2008 Mitsubishi Evo GSR: When Ghetto is Better Than Ricey

I dunno. Those holes look nasty. And will the water go into the trunk or the drip channel? What am I saying? This is SoCal. It never rains here.

I don't like the "rice" look, but in this case I think the spoiler worked just fine.

Looks better with out. Less attention.

You can take out those black clips with a flat head very carefully. Does need to be dropped more though.

just do a trunk swap with someone

I preferred it with the spoiler.

Wow...the look of the car has totally changed(but I do like). I too have a Evo(with the wing removed and have never looked back...wait a second my wing is in my back seats as well.--LOL)

Question: is the Evo X wing made of CF?

That looks quite clean without the spoiler actually, I like it. Too bad you now need a trunk lid swap of some sort to fix those holes; it's certainly not a permanent solution.

MUCH cleaner without the spoiler. The spoiler just mucks up the nice flowing line from roof, down rear window, to trunk lid. There are very few cars that I think a tacked-on plastic spoiler appendage makes look better. I much prefer the cleaner Euro look.

You can just get some vynal circles cut out to cover then. Been like that on my evo for a year, no issues.

Its going to be hard to find a trunk swap.

Now it looks cheap. Get one of 'em Decklid Spoilers.

Now re-rice it and install a carbon fiber trunk!

My PC antenna have tuned in on your slang....not really PC, no?

Funny nontheless. Better without - will it just rain into the trunk now though?

car has a tall back end either way. however, i'd say the lack of center caps on the wheels beats the spoiler on the tackiness scale.

The car looks worse without the spoiler. I think people love to hate on the spoiler, but check out a base Lancer sometime that doesn't have one - it looks lame.

I think a decklid could be the way to go though.

Um........yeah.......... put that thing back on! Seriously! It cant be that ricy being stock. Now if you have removed the factroy unit and put one of those GT Shopping cart wings on, then yeah Ricy!

Kill the wing. I'm curious to see how much the loss of downforce would increase overall top speed. I volunteer to head out to El Mirage with a socket wrench.

now it's a stealth car but the holes have got to go.

But the spoiler makes the car go faster!

I hate spoilers. Good riddance. The only ones that are that look good are the little lip spoilers. Personally I "love" trucks and minivans with spoilers. That's always good for a laugh.

without the wing the car's roof line is messed up, and the rear bumper looks all wrong. take the stock one off, but put something less intrusive back on.

"When ghetto is better than ricey"....
There's a difference between the two?

Those tall spoilers are practically worthless. They're only offered as OEM accessories for the "F&F" wannabes.

Yeah, I saw some tool in a new M3 and he had some ghetto German tuner spoiler tacked on the trunk. It just killed the car. I just shook my head. The only thing worse than big spoilers are fake port holes and fake hood scoops.

Just for kicks, how about swapping the long term MR's spoiler onto the GSR's trunk. The black spoiler might fool people into thinking it is carbon fiber.

It looks terrible without the spoiler.

The high-mounted taillights need visual mass above them or the car's rear end looks out of balance. The decklid is also very plain compared to the rest of the car, when the spoiler's off.

Looks like you've now got six holes in your trunk, and one in your head! C'mon, had that been the even larger/taller spoiler, then I'm on board, but news flash: Your's is the smaller of the two, and now you've got a Lexus IS look-a-like.
Congratulations!
-Chuck

If you're complaining about an Evo looking ricey, then, well, you're driving the wrong car.

These cars are meant to be ricey! It's what makes them what they are!

Nice work! It looks a lot better without.

To plug the holes, use some rubber buttonhead plugs or the trunk swap is a good idea. I'm sure someone out there would love to swap and get that goofy spoiler.

The holes do not bother me. no one is going to notice it and any plug is better than that useless spoiler.

I always liked the no wing look. For a street car, looks better for me. Although for a race track, I like to have a "real" wing on a car.

I always pull wings off GT-R's. I take them off, and then someone else puts them back on.

http://rbmotorsports.blogspot.com/2009/02/rb-motorsports-r324-111128-mph.html

http://www.gtrusablog.com/2008/10/rbs-project-r324-pictures.html

I saw an older EVO that pulled off the giant spoiler and just had a little lip spoiler on the rear. It looked great.
maybe that would be a good option as well.

Smaller spoiler = lame & useless.

Larger spoiler = ricey but proper on an Evo.

