03-02-2008
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R U DTF bro?
Join Date: Aug 2003
Location: Oak Point, TX
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carbon fiber vortex generator installed
Call me a ricer if you want. I like it and am happy with it because it goes well with the carbon fiber wing and my exhaust tip heatshield on the rear bumper.
I just installed my eBay carbon fiber vortex generator and am very happy with it considering it only cost me $30 shipped. This is a Tyrant brand which LancerShop used to sell for $399. It is real carbon fiber, not carbon fiber "look". This piece is brand new, but I got it so cheap because one of the mounting tabs is broken off and I had to use my own double-sided tape. I used 5 feet of 3M Super Strength body tape which cost me $5.99. The fitment was decent, but had I paid the full price of $399 I would have been pissed and sent it back. It does have a few flaws that 99% of people will never notice. The weave matches my exhaust outlet heatshield surround thing, but not the wing which has a much tighter weave. Installation was easy enough and overall I am very happy considering this cost me under $40 total!
Sorry for the crappy pictures, but I didn't feel like pulling my car out of the garage.
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03-02-2008
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Banned
Join Date: Mar 2006
Location: Minnesota
Drives: down the middle of the fairway bitches!
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Re: carbon fiber vortex generator installed
I'm gonna get some 3M adhesive remover, take that off your car, and throw it on the talon!
Looks nice, on the second pic it looks like it is a little worn on the lower right corner... or is that just the pic? Either way that is a steal, and you can tell its real CF.
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03-02-2008
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Smells like cat poop
Join Date: Feb 2007
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Re: carbon fiber vortex generator installed
i like it 
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03-02-2008
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R U DTF bro?
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Re: carbon fiber vortex generator installed
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Originally Posted by DSM_420
on the second pic it looks like it is a little worn on the lower right corner... or is that just the pic?
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That's just glare from the lights in my garage. I waxed it already so it is really reflective! |
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03-02-2008
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Pewp Champion
Join Date: Nov 2003
Location: Blaine
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Re: carbon fiber vortex generator installed
Ricer  Under 40 bux, that's like a sore dick. Can't beat that shit! |
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03-02-2008
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R U DTF bro?
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Re: carbon fiber vortex generator installed
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Originally Posted by Halon
Ricer Under 40 bux, that's like a sore dick. Can't beat that shit! |
No kidding! I was thrilled with the $80 shipped I paid, then I saw the broken tab and they offered to refund $50 of my original $80 so I was even more pumped! |
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03-02-2008
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flips McGee
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Re: carbon fiber vortex generator installed
Congratulations, more pointless shit to waste your hard-earned $$ on 
JK, looks fancy  |
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03-02-2008
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R U DTF bro?
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Re: carbon fiber vortex generator installed
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Originally Posted by scheides
Congratulations, more pointless shit to waste your hard-earned $$ on |
I really don't work that hard and its adding downforce!!! |
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03-02-2008
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Banned
Join Date: Mar 2006
Location: Minnesota
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Re: carbon fiber vortex generator installed
Don't those things help stabilize the car when you are going over 160 too?
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03-02-2008
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Join Date: Mar 2005
Location: Blaine, MN
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Re: carbon fiber vortex generator installed
Nice, do they make those for DSMs?
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03-02-2008
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Reynolds number user
Join Date: Oct 2003
Location: grove/tempe
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Re: carbon fiber vortex generator installed
It doesnt increase downforce so much as it decreases drag.
http://www.mitsubishi-motors.com/cor...004/16E_03.pdf
warning nerdy link.
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03-02-2008
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Re: carbon fiber vortex generator installed
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Originally Posted by Super Bleeder!!
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Thanks dude, I was just about to link that article until I saw you posted it.
I just got back from driving around in the rain and the water drops behave much differently now on my rear window and wing surface so its obvious this thing actually does something other than looking badassricertastic
The other good news is that it didn't fly off on the highway so I must have installed it semi-decently (thank you 5 feet of 3M tape).
Last edited by Kracka; 03-02-2008 at 06:27 PM..
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03-02-2008
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Who has my man-card?
Join Date: Jan 2008
Location: Crystal MN
Drives: a red car
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Re: carbon fiber vortex generator installed
Nice i wish mine was CF!
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03-02-2008
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Join Date: Nov 2005
Location: Cottage Grove
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Re: carbon fiber vortex generator installed
Nice! Looks pretty sweet
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03-03-2008
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wants to kick mark
Join Date: Sep 2006
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Re: carbon fiber vortex generator installed
looks good, better than a white one would IMO.
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03-03-2008
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Banned
Join Date: Mar 2006
Location: Minnesota
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Re: carbon fiber vortex generator installed
I'm pretty sure they are just a black plastic...
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03-03-2008
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R U DTF bro?
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Re: carbon fiber vortex generator installed
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Originally Posted by DSM_420
I'm pretty sure they are just a black plastic...
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I was either going to get carbon fiber or a paint-match one in white. They come paint-matched on the MR models too. |
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03-03-2008
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Banned
Join Date: Mar 2006
Location: Minnesota
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Re: carbon fiber vortex generator installed
Honestly I rather have a black plastic almost then a paint match. I just don't think it would look good in white.
But I do agree on going CF, looks bomb. Now all you need to do is remove that wing |
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03-03-2008
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R U DTF bro?
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Re: carbon fiber vortex generator installed
Quote:
Originally Posted by DSM_420
Now all you need to do is remove that wing |
Do I look like Scheides? No...I am far sexier so my car has to match! LOL |
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03-03-2008
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flips McGee
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Re: carbon fiber vortex generator installed
Haha, you're just jealous because I have an actual dryer for my laundry and do not need a clothes line on my car to do laundry |
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