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Who makes a really good carbon imitation GT3 wing and decklid?

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YOUR RESEARCHWho makes a really good carbon imitation GT3 wing and decklid?

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Perhaps if some wings are indeed filled with foam, it is just the carbon GT3 wings.

Who makes a really good carbon imitation GT3 wing and decklid?

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I don't know where OP thinks it's filled with foam.

Who makes a really good carbon imitation GT3 wing and decklid?
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Fill with foam like porsche wings

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The issue is that apparently aftermarket wings can change shape and become useless at high speed due to the air pressure, unless they are filled with foam like Porsche wings.

Who makes a really good carbon imitation GT3 wing and decklid?

Replace shape and become useless at high speed due

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The issue is that apparently aftermarket wings can change shape and become useless at high speed due to the air pressure, unless they are filled with foam like Porsche wings.

Who makes a really good carbon imitation GT3 wing and decklid?
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Perhaps if some wings are indeed filled with foam, it is just the carbon GT3 wings.

Who makes a really good carbon imitation GT3 wing and decklid?

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I don't know where OP thinks it's filled with foam.

Who makes a really good carbon imitation GT3 wing and decklid?

Fill with foam like porsche wings

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The issue is that apparently aftermarket wings can change shape and become useless at high speed due to the air pressure, unless they are filled with foam like Porsche wings.

Who makes a really good carbon imitation GT3 wing and decklid?

Replace shape and become useless at high speed due

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The issue is that apparently aftermarket wings can change shape and become useless at high speed due to the air pressure, unless they are filled with foam like Porsche wings.

Who makes a really good carbon imitation GT3 wing and decklid?
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Not quite as I remembered - shaking or vibrating, not changing shape - but still not good.

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POST 1 / ORIGINAL POSTEROriginal post

I�m interested in getting a carbon fiber imitation GT3 wing and decklid (engine lid) for my 996.2 � ideally a 996.2 GT3 wing or an adaptation of the 997.1 GT3 wing (not an RS wing). I know there are many imitations available and some are carbon. The issue is that apparently aftermarket wings can change shape and become useless at high speed due to the air pressure, unless they are filled with foam like Porsche wings. Anyone know of a good aftermarket wing and decklid that addresses this issue? Thanks! (P.S. I'm also considering a used GT3 wing, and I recently started another thread asking about that. Apologies for any redundancy, but it seems to me that each of these threads might attract the attention of a fair number of people who would no pay attention to the other one (for instance, aftermarket suppliers in this case.)

POST 3 / ORIGINAL POSTEROriginal post

Thanks, though I had the impression what while some of them make carbon wings, none of them make carbon engine lids. (I spent some time on some/all of their sites, though it was a while ago.) Which raises another thought. To find carbon engine lids and wings that don't collapse at high speed, maybe I'll need to buy the engine lid from one supplier and the wing at another. (And any suggestions about where to turn would also be greatly appreciated!)

POST 4Original post

What about the mk1 (taco) wing? I think that is carbon fiber from factory.

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Quotes source post: 13165636

Fiberglass if I'm not mistaken. I think there are versions where the center part is carbon fiber though?

POST 6Original post

Quotes source post: 13166240

Oem street wings (non cup) are all integrated into the decklids as one piece and they are all hollow core fiberglass. I don't know where OP thinks it's filled with foam. RS10, you seem to obsess over the most minute things that most likely will not make any negligible difference in the real world. Obviously that's your call but I do think your threads can go on and on for really little to no benefit than what's been said in the first few posts. That has just been my observation and not trying to be a jerk in any way. If you're trying to save that last 5-10% of weight over FRP and/or want the bare cf look, I would say it could be worth it for some but otherwise, I don't really see the cost/benefit. With that said, MA Shaw does take custom orders and can do any one of their wings in CF.

POST 7Original post

Quotes source posts: 13166911, 13166911

Yes, but will they make them out of potato chips (salt and vinegar, preferably)? -Eric

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Quotes source post: 13166950

Nah, it wouldn't be smooth enough and thus would create too much drag.

POST 9 / ORIGINAL POSTEROriginal post

Quotes source post: 13166911

I was pretty sure I read it here, but after an hour of searching, I still can't find it. Though searching for "wing foam" in 996 and 996 GT2/GT3 forums did lead to 228 threads and no, I didn't search them all. Or it could be another forum. Or it could be nonesense - though I'm 99.9% sure I saw it in a post and I had the impression the author knew what they were talking about. Alpine003, you said the street wings are hollow fiberglass. Perhaps if some wings are indeed filled with foam, it is just the carbon GT3 wings. That seems a bit counter intuitive though - if the weaker material (fiberglass) is strong enough that it wouldn't need any internal reinforcement, one would think the stronger one would be too - though some materials are stronger in some ways and weaker in others ... .

POST 10Original post

Quotes source post: 13166911

I understand that. When I referred the to 'the center part' I was referring to the airfoil.

POST 11 / ORIGINAL POSTEROriginal post

I may have found it, or at least something similar. A post by Torontoworker that I definitely read before: "If your buying used or off the internet - get lots of close up photos of different areas of the wing, inside and out and if they won't do that - walk away. Oh, and beware of the top wing blades that are hollow - ie, no foam inside - they shake/vibarate at highspeed." Not quite as I remembered - shaking or vibrating, not changing shape - but still not good. Though perhaps he was referring only to imitations, and not to OEM wings.

POST 12 / ORIGINAL POSTEROriginal post

Quotes source posts: 13165636, 13166240

My understanding is that the the aerokit is all fiberglass (wing, supports, and decklid), and the GT3 version is all carbon.

POST 13Original post

Quotes source post: 13168650

I was referring to the the entire wing assembly including the airfoil as well. None of it came as cf from the factory on gt3 wings, only cup cars had this from the factory. The cf airfoils you see on some are aftermarket.

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