Mk3 FR Spoiler
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cant remember honestly, as i got the FR front and rear bumpers at the same time.
email David Hawthorne - [email protected]
he sorted me out
I'm looking for a MK3 5F Spoiler too, I've had a look on eBay but not sure if any of them are any good. Does anyone know where to get an official one?
I'll keep that site in mind. I wonder how much it will cost to get sprayed. Also need to find out how to fit one. Not in a rush for one. Only got my car a few weeks ago but I feel it needs one
Would like to get one for my recently acquired FR 5dr....... can anyone tell me if it changes the amount of spray that hits the rear screen in the wet? I'm thinking it might cause a bigger vortex at the rear screen, resulting in more crud on the glass. What are everyone's experiences?
I asked this last year. All the info and explanation I asked for with all the types here...
http://www.seatcupra.net/forums/showthread.php?t=417833
Cheers kevster ..... all good stuff, but my original question was does the spoiler materially increase (or decrease) the amount of spray hitting the rear screen when it's wet? Cos it's wet here.... a lot!
I decided not to fit one in the end.
In regards to your question, very little I would have thought. Mudflaps are more likely to influence spray, but little again because the Mk3s are tiny.
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I'm think about how it influences airflow *over* the car, not *under*
Example: my V70 was terrible for the rear screen getting covered in dirty spray, because of the vertical rear screen - there's a vortex in the airflow at the rear that effectively sucks dirty road spray onto the screen. But when I had the towbar-mounted bike-rack and 3 mountain bikes on, the rear screen stayed clean, because the bikes broke up the vortex at the back, and the spray just covered the bikes instead!
What I'm worried about is that fitting a rear spoiler to the Leon will make a bigger vortex at the rear screen, resulting in having to run the rear wiper at all times in the wet.
Hope that's clear now.
Example: my V70 was terrible for the rear screen getting covered in dirty spray, because of the vertical rear screen - there's a vortex in the airflow at the rear that effectively sucks dirty road spray onto the screen. But when I had the towbar-mounted bike-rack and 3 mountain bikes on, the rear screen stayed clean, because the bikes broke up the vortex at the back, and the spray just covered the bikes instead!
What I'm worried about is that fitting a rear spoiler to the Leon will make a bigger vortex at the rear screen, resulting in having to run the rear wiper at all times in the wet.
Hope that's clear now.
I'm think about how it influences airflow *over* the car, not *under*
Hope that's clear now.
I 100% understood your question, loud and clear.
My answer is still the same. IMO, and nothing more the spoiler will effect air over the car very little. I was only making reference to mudflaps!
Hope someone else has a before/after knowledge or a degree in aerodynamics.
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