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#46571 Sep 19, 8:25pm
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wow roofscoops are only like $80 and if you dont have a moonroof they can look very nice, what do you guys think of this (and by the way you will be paying like $300 in painting and molding)


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It looks ok but i wouldnt put it on my car.

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Cool! but would much rather have a sunroof!!


here is another pic...
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Originally Posted by Angelica
Cool! but would much rather have a sunroof!!


here is another pic...

Oh god, I wouldve told that fat chick to move before I took that pic.

I rather have a sunroof too thumbsup


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I personally have a problem roof scoops on front engine cars.

It's so obviouse that it is completely non-functional that when I look at it, instead of thinking "cool" I automatically and instinctively think "why?". confused

I don't have a problem with non-functional things on a car that could potentially be functional, like people with Celica's who mold side vents into their car for example. When I see side vents on a car my brain accepts it because vents in that location could provide cooling to the rear brakes, but when I see a roof scoop on a front engine car my brain thinks "hmmm, I wonder where that air is going?". spineyes

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Originally Posted by chameleon
I wonder where that air is going?". spineyes

To cool the subs in the back... j/k

yea its just cosmetic

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Originally Posted by RacerX225
Originally Posted by Angelica
Cool! but would much rather have a sunroof!!


here is another pic...

Oh god, I wouldve told that fat chick to move before I took that pic.

I rather have a sunroof too thumbsup

Sorry I couldn't move fast enough!!

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okay... not my taste but interesting enough


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Originally Posted by Angelica
Originally Posted by RacerX225
Originally Posted by Angelica
Cool! but would much rather have a sunroof!!


here is another pic...

Oh god, I wouldve told that fat chick to move before I took that pic.

I rather have a sunroof too thumbsup

Sorry I couldn't move fast enough!!

rofl


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I also think it looks silly on a front engine car. Lame.

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hmmm...not a fan either. definitely stick with a moon roof or nothing rather than one of them...my 2c

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lo0ks kinda odd with a roof scoop and a hood scoop...

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looks neat...
but serves no purpose for a celica.


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Originally Posted by IcEd blUe
wow roofscoops are only like $80 and if you dont have a moonroof they can look very nice, what do you guys think of this (and by the way you will be paying like $300 in painting and molding)

Hm...not really my cup of tea...I think it takes away from the car a little..BUT where did you get that pic? That car looks oddly familiar

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wonder how some rally cars have those roof scoops?
wut's that used for? stable the car or cool the rear brakes?! confused


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Originally Posted by Elec-FuYu
wonder how some rally cars have those roof scoops?
wut's that used for? stable the car or cool the rear brakes?! confused


My guess would be that it's for extra cooling of the interior. Because they want to minimize the weight of the car a lot of the original vents, pipings and fan will be removed. But I'm just guessing.

A few months ago on Eurosport I saw a bird coming into the rallycar thru the roofscoop. It was shot with the onboard camera. The driver himself didn't even notice it.

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too f&F for me.

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the only cars that should have roofscoops are midengine and rear engine cars. there is a mr-2 with the scoops, and they are functional. but ya a scoop on the celi is just ewww. when i first opened the hood of my car i was like what the hell is that scoop for. but then i followed the routing, so it is used for cooling just like the side scoops for brakes


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looks cool...not functional...rice thumbsdown

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Originally Posted by Marco_L
Originally Posted by Elec-FuYu
wonder how some rally cars have those roof scoops?
wut's that used for? stable the car or cool the rear brakes?! confused


My guess would be that it's for extra cooling of the interior. Because they want to minimize the weight of the car a lot of the original vents, pipings and fan will be removed. But I'm just guessing.

A few months ago on Eurosport I saw a bird coming into the rallycar thru the roofscoop. It was shot with the onboard camera. The driver himself didn't even notice it.
Yeah exactly, its used in ralley cars since they have no AC to get cool air into the cabin...

I think it looks neat, but then again Im a HUGE fan of Rallying and so Im into the whole "rally car look"...

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looks neat...
yet again...RICE if it serves no purpose...


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Originally Posted by swthrtracer
Originally Posted by Marco_L
Originally Posted by Elec-FuYu
wonder how some rally cars have those roof scoops?
wut's that used for? stable the car or cool the rear brakes?! confused


My guess would be that it's for extra cooling of the interior. Because they want to minimize the weight of the car a lot of the original vents, pipings and fan will be removed. But I'm just guessing.

A few months ago on Eurosport I saw a bird coming into the rallycar thru the roofscoop. It was shot with the onboard camera. The driver himself didn't even notice it.
Yeah exactly, its used in ralley cars since they have no AC to get cool air into the cabin...

I think it looks neat, but then again Im a HUGE fan of Rallying and so Im into the whole "rally car look"...
icic~now i know wut's it for thumbsup


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rice.

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I also think it looks silly on a front engine car. Lame.

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not for me. reminds me of hood spoilers too much puke


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Most of them are just for show...they don't have a function thumbsup

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first of all if you dont have a fast car,than dont make it look fast!that kinda makes you a poser thumbsdown spend money on makeing it fast and then worry about scoops and vents.


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Originally Posted by clockwork
first of all if you dont have a fast car,than dont make it look fast!that kinda makes you a poser thumbsdown spend money on makeing it fast and then worry about scoops and vents.

rofl true, and then some riced out civic comes and beats your ass in a race rofl

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Originally Posted by clockwork
first of all if you dont have a fast car,than dont make it look fast!that kinda makes you a poser thumbsdown spend money on makeing it fast and then worry about scoops and vents.

a hood scope on a celica is only going to hinder the performance.

Where is the air going to go, and what kinda racket are you going to hear in teh cockpit driving 120+

Oh wait, most people never use their Rice, they just like to show it off rofl


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For reals though, where is all that air supposed to go when you're going extremely fast? Watch that thing is going to get so much air in it and create so much drag it's going to rip off the roof.

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first of all if you dont have a fast car,than dont make it look fast!that kinda makes you a poser thumbsdown spend money on makeing it fast and then worry about scoops and vents.

a hood scope on a celica is only going to hinder the performance.

Where is the air going to go, and what kinda racket are you going to hear in teh cockpit driving 120+

Oh wait, most people never use their Rice, they just like to show it off rofl

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true buts is a pretty small scoop..dunnoe if it'd be too much of an issue with the air/wind

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Originally Posted by ev3
true buts is a pretty small scoop..dunnoe if it'd be too much of an issue with the air/wind

doesn't matter, it's still going to cause drag.


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I think it's really bad for all of the above reasons.


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Originally Posted by IcEd blUe
wow roofscoops are only like $80 and if you dont have a moonroof they can look very nice, what do you guys think of this (and by the way you will be paying like $300 in painting and molding)
wouldnt this cause drag? confused


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Roof scoops on front wheel drive or rally cars are used to pressurize the interior. It helps keep dirt and dust from coming inside. So if your on a back road or a dirt track, it would be very funtional. As far as it being rice or someone hacking on it. They've probably never driven on a dirt track or raced much for that matter. So if you like it that's all that matters.

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