Christmas Gift!

[06YarisRS]

My charming wife ordered a Christmas gift for me, or more appropriately, for our '06 Yaris. I am pumped to get my hands on it so I can prime, paint and clear coat it. I'll take the stock small spoiler off the RS and put it on our '08.

[vivalaflam]

Here's how awesome it looks on the car ;)

Wing

[06YarisRS]

Originally Posted by vivalaflam

Here's how awesome it looks on the car ;)

Wing

Ah, that does look awesome! Is that your car?

Thanks!

[vivalaflam]

Yes that's my car, you can see from the date on the picture how recently I put it on :)

[06YarisRS]

Originally Posted by vivalaflam

Yes that's my car, you can see from the date on the picture how recently I put it on :)

Haha. Very recent. I see you have a stubby antenna. Did that come on your car? I ordered a cheap stubby from eBay and it has terrible reception. I guess I got what I paid for. I need to find a good quality stubby.

[vivalaflam]

I got it from a local chinese shop, for 2€ and the reception is actually the same.
Someone was kind enough to break the factory antenna so I had to buy something :p

[ern-diz]

Nice. I've gone back and forth (like many things with my car) on adding a spoiler .

[06YarisRS]

Originally Posted by vivalaflam

I got it from a local chinese shop, for 2€ and the reception is actually the same.
Someone was kind enough to break the factory antenna so I had to buy something :p

OK, good to know that the inexpensive ones can actually work well. Thanks. I'll keep shopping around a bit.

[06YarisRS]

Originally Posted by ern-diz

Nice. I've gone back and forth (like many things with my car) on adding a spoiler .

Haha! Just do it... If you decide to, I'll send you the Ebay link...$44.00 shipping included.

[ACKING_QC]

I have the same, but I didnt bothered for the paint.. I just Stickerbombed it !

[06YarisRS]

Wow, that's neat! How did you attach the spoiler? Tape? Screws? Or both?

Thanks.

[06YarisRS]

Picked up the wing today. It will need some high build primer and wet sanding as it has a few imperfections though nothing major. Should be a fun project. I already picked up the Duplicolor Color Match paint and clear coat.

[vivalaflam]

Really sorry for ruining this... Before I install this beautiful wing, on a certain road, with my 1.3 I could go up to 208kmh (gps speed) in a slight downhill. So, after installing it, tried on the same road, under the same weather conditions, and wouldn't get more than 188kmh flat out. So in conclusion, it only adds drag and beauty points. No gains whatsoever (it only changes for the worse). My 0.02$

[06YarisRS]

Originally Posted by vivalaflam

Really sorry for ruining this... Before I install this beautiful wing, on a certain road, with my 1.3 I could go up to 208kmh (gps speed) in a slight downhill. So, after installing it, tried on the same road, under the same weather conditions, and wouldn't get more than 188kmh flat out. So in conclusion, it only adds drag and beauty points. No gains whatsoever (it only changes for the worse). My 0.02$

Interesting. I hope it doesn't adversely affect my gas mileage. I'm not a physicist but heard that drag increases exponentially with speed. I rarely exceed 120 km/h, so hopefully it won't have a significant impact on fuel economy. Right now - in winter - and according to my Torque Pro app - I am averaging 40.2 mpg (imperial).