I have a beetle turbo with a retractable spoiler and a wing spoiler. I heard that having 2 spoilers is unsafe because it lifts the car going over 80mph. Is this true?
VW installed the retractable spoiler for a good reason. A manufacturer does not spend ResearchDevelopment $$ unless it is necessary. VW did preliminary wind tunnel tests and deemed it necessary that the NB would benefit from a rear mounted spoiler. Yes, a rear mounted spoiler will incrementally lift the front. But its primary purpose is to keep the rear firmly planted! You need not fret abt. the front lifting up! The NB has fully 70% of its weight up front. This information is based on ONE spoiler. The Factory designed only one! I honestly don t know what 2 spoilers would do to the aerodynamics of the car. I have never heard of a NB with 2 spoilers. Why would anyone add another? The engineers at VW only designed it with one retractable . For safety's sake, IMO I would remove the extra spoiler before leaving for LA. I trust VW engineers but not somebody else just arbitrarily adding something to a car.
well if you think about it lifting your front endit might spoilers are there to put pressure on the rear when you drive fast. they put the downforce on the cars so the rear gets more traction. im guessing if you have too much downforce.and your front end is too lightthen yeathe front might lift if you go to fast. and in your caseu got a little beetleso its really light. you might loose some traction while steering.
In severe cases yes. But your beetle is never going to hit speeds where those tiny spoilers will provide sufficient downforce to even remotely affect handling. Not to mention it's a FWD car with spoilers on the rear, so in reality they're probably negated by the body to provide just looks without performance.
In severe cases yes. But your beetle is never going to hit speeds where those tiny spoilers will provide sufficient downforce to even remotely affect handling. Not to mention it's a FWD car with spoilers on the rear, so in reality they're probably negated by the body to provide just looks without performance.
VW installed the retractable spoiler for a good reason. A manufacturer does not spend ResearchDevelopment $$ unless it is necessary. VW did preliminary wind tunnel tests and deemed it necessary that the NB would benefit from a rear mounted spoiler. Yes, a rear mounted spoiler will incrementally lift the front. But its primary purpose is to keep the rear firmly planted! You need not fret abt. the front lifting up! The NB has fully 70% of its weight up front. This information is based on ONE spoiler. The Factory designed only one! I honestly don t know what 2 spoilers would do to the aerodynamics of the car. I have never heard of a NB with 2 spoilers. Why would anyone add another? The engineers at VW only designed it with one retractable . For safety's sake, IMO I would remove the extra spoiler before leaving for LA. I trust VW engineers but not somebody else just arbitrarily adding something to a car.
well if you think about it lifting your front endit might spoilers are there to put pressure on the rear when you drive fast. they put the downforce on the cars so the rear gets more traction. im guessing if you have too much downforce.and your front end is too lightthen yeathe front might lift if you go to fast. and in your caseu got a little beetleso its really light. you might loose some traction while steering.
