp://www.fileden.com/files/2007/2/3/727626/IMG01026.jpghttp://www.fileden.com/files/2007/2/3/727626/IMG01027.jpghttp://www.fileden.com/files/2007/2/3/727626/IMG01028.jpghttp://www.fileden.com/files/2007/2/3/727626/IMG01029.jpg Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Earl Posted November 13, 2010 Report Share Posted November 13, 2010 looks good=) you going to paint it? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mistapickles Posted November 14, 2010 Author Report Share Posted November 14, 2010 looks good=) you going to paint it?yes, can't wait to finish the fabrication work so that I can Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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