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Old 02-22-2008, 06:00 PM
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Question The way Spoon should have designed our hard top

Is there any hope left for us to have a "real" coupe conversion?

Good for the Porsche guys


986 Porsche Boxster with Zeintec removable hard top "Cayman style":




















Cayman vs. Boxster with Zeintec hard top:



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Looks slick but instead they made it look like this

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i still wonder why spoon made an ugly tail thingy at the end of their hardtops?
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wowww thats reaaaallly nice, looks better than the cayman
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i think it looks hideous, the windows look out of proportion...
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nice i like it.
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Originally Posted by inmys2k,Feb 22 2008, 07:03 PM
i still wonder why spoon made an ugly tail thingy at the end of their hardtops?
It's for aerodynamics.The airfoil smoothly slopes upwards so the wind pushes down on the car over the rear wheels for traction.
Spoon doesn't make parts that serve no racing purpose
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wow that top makes the boxster looks X100 times better than what it was and better than the cayman
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siiick thanks, ill let my dad know about this
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Originally Posted by leester01,Feb 22 2008, 09:53 PM
It's for aerodynamics.The airfoil smoothly slopes upwards so the wind pushes down on the car over the rear wheels for traction.
Spoon doesn't make parts that serve no racing purpose
exactly what i was thinking....

function over fashion my friend....IIRC Spoon's S-Tai body kit was on their race car before being sold to the public...so that would mean that the parts were engineered for the track and not to look good on the street


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