Added the FL5 Spoiler

[darsh_v]

Nice! Looks great!!

Thank you I really do like it . Lmk if you guys have any rim ideas. I’m thinking black or bronze. Not in any rush though and I do want to stick to 19”. If you have rim ideas you think would go good with the color please let me know.

Sponsored

 

[whtciv2k]

Shit, I want to do this but with the wing paint matched.

looks sick bro!!

 

[whtciv2k]

Yikes. Your rear is way too busy.

The roof spoiler is my only gripe.

 

[Victorofhavoc]

Looks nice. I'm thinking about getting one myself but I heard some people say that the spoiler looks small on the de5. I would like to see more photos tho.

I'm wondering if the roof spoiler makes the fl5 spoiler ineffective??

The roof spoiler would lift and disturb the air significantly higher than factory. It changes the way the spoiler sees the airflow and because the disturbed/separated air is not flowing under the spoiler (but directly at it) it will cause fairly significant drag. There's probably moderate downforce occurring, but it's less effective for certain.

Whats hard to tell is the variation between the civic hatch steepness and the de5 fastback shape. The de5 is significantly slicker and specifically uses the factory lip as a big gurney flap. It works in conjunction with the factory roof spoiler and the factory diffuser to reduce overall lift. The Fl5 air foil shape takes into account the Fl5 hatch shape, steepness, and it does not have the roof spoiler so air stays lower and tighter. I suspect on the de5 the Fl5 airfoil would need to be mounted up further/higher so that the front curvature of the foil can catch air above the disturbed air the roof spoiler is producing.

Either way, you do not want to remove the trunk lip. It's a gurney flap and does a lot. The carbon one does a lot more. Without it, at high speeds the lift generated would be noticeable.

 

[egxflash]

lots of holes under that lip spoiler to figure out if you do that.

lip with a wing is like belt with suspenders for me. one or the other.

 

[notorious9i6]

love that orange

Sponsored