under car spoiler

[warpig1]

does it make a difference at high speed? mine's missing and i'm thinking of knocking one up but don't want to waste my time if it's not needed.
also read a couple of old threads about the angle some mention 30 degrees and some say 45, anyone know for definate? cheers dan

[boosted ls1]

Don't know about cerbs but spoilers spoil air and if fitted underneath a car should slow down the airflow thus generating downforce. If it's a mod known to work I'd fix it.

Boosted.

[warpig1]

apparently its a standard fitment.looks like mines been ripped off.extra down force has got to be a good thing, just wondering if it actualy works on a cerb

[killerscum01]

Just had to straighten mine out, and i didn't measure the angle but i'm going with 30 degrees.

[Pete B]

Mines not got one either, if I did fit one, I don't think it'd last 2 minutes with the f***in speed bumps in my village.

[warpig1]

speed humps are an annoying problem especialy with my over weight ass in the car.
car feels front end light at anything over 120. front end needs setting up as tracking is out so that won't help, but will replacing the missing spoiler help?

[ireland]

Spoiler ..... ?????

What spoiler ..... ?????

[warpig1]

ireland said:

Spoiler ..... ?????

What spoiler ..... ?????

was having a poke around underneath as you do,noticed some holes towards the rear edge of the glass section under the front that looked like something had been ripped out. used the search and came up with acouple of threads about a small bent ali plate that gets knocked off and thought wonder if it works

[ireland]

warpig1 said:

ireland said:

Spoiler ..... ?????

What spoiler ..... ?????

was having a poke around underneath as you do,noticed some holes towards the rear edge of the glass section under the front that looked like something had been ripped out. used the search and came up with acouple of threads about a small bent ali plate that gets knocked off and thought wonder if it works

Ok.

I don't think I have that on mine either.

Anyone got a picture so I can be sure?

[warpig1]

ireland said:

warpig1 said:

ireland said:

Spoiler ..... ?????

What spoiler ..... ?????

was having a poke around underneath as you do,noticed some holes towards the rear edge of the glass section under the front that looked like something had been ripped out. used the search and came up with acouple of threads about a small bent ali plate that gets knocked off and thought wonder if it works

Ok.

I don't think I have that on mine either.

Anyone got a picture so I can be sure?

put a search in for "spoiler" first page titled "bloomin chin spoiler". half way down second page, nice pics there

[350matt]

they do have a small beneficial effect on stability but they help the cooling really by forcing more air into the rad, There's one on the Griffmera's as well.

Matt

[Ireland]

warpig1 said:

ireland said:

warpig1 said:

ireland said:

Spoiler ..... ?????

What spoiler ..... ?????

was having a poke around underneath as you do,noticed some holes towards the rear edge of the glass section under the front that looked like something had been ripped out. used the search and came up with acouple of threads about a small bent ali plate that gets knocked off and thought wonder if it works

Ok.

I don't think I have that on mine either.

Anyone got a picture so I can be sure?

put a search in for "spoiler" first page titled "bloomin chin spoiler". half way down second page, nice pics there

That's the first time I've come across that.

There's definitely NOT one on my car.

Are they beneficial?

In other words, will it be worth my while to make one?

[cerbfan]

warpig1 said:

does it make a difference at high speed? mine's missing and i'm thinking of knocking one up but don't want to waste my time if it's not needed.
also read a couple of old threads about the angle some mention 30 degrees and some say 45, anyone know for definate? cheers dan

Now the real question is do they face forwards or backwards? They are not fixed on very well obviously from the amount of people with them missing. Mine fell off at highish speed, went under the wheels and got flicked up high at the back of the car, thank god there was no one following me closely.

My take on the forwards or backwards thing is it faces forwards, as if you watch the Clarkson Cerbera race clip you can see in one of the shots it facing forwards just abouts and that was a brand new car from the factory at the time.

[warpig1]

cerbfan said:

warpig1 said:

does it make a difference at high speed? mine's missing and i'm thinking of knocking one up but don't want to waste my time if it's not needed.
also read a couple of old threads about the angle some mention 30 degrees and some say 45, anyone know for definate? cheers dan

Now the real question is do they face forwards or backwards? They are not fixed on very well obviously from the amount of people with them missing. Mine fell off at highish speed, went under the wheels and got flicked up high at the back of the car, thank god there was no one following me closely.

My take on the forwards or backwards thing is it faces forwards, as if you watch the Clarkson Cerbera race clip you can see in one of the shots it facing forwards just abouts and that was a brand new car from the factory at the time.

most of the stuff i've read /seen suggests it points backwards

[Ratten]

Hmm, got mine refitted at the dealer and the bugger faces backewards....

[HarryW]

Pictures from a previous thread





Although just to confuse there is a school of thought it should face the other way

[ireland]

Backwards would seem the obvoius way for it as, even though forwards would push the air out to the sides and create an area of lower pressure under the car, the Cerb body surely isn't strong enough to hold the spoiler in any position other than backwards.

I hope that's not too confusing, but it makes sense to me.

[dempsey]

On my previous Chimaera it faced forwards (as did all the other Chimaera ones I saw), and
a) it did work to stabilise the car over a ton, and b) it kept getting ripped off.

[jesfirth]

backwards is definitely right

[whatever]

Mine points backwards.

I think that if it faces forwards then it's most likely to get ripped off if it catches on anything, whereas a rear-sloping one might just drag over. (re Clarkson vid) Maybe the earliest ones were front-facing before being changed?