Ground Effects ... ye or nay?

[Niky]

Most of ya'll know, I just bought my car a few weeks ago. I really like the way ground effects look on my year 'maro. However, not too sure to go stock or somethin' different. Any opinions?? About how much do they run?!? Thanks ...

[user1101]

Teal w/ Ground Effects 1
Teal w/ Ground Effects 2
Teal w/ Ground Effects 3

Body kits go for about $500-$700 new. Plan on spending a few $100 more for paint and install.

Yes, they look nice if they're not overdone.

[Sean37]

Newwayautosports.com has brand new wings west kits for about $480 shipped to your door. There's the wings west F1 style which is exactly the same as the RS kit, and then there's also the W-type kit which I have. The W-type kit looks great, but it restricts airflow to the radiator too much in my opinion and causes the car to constantly run very hot. WW includes a bigger air deflector which goes under the bumper, but the thing hangs down way too low even for stock ride height (it will scrape on the slightest dips in the road). And if you try to trim it down, then you're not getting enough air. I would recommend the F1 kit, or maybe a combination F1/W-kit. My plan is to get the F1 front piece with the rest of the pieces from the W-type I already have.

There's also a Xenon kit, DG Motorsports, Vizage, and RKSport has some kits too. But those ones are a bit more expensive than the WW kits at new way. Some of them look like they might impair cooling like my kit does, so be careful which one you choose.

Expect to spend around $1000 for the kit, paint, and install.

[SamG97Camaro]

www.octanemotorsports.com I love the vizage gfx kit

[Loochy88]

Originally posted by Sean37:
Newwayautosports.com has brand new wings west kits for about $480 shipped to your door. There's the wings west F1 style which is exactly the same as the RS kit, and then there's also the W-type kit which I have. The W-type kit looks great, but it restricts airflow to the radiator too much in my opinion and causes the car to constantly run very hot. WW includes a bigger air deflector which goes under the bumper, but the thing hangs down way too low even for stock ride height (it will scrape on the slightest dips in the road). And if you try to trim it down, then you're not getting enough air. I would recommend the F1 kit, or maybe a combination F1/W-kit. My plan is to get the F1 front piece with the rest of the pieces from the W-type I already have.

There's also a Xenon kit, DG Motorsports, Vizage, and RKSport has some kits too. But those ones are a bit more expensive than the WW kits at new way. Some of them look like they might impair cooling like my kit does, so be careful which one you choose.

Expect to spend around $1000 for the kit, paint, and install.

My car has always been fine with the w-type kit. the air scoop is supposed to scrape now and then. the front piece rarely does. just watch out for parking stumps.