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Old Mar 1, 2010 | 02:59 AM
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The wing on my V shakes and moves a lot. It's an Evo VI wing though. A lot bigger than a IX. It's probably going to snap off soon...
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Old Mar 1, 2010 | 04:16 AM
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done 160+ on my IX, no issues so far
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Old Mar 1, 2010 | 04:39 AM
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My Evo VIII ran 167mph on Pocono's long course with no trouble for the stock wing.

A competitor was towing his MR on a open trailer when a tractor trailer retread flew over his truck and struck the Evo's rear wing. It broke it clean right in the middle. They spent the entire weekend trying to re-enforce it with strips of wood and aluminum but it kept caving in with track speeds over 150mph.
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Old Mar 1, 2010 | 04:52 AM
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wow

lol just took mine off saturday
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Old Mar 1, 2010 | 05:06 AM
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The Evo IX wing is designed to handle the higher speeds with no problem, got to be some more to this failures than just driving fast. I had my evo go past 150 few times at the track with no problems.
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Old Mar 1, 2010 | 07:27 AM
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Is the carbon fiber part hollow on the VIII's like on the IX?
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Old Mar 1, 2010 | 09:00 AM
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this is the first time im hearing this wow wing flying off thats not good at all and vg flying of doing 70 thats even worse, i think its time to just remove them both
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Old Mar 1, 2010 | 09:02 AM
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Mine actually has a hair line crack in it that's why I took it off.
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Old May 4, 2010 | 05:11 PM
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mine broke...doing 155 with 35mph head winds

I've gone faster before with out any issues

I have the Mr wing
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Old May 4, 2010 | 07:08 PM
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wow, this is very interesting. First time I heard about this. I've gone 80+ without any issues. Next time I'm going to pay attention to the wing when driving.
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Old May 4, 2010 | 07:13 PM
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i think something else sets it off first, and then it becomes vulnerable - mine formed a crack after being outside in the cold winter for long periods of time - never noticed. then driving at high speeds the car's wing actually bent
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Old May 4, 2010 | 07:42 PM
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i've done 155 on many occasions with no issues, 135-140 even more often with no issues.
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Old May 8, 2010 | 10:29 PM
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135 every now and then with no problems.
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Old May 8, 2010 | 10:30 PM
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However i will look in the rear view to se if i can see and visible deflection in the wing when going that fast from now on.
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Old May 9, 2010 | 01:08 AM
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That's some ****ing bull****, I would call my stealership and warranty that ****. That is ****ing unacceptable.

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