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boot spoiler
Posted: 19 Jun 2009 20:07
by davesopener
does a peugeot 405 boot spoiler fit the TR7?
Has anyone here tried this?
Just wondered?if looked ok!!
TY
[8D]
Posted: 19 Jun 2009 20:38
by stevie_a
<font color="maroon"><b>I think that may to big
I might be wrong I have been wrong before....[:D]</b></font id="maroon">
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<font size="4"><font color="green"><i>If it's not broke don't fix it.</i></font id="green"></font id="size4">
Posted: 19 Jun 2009 21:17
by paul w
Posted: 19 Jun 2009 21:47
by wedggie perrin
<font face="Comic Sans MS">Is that photo blurred, or do I need to go to Specsavers?</font id="Comic Sans MS">[:0]
Posted: 19 Jun 2009 22:26
by PeterTR7V8
It's as clear as a bell to me. You'd better make an appointment on Monday. [8D]
Rear spoilers are a good way to reduce fuel efficiency & reduce top-end speed. Having one on a road car is like having a fancy coffee - makes you feel good but not the best use of your money & not particularly good for you. My car had a MkI MR2 wing when I bought it but it got taken off when the car was repainted even though I didn't think it looked half bad. These are the best pictures I can find of it.
You can see it beeter on this video.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xhISqG837EY
Never say die. At least not while you're still breathing.
Posted: 19 Jun 2009 22:36
by Underdog
My opinion also Peter. I'd never have one on my daily driver. Makes it a PITA to get the snow off the boot lid and if you ever tried lifting the lid with 4" of snow on it you would relate. Then there's the mater of cleaning under it. Nice for looks though if tastefully done.
72 MGB BRG
80 TR8 Persian Aqua
If women don't find you handsome, they should at least find you handy.
Posted: 20 Jun 2009 00:34
by paul w
Posted: 20 Jun 2009 14:23
by Marko
aerodynamics are for cars that go over 200 km/h most of the time
under that is all for looks
Posted: 20 Jun 2009 19:31
by jeffremj
There is always the old Montego Turbo rear spoiler:
They still pop up on ebay - I just bought another [:)]
Which one is best, the body coloured or the one coloured (nearly) like the blue hood (when raised!)?
Note that they are supposed to be bolted down, but I would imagine that today's glues will probably be OK.
The commemorative plaques in the background are from the Martlesham Heath airbase as used by the USAF in WW2.
Posted: 20 Jun 2009 19:42
by john
405 spiolers do fit but try and get one with the high level brake light, and were a populsr add on in the late eighties and nineties
[8 whole cylinders worth of punch to ram the world through the windshield and out the rear view mirror. Car & Driver]
1981 Grinnall TR7 v8
1981 Black FHC
1979 & 1980 Black Premium FHC(laid to rest) Sorry
John
Posted: 22 Jun 2009 08:55
by trphil
I've got one, it's fitted vertically in the front corner of my garage!
Posted: 22 Jun 2009 23:45
by Alec Pringle
If you wish to add a modicum of downforce with a minimum of drag, a lip spoiler on the trailing edge of the bootlid is the answer. The one from a 1983-85 Audi 80 Quattro does the job perfectly, but they're not exactly common any more . . . .
Cheers,
Alec
Posted: 23 Jun 2009 11:52
by john
I'm sure it says somewhere in the Untold story book that you have to have one hell of a spioler as on the group 44 car to have any effect on the Tr7's handling
[8 whole cylinders worth of punch to ram the world through the windshield and out the rear view mirror. Car & Driver]
1981 Grinnall TR7 v8
1981 Black FHC
1979 & 1980 Black Premium FHC(laid to rest) Sorry
John
Posted: 23 Jun 2009 13:54
by richards
<blockquote id="quote"><font size="1" face="Century Gothic, Verdana, Arial, Helvetica" id="quote">quote:<hr height="1" noshade id="quote"><i>Originally posted by john</i>
I'm sure it says somewhere in the Untold story book that you have to have one hell of a spioler as on the group 44 car to have any effect on the Tr7's handling
[8 whole cylinders worth of punch to ram the world through the windshield and out the rear view mirror. Car & Driver]
1981 Grinnall TR7 v8
1981 Black FHC
1979 & 1980 Black Premium FHC(laid to rest) Sorry
John
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A bit like this????
[:D]
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Posted: 23 Jun 2009 14:03
by TR7Aaron
I think the owner of that car subscribes to the 'mine's bigger' mind set...
Aaron
1976 TR7 FHC (an ongoing project)
