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The rear truck lid had the same stiff reinforcement which made use of the stock latch; a no hassle proposition. It also had a special molded in foam reinforcement for the spoiler and GT Wing, something that we haven’t seen before and a great feature. When bolting a wing onto a cheap carbon trunk lid, the trunk flexes and is very flimsy allowing the wing to move around a lot. If the wing is set to create a decent amount of downforce it can easily tear off, when driving on the track a sudden loss of downforce is dangerous. It is also bad if your expensive rear wing is lost and damaged.
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| The Varis trunklid has this foam reinforcement molded into the carbon that gave the trunk strength helping to support the GT rear wing. The rear wing is solidly in place |
Genuine JDM Varis yo. Do not accept cheap Chinese copies! |
With the reinforcement, the Varis rear wing and rear spoiler is held firmly in place. With other rear truck lids we have had to add our own reinforcement to prevent the wing from pulling off. It is a great detail that makes this trunk lid worth the price. In our experience with other EVO trunk lids, we have always found fitment issues, there is always something wrong and we have had to shim and slot to get the right fitment. The Varis part bolted right on perfectly with no hassles, very unusual for a carbon part.
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| The Varis Carbon GT Wing is adjustable for angle of attack in small increments | Brian Kono made these mounts for the wing out of carbon. The stock Varis parts were aluminum and Brian added this nice touch so everything would be carbon. |
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| The center kick up of the wing reduces the angle of attack as the air flowing over the roof has a downward path. This helps prevent the wing from stalling and reduces drag while helping the wing create downforce more efficiently. The air on the sides is going straighter and can have more angle of attack. Now you know the reason why some wings are shaped this way! |
The Varis trunk lid, rear spoiler and Carbon GT Wing are pretty |
Since were were going all Varis with this car, we bolted a Varis carbon rear deck spoiler and a Varis carbon rear GT wing to our trunk deck lid. The spoiler is a cool addition that you might want to consider if you are going wingless. The GT wing has several features that help it work better and clinched our selection. We firmly believe that a wing must be adjustable for track use. Adjusting angle of attack can help tune the wing for conditions and different tracks. Slower speeds need a greater angle of attack to create downforce. Higher speeds need less angle of attack to reduce the chances of stalling the wing which creates a lot of drag. The Varis wing has a wide range of adjustment. The kick up in the center of the wings element is to make it more effective. As the air flows off the back glass it angles downward. The wing needs less angle of attack to avoid stall here as opposed to the ends which see cleaner air flowing straight from around the sides of the car. The upward kick reduces the angle of attack in the center of the wing making it more effective all around. The wing end plates reduce spillover of air at the ends of the airfloil making it more effective. The Varis parts really cleaned up the look of the car and helped it shed about 25 lbs of weight.
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| The Street Concept front spoiler and RMR Canards balance the aero look of the car. The carbon weave also happens to match our Varis parts. They actually made the car feel more stable. |
We might just keep our RSR stainless exhaust system |
