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Old 03-18-06 | 03:09 AM
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New wing!

I've been wanting this particular wing for a really long time... I've seen very few of them and they were far between, so now that I found one I had to scoop it up...

Anyone know what company made these? Looks similar to the Rmagic wing for the FC, but not quite... Anyways whatcha think?






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Old 03-18-06 | 11:06 AM
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Oh man! That's the one I've been searching for. Before you mount it up, you need to let someone make a mold of it...
Old 03-18-06 | 11:19 AM
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cant wait to see it on the car
Old 03-18-06 | 11:26 AM
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I'm willing to let someone make a mold of it... Not a problem... Maybe we could get a group buy going for a carbon fiber version...
Old 03-18-06 | 11:27 AM
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Hold it up to your RX-7 so I could see how it flows. Just temp mount it for picture reference purposes.
Old 03-18-06 | 11:34 AM
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Forget carbon fiber. Not everyone goes for the c/f look. Do a mold to keep it as fiberglass if anything.
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Will do... I paid for the wing already, and I'll be picking it up sometime next week... Then I'll get a friend to come over with his camera so I can snap some pics...

Anyone know who makes it?
Old 03-18-06 | 11:35 AM
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Forget carbon fiber. Not everyone goes for the c/f look. Do a mold to keep it as fiberglass if anything.
What's the difference... A mold is a mold...

The reason I mentioned carbon is because someone here had already asked me about having a carbon version made...
Old 03-18-06 | 11:39 AM
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definately take some pics of if on the car and have someone make a mold
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Originally Posted by 13b4me
What's the difference... A mold is a mold...

The reason I mentioned carbon is because someone here had already asked me about having a carbon version made...

*shrugs* So I mistook how you said "get together for a group buy for carbon fiber".
Old 03-18-06 | 12:05 PM
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People who lay CF also lay FG so it would be no hard task for them to make both versions...
Old 03-18-06 | 02:48 PM
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Doesn't it look like the shorter one with the back streched out a bit.
Old 03-18-06 | 02:58 PM
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CF is unrealistic at the moment, the military have scooped it all up so its become stupidly expensive.

I can get the mold made. PM me.
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Ok I found a little info on this wing...

It was made by Mazda for the Daytona campaign, and there were only 100 of these wings produced... Nice find if I do say so myself...



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I have one of those...when I bought my fb I took it off because I didn't like the look of it on my 7...that one looks like its made out of aluminum
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Nah it's fiberglass... It was on a faded gold FB, so that's why it looks like that...
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I do know that done in the right color, sometimes with the same color of the car, it looks very badass. First time I saw that style wing was on an FB outside the shop. I looked at it and said to the guy "The hell is up with this? Looks like a bad bondo job." Tech told me that that was actually stock and is very rare to find one with that wing on it. Car was white with a badly faded wing, with some blemishes, on it. So, I'd say good find. At times I've thought of having that on mine.
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Well I plan on having a mold made for it... I'd like to see more FB's rockin this wing...
Old 03-18-06 | 06:07 PM
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When you connect with a guy who'll be willing to do a mold, let us know of the price.
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PM him and meet him halfway. He only lives in New Hampshire.

He makes very nice replicas and it would just add to the ongoing list of things I have to drive out and pay/trade him for.
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If you build it, people will buy it. Count me in for 1...
Old 03-18-06 | 08:20 PM
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I'll be subscribing to this thread to see what happens.
Old 03-18-06 | 09:24 PM
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I have been looking for this exact wing forever. I am in for one
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I would be up for a group buy on a fiberglass version of this
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CF is unrealistic at the moment, the military have scooped it all up so its become stupidly expensive.

I can get the mold made. PM me.
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