If you look at all the previous generations of the Lan Evo (sans first one), they all have a tall spoiler. These cars have been doing the tall spoiler before ridiculous neon-painted examples have been seen in Paul Walker movies. They are necessary to achieve proper downforce on shorter wheelbased sedans.

I would put on a lower spoiler.

all you need now is to drive by Home Depot or Lowes and get some plastic plugs of some sort to cover the holes.

"They are necessary to achieve proper downforce on shorter wheelbased sedans."

bwahahahaahahaha

seriously tho....

bwhahahahahaah

I cant see the stock evo wing doing much, because really, its pretty flat.

A true wing needs to have a good degree of angle. Plus all the spoilers everyone makes fun of, are the spoilers. ACR Viper, and time attack cars all have those rediculously tall wings. To get a wing to actually be effective you need to get it out of the cars slip stream.

That's what I would do if I owned one. Now plug up those holes before you get water in there.

Can't remember if you guys bought this car or not, but if you did, have the holes filled at a bump shop and respray the trunk lid.

"ricey" is not cool for a white dude to say.

I think the evo looks better with out the wing.As far as the holes go I do belive RRM makes a trunk lip that has covers to go over the holes.But the lip is carbin fiber, which should be painted to match the car in my opinion.

I don't car how it looks. It's going back on before it goes head to head with the GT-R if I'm driving. Don't lose the hardware you monkey.

Josh

The small lip spoiler from the Lancer ES would be perfect.

Jay, can you chime in with the approximate change in rear downforce on the car? I also think the amount of lift under the front end at speed would be affected, too.

Your Evo's definitely more "stealthy", though the trunk-lid holes would need covering.

No wing means one less part for tool-happy strippers to steal from your Evo!

"They are necessary to achieve proper downforce on shorter wheelbased sedans."

...on a race track or drag strip.

Has anyone measured the downforce this small wing really provides? Does the car's rear squat down another inch or two at freeway speeds?

WITHOUT THE SPOILER FTW!

wingless is always better.

Much, MUCH!!! better without the wing.

Thank you scott for screwing up a good car. If you didn't want a spoiler, why didn't you just drive the FIT or the Ford crap you guys have.

here is an explanation of why the evo's wing is the way it is:

http://www.mitsubishi-motors.com/corporate/about_us/technology/review/e/pdf/2008/20e_08.pdf

Um, neither "ghetto" nor "ricey" is cool for any dude to say.

good link jondimellow!

home depot has plastic hole plugs in varying sizes that you can plug the holes with and use some touch up paint on.

common method on the mustang forums for people who do the spoiler delete and don't want to pay $400 to take it to a body shop.

not perfect, but definitely passable.

I vote for a lip spoier!

+1 lip spoiler is needed.

Can't argue with you guys whether it looks better or not. Personally I like the big spoiler on the Evo and I think it looks like a Mazda 3 without it, but I'm 23 and I like big wings.

Those who think the spoiler is just dead weight, the wing is actually functional on the track. If Edmunds goal for the Evo GSR is to beat the GTR on a track, they're going to need a bigger wing which is worth about 0.5 to 1s around the track. (and probably a front spoiler as well)

without the spoiler the car will get better mpgs, have better visibility and be faster on the track without the drag of the picnic table on the trunklid.

"without the spoiler the car will get better mpgs, have better visibility and be faster on the track without the drag of the picnic table on the trunklid."

I'm sure that's why race cars put big wings in the back, to slow the car down. How much do you think the aerodynamic forces slow down the car in accelerating vs providing downforce and stability during cornering?

Put on the MR spoiler :)

It's weird reading the American site as in Australia, the spoiler you guys have on your GSR Evo is equivalent to our regular Lancer spoiler hence it doesn't seem very purposeful. Same for Ralliart Lancer (the turbo AWD Lancer).

For all of the Evo's here, we have the high-rise spoiler. Some call it tacky or ricey but I think it balances out the rear end very nicely. If you take it off on this car, the rear looks really unbalanced even if it is very clean as per the above.

If you need a boot lid swap, maybe buy a CF bootlid? They aren't too expensive but look the part- or you could just paint it to match the car and it will look like it never had a spoiler to begin with.

I think it's lame. Can I haz Rear spoiler plz.

Ricey and Ghetto are stereotypes that can be avoided. Completely disgusting