Carmate R34 Gt-r Style Spoilers

[Jonno34]

Hey guys

Just looked at the gtr spoilers carmate have on their site

not too sure how the quality on these are like, has anyone bought them before?

pics are below

apparently their all different heights.. not too sure on the quality and final look but they are a good price

[Jonno34]

crap sorry added the last picture twice

[stevenified]

carmate stuff aint too bad

Edited June 12, 2009 by stevenified

[Wacky Dee]

its luck of the draw ..in general, their stuff seems to be of average quality but their workmanship (fittment and painting) is an absolute joke. Trial fit anything before you buy..

[GTR-N1]

+1 from experience.

Trial Fit > Satisfied? > Pay $ for reasonably good product at cheap price > Get your own painter.

You can PM me if you want...

[ShyBoi]

carmate stuff i had a front bar didnt line up under drivers headlight, rear bar didnt fit correctly on the rear with gaps...lot of work but as said above with spoiler on two spots really need to line up for fitment so not much chance of problems compared to bars and skirts...pricing they are good quality just luck of the draw

[Yo-Yo]

my old r34 had a carmate spoiler on it, get the low mount one, it does get in the way of rear vision but it's not too bad

I've seen the high mount one on a GT-t and it was ridiculously high, funny looking

it did the job and the bolt holes lined up so I'm happy, that's as far as i'd go to putting fibreglass on my car personally, not a fan of fibreglass bodykits

Edited June 12, 2009 by Yo-Yo

[GTR-N1]

Does the CarMate version have an adjustable rear fin?

I agree with getting the low-mount one only.

Since CarMate sell F/G, run your hand over it to check that there are no ripples. If it's smoooooooth, and once it's painted, no-one will know the difference if it's F/G or Plastic. Rear fin could have a C/F look to it (or bronze).

[Jonno34]

alright cheers guys, thanks for the pics

it looks like it'd turn out pretty good once fitted and sprayed, was worried about how the final product looked, but that looks fine

im currently using the stock gt wing, and even that gets in the way of the rear view mirror a bit, but not really a problem for me, but i'd definitely get the low one, it looks like a good height from the pictures too.

[Jonno34]

alright cheers guys, thanks for the pics

it looks like it'd turn out pretty good once fitted and sprayed, was worried about how the final product looked, but that looks fine

im currently using the stock gt wing, and even that gets in the way of the rear view mirror a bit, but not really a problem for me, but i'd definitely get the low one, it looks like a good height from the pictures too.

[Jonno34]

alright cheers guys, thanks for the pics

it looks like it'd turn out pretty good once fitted and sprayed, was worried about how the final product looked, but that looks fine

im currently using the stock gt wing, and even that gets in the way of the rear view mirror a bit, but not really a problem for me, but i'd definitely get the low one, it looks like a good height from the pictures too.

[JGTC]

Hey CJ, that Carmate wing you had on your old R34, how did they make they blade look like carbon fibre? Did you get them to paint and fit it? It looks nice on your car and i'd consider getting it

Cheers

[Jonno34]

yeah i was wondering about that too, the carbon fibre look is great, looks like its meant to be

you can buy carbon fibre wrapping paper, but i doubt that was how it was done, it looks wayy too good for that

[R34P3R]

do you have any full car pics or anything with teh wing. wanting to know how it looks like on the whole car and whats the difference in those 3 heights

[Wacky Dee]

How sturdy is this thing ? Not sure it'd be so great if instead of creating downforce it ripped off and flew away into someone's windshield at high speed...

[Jonno34]

How sturdy is this thing ? Not sure it'd be so great if instead of creating downforce it ripped off and flew away into someone's windshield at high speed...

haha yeah i guess that is another thing to consider, it really cant be that bad though can it?

carmate is a pretty big site too, im sure they wouldnt sell stuff that is likely to fly off while driving .. or would they :|

R34P3R the pictures up on the first post of the pics go from low to highest. unfortunately they only show the high spoiler actually installed on the car. I prefer a low-medium spoiler personally, not really into ones that go too high.

[GTR-N1]

Use this as a reference if you like...

From the boot to the bottom of the convex curve of my front/fixed fin it's 113mm.

[Yo-Yo]

to answer a few extra questions posed...

rear fin came c/f not real carbon but fibreglass with c/f top, kind of like how some c/f bonnets come.

wing was not adjustable, but at least it looked like it could lol

wing is sturdy, I live in western sydney so pot holes are a way of life, and I'm a lead foot too, it held up very well

that being said I am very iffy of carmates quality, as I said before that's as far as i'd go to putting fibreglass on my car

the wing was sturdy though so I was happy with it, you could place a bit of force with your hand in the middle of the wing and it wouldn't bend

I had it painted from a friend and fitted the wing myself, make sure you have some silicon or double sided tape to place around the bolt holes on the boot so no water leaks in

the only one that looks good is the low mount imo

Edited June 14, 2009 by Yo-Yo

[Jonno34]

that looks real good mate