I'm about to get a brand new 2003 WRX in Silver, and the last thing I am debating on is the spoiler... thoughts? I know it is purely for looks but I what to see what you think...

 

I like the looks of the stock spoiler. It is suddle but looks nice. Ive seen naked deck lids and i dont like how the car looks with out a spoiler as much. Your right most spoilers are for looks only on front wheel drive cars/most imports the downforce doesnt help because pushing on no driving tire. However i believe the spoiler may help a little in our cars case because it is awd and some of thed ownforce may help with traction on the rear tires. Can anyone verify if this is the case? So yes i do like the stock spoiler.

 

Yea I think I'm starting to think that too... I just pulled a picture from the Silver WRX thread and did a really quick and dirty Photoshop job on it, and removed the wing...

 

Here it is with the wing...

 

When i bought my rex ig ot the 4eat and it was hard to find one and i finally found one in silver and the dealer asked me about options. At first i said i didnt need a spoiler, and i slept on it and the next morning i called the dealer back and told them i want ed a spoiler so they found another car witha spoiler and gave me the new vin# for my insurance company. I saw a blue wrx without the spoiler and it looks so different without it, i dont care for it at all. It looks alot less sporty. The only reason to get without is if u wanted an aftermarket wing.

 

I've personaly never been a fan of any spoiler, IMO the wrx looks better without it in certain colors. I think the blue looks silly without it but my black wrx looks very astute and proper without one...

I'm doing mine up sleeper anyway, all the money is going under the hood and I got rid of the WRX badge.... thinking about a front mount intercolor so I can replace the hood with onewithout a scoop.... stealth cruser.... rice buster.... yeah...

 

I think I'm with you twisted, I also want my car to be a sleeper, and after it's good and broken in, I cant wait to make it go really fast... Besides I can get such a kick-butt price on the car without it, that I can't justify the cost. I'll post a pic when I bring my new toy home...

 

rear wings are for looks, unless you're really serious about going fast......for the wing to apply any type of force to the rear wheels you gotta be moving at a pretty good clip.......otherwise there isn't enough force to do anything!!!

it's kinda like all the hype about ram air......most people don't know how ramair works......you gotta be screaming to get that extra HP they all talk about. as time goes on those speeds needed are dropping due to better technology......but most ram-air systems need at least 120 mph to start working!!!!

when ducati first put there ram air on the 916, you needed something like 135mpg to get the extra 15 HP they claimed it would make. and since i never rode the duck around at 135......i never felt that extra 15 ponies!!!!!

some wings look good, some don't, but like the other guys said it's all preference........different strokes for different folks!!!! later, riggs

 

i have a sedona red pearl sedan and like my stock spoiler. i thought about getting this one though. the replica is around $600. contact this site if you like it. though its not shown there.
www.j-spectuning.com

 

i too think on a silver, the factory one looks the best...unless you get a cf one and get a cf hood to go with it.

 

the cf body parts look awesome on certain color wrx's. silver being one, no doubt. check this one out. just a wee bit different.