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Old Jun 23, 2009 | 08:52 AM
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Taking the opportunity to upgrade to a aftermarket set up, including carbon trunk lid.
Old Jun 23, 2009 | 12:27 PM
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Sorry to hear about Mitsu but not surprised in the slightest. They deny everything
Old Jun 23, 2009 | 03:18 PM
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upgrade your insurance. take off the wing. wait a month. and claim it. then do what you want with the money. get an OEM one. or go to vegas! haha
Old Jun 24, 2009 | 02:24 AM
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damn. That is crazy!
Old Jun 24, 2009 | 06:28 PM
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that didn't happen from the wind. Someone karate chopped your wing. Unfortunately, it's happened to me before
Old Jun 24, 2009 | 06:34 PM
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damn that sucks... i would supect Mitsu would not give you another one. they have become real **** about what is warranty work and what is 'grey' warranty work (this means that if you can pay out of pocket for a quick turn around... they wont warranty it).

GL... I would get another used one or something from the rexpeed collection.
Old Dec 13, 2010 | 11:35 PM
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Bringing this back from the dead, i got another evo9 and again doing a top speed run it broke!!! This time had a passenger with me! He was like WTF, i knew exactly what happened. Damn again!
Old Dec 13, 2010 | 11:37 PM
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Get a Evo 8 wing there stronger
Old Dec 14, 2010 | 12:04 AM
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or get apr gtc or voltex wings LOL
Old Dec 14, 2010 | 12:13 AM
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I know. Thats what i did on my other evo. Evo8 wings definetely much stronger.
Old Dec 14, 2010 | 12:30 AM
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this whole situation sounds like a bunch of BS. that guy from like page 2 that said he's seen this a bunch of times and it was because of the gurney flap (which is a factory installed option btw) was full of ****.

I've been up to 155+ in my car more times than I can count, and it has seen speeds of over 100mph daily since I bought it new 5 years ago. 172k+ miles, and my wing has never shown any signs of fatigue.

something's missing from this story.
Old Dec 14, 2010 | 01:05 AM
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Originally Posted by Pirana
Ok here is the deal. I was running a little fast. Faster than normal. Also had a good head wind. I will say it was not hit or broken before the run. I keep pretty good taps on my cars. At least someone has verified that it has happened before. Thanks guys.


dude some1 had to ****ed with it i have seen evo car crashes and only whe wing survives when the rest of the cars ****ked
Old Dec 14, 2010 | 01:47 AM
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lol ... so whats the real deal?

ive had my car thru numerous touchless car washes ... look at the rear view mirror when you go thru the dryer... whole damn wing vibrate and looks like its going to fly off

back on track, 140 mph runs... wing still there, no cracks no nothing

... andd i eat tacos on it when the taco truck seating area is full
Old Dec 14, 2010 | 02:06 AM
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Go through insurance thats what I did, and I got me a little lip through ebay saved ALOT of money.
Old Dec 14, 2010 | 05:19 AM
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... andd i eat tacos on it when the taco truck seating area is full
Damn! Lol!



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