Rear Wing removal on non brake light models.

[bboyskidz]

haha yes both bombsquad and hawk were being sarcastic
anyway, as i said - i did it this weekend.

went to bunnings, bought some things called "christmas tree plugs" which fitted perfectly in the hole. took me about 17,826 hours to get that stupid silicone stuff off but i did it. looks awesome. i'll create a new thread with pics shortly.

[rayray086]

Can't wait to see bboyskidz It'd be a good idea to polish and wax the paint that was covered by the spoiler too!

[KI11Z]

Agreed, now about the wing. I will dig out a photo somewhere, the other thing about the wing is it serves a engineering purpose on the vehicle i believe. On my car it's purpose is to disturb the air just enough for brake dust and dirt to settle all over my back windscreen and hatch..

i dont think bombsquad was being sarcastic? id agree i think? my rear window without the spoiler gets far more filthy than ma front! go figure . . .

[Lorenz]

It can look good without the wing, but I prefer my car with it.
Took it off for a day to see how I liked it, but find it more practical and better looking with it for now.
Going to get it painted to match the body colour soon so it blends in nicely

[Golf Houso]

Hmnnn I'll pay attention to whether it gets dirtier or it doesn't when I wash it next. Haha how much of that demoonic silicone crap is there on it! I spent most of the afternoon cleaning that evil gunk off. Yeah good point ray about the cleaning, you would have to spend some time polishing and cleaning the back, it also took a small amount of paint off which I fixed with a good polish and touch up.

Pics now!!!

[bboyskidz]

Regarding the dirt on the back window?
I would have thought that it would get dirtier with it on - because the spoiler creates a downward spiral of air off the top of the car that then curls back under the spoiler and sticks it on the back window. same theory as slip stream - the air behind a moving car is actually moving faster forward than the the air in front because the car causes a disturbance (in the force- haha lol)

i found this pic to demonstrate:


I was too busy at work today to post them but i have done it i swear! i would post them now, but sleep is more important... i also left the cable to get the pics off my phone at work... it will be first thing tomorrow morning.

[rayray086]

Haha damn that's some physics **** right there that I don't want to revisit.

[bboyskidz]

okay so it wasn't right in the morning but here is the tutorial as promised:

http://www.vwwatercooled.org.au/newforum/upload/showthread.php?t=10536

gotta love physics lol