Is the rear spoiler on the Laguna Seca,a bolt on to the regular Boss 302?
Jim
Jim
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Laguna Seca rear spoiler
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Yes and no. The stock spoiler has four holes. The LS spoiler has eight holes and uses the four holes from the original spoiler. Some people have not drilled the four extra holes to mount the spoiler since it also uses adhesive tape. Personally if I installed the LS spoiler I'd drill the holes. Member 2012Boss installed a non OEM LS spoiler and has a thread on the subject somewhere here.
I'm planning on installing a GT500 spoiler and it uses the same four holes as the stock Boss spoiler.
I'm planning on installing a GT500 spoiler and it uses the same four holes as the stock Boss spoiler.
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thanks for the info.not sure what I,m going to do? haven,t got the car yet...hopefully by the end of July.
Jim
Jim
I did not get the Ford LS/CS spoiler but a replica from Sportwing. At least with mine you need to drill out all the hole of the spoiler will not sit flush, it may with the Ford piece but I can not say since I did not install that one. Just based on the design I would doubt it will be much different. I had it installed at first with the four rear holes and the two forward inside holes. You could see a little gap between the deck lid and the spoiler even with the tape. The bolts pull it flush to the lid.
Putting aside the 302S wing, the three spoilers people are talking about are the Steeda, LS/CS and GT500 wings. The steeda wing is a beautiful piece but looks like the most work as I think it requires different mounting holes all around. The LS spoiler looks great and I would guess (IMHO) it would give you most benefit on the track, the draw back is drilling four extra holes and the loss of visibility out the back, you can not see cars a good ten car lengths behind you so you need to rely more on your side mirrors. The GT wing I think will give you a little more down force then the base Ford spoiler, very easy to install but (to me) does not stand out as much as the other two wings, still looks nice but more suttle.
Putting aside the 302S wing, the three spoilers people are talking about are the Steeda, LS/CS and GT500 wings. The steeda wing is a beautiful piece but looks like the most work as I think it requires different mounting holes all around. The LS spoiler looks great and I would guess (IMHO) it would give you most benefit on the track, the draw back is drilling four extra holes and the loss of visibility out the back, you can not see cars a good ten car lengths behind you so you need to rely more on your side mirrors. The GT wing I think will give you a little more down force then the base Ford spoiler, very easy to install but (to me) does not stand out as much as the other two wings, still looks nice but more suttle.
BTW since my post below I've changed my mind and now have a LS spoiler on order. I'll paint it white.
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The steeda wing definitely is the most work, but I think it fits the car really well.
5 DOT 0 said:
Hey do I get credit for that like the floor mats or are you going to credit some Ford engineer just because they know more then me???
The latter.2012Boss said:
You do get credit for the floor mats though.
cloud9
Gary
I ordered mine today. I suppose I should tell the wife :-\
Did you order it through your dealer? I ordered mine through CJPony and it's on back order with an ETA to them early next week and then another week to me. They shipped my wheels today. Are you going to install it or your dealer? If you do it please take install photos for me. ;D
cloud9
Gary
Ordered through my dealer sales manager. His body shop is going to paint it and he's going to install it for me at his house. He installed one on his 5.0 already. He's also going to help me cut the fogs and put in the mesh. He pulled the fogs on his 5.0 and installed the mesh. It looks great. Seemed to help at BIR this weekend based on the comparison of IAT to ambient.5 DOT 0 said:
cloud9 said:
All that should look good, I am surprised you were not the first one with a new wing on the Boss.
cloud9
Gary
LOL well as you can see all my mods are for performance. I didn't focus on the spoiler at first as I viewed it as mainly cosmetic. It wasn't until tiptoeing through Turns 1 and 2 at BIR at around 120-140 mph that I decided that the functional benefits of some additional downforce might help. That said, it does look pretty cool too2012Boss said:
cloud9
Gary
Spoiler came in today and the body shop already sprayed it.
DigiCowboy
Marc
cloud9 said:LOL well as you can see all my mods are for performance. I didn't focus on the spoiler at first as I viewed it as mainly cosmetic. It wasn't until tiptoeing through Turns 1 and 2 at BIR at around 120-140 mph that I decided that the functional benefits of some additional downforce might help. That said, it does look pretty cool too2012Boss said:
120-140 mph ... wow ... sounds like a blast, but I would probably put my car into the wall if I tried it
cloud9
Gary
Ok the new wing is on and IMO it's sweet ;D It is so much more massive (but not heavy) than the stock one, and I'm excited about the potential aero benefits at the track. I know there's been some discussion about using the GT500 spoiler as well, so I took some side by side shots comparing the two:
That looks great. Too bad Ford didn't offer the LS spoiler as an option since it is functional. The LS spoiler is supposed to have a bit more downforce than the current GT500 rear spoiler with the Gurney flap. My LS spoiler is still on back order.
Impressive, looks better than I thought it would...might be on my mod list for 2012...
cloud9
Gary
Man you've got everything on back order!5 DOT 0 said:
cloud9
Gary
Thanks Drew. It was one of the cheapest mods I've done. My dealer sold it to me for $268 plus I think $100 to paint it.ArizonaGT said:
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