You won't even be able to "see" girls at 170 mph anyway.

 

Good point

 

doesn't a front lip just slow the car down? I thought it's only advantage is looks and possibly adds stability during high-speed braking...this true??

I know you guys were talking all new front end but I'm talking front lip.

 

lips and spoilers do give some additional drag.. but have a big influence on positive/negative lift of the car.. you want the air over the car and not under it -

 

While a rear lip spolier may add a small amount of drag...it actually reduces a larger amount of drag behind the car. A large portion of the drag on a car is a result of the turbulet eddy that develops behind the rear bumper. A small rear spoiler can clean this air up a bit and provide a smoother separation that will reduce the drag. Without getting too complicated...

I am not refering to a whale-tail, but rather a BMW M3 style spoiler here.

With the front end, the less air that travels under the car, the better. A front spoiler will add more frontal area, but it may potentially reduce drag elsewhere enough to have a negative net effect on the overall drag.

Of course, none of these lip/wing effects really come into play until 70/80+ mph, so most of them are for looks alone.

 

I'm over 80mph every day so I'm thinking maybe I should get some of these items.