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Re: A4 Spoiler



> In this country every second car has a spoiler. Unless it is designed
> aerodynamically and specifically for the car (and virtually none are),
> aftermarket spoilers are purely cosmetic.
                           ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^             
At the risk of being pedantic, this isn't entirely true as a poorly designed
one will actually screw up the OEM aerodynamics!  I had a friend who mounted
a Kamei spoiler on the front of his Coupe and his mpg went down not up ... I
don't recall him mentioning any offsetting improvement in downforce, either,
so it was a lose-lose-lose (economy, performance, appearance) deal.   ;^) 

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