As we all know, the infamous ARC company is gone. Well, I always wanted to rock the ARC winglets but I won't pay the mark up on others selling a used product for over or near bnib.

Would you still rock the replicas?

DevSport winglets

I asked if it can come without the decals and verified. That is at least a positive!

 

I hate almost all the ARC products so no; but if you have always wanted them and won't pay for the real thing (the reason ARC went out of business) then replicas are your only option.

 

http://www.arc-brazing.co.jp/

 

:buys fake rolex:

 

Aero is aero. The air doesn't care what sticker is on the side.

 

No offense but that's like saying the Evo 9 wing is the same as the 8 wing because they look the same, all parts are not created equal (caveat I have no idea the build quality of either brand in question when put siide by side)

 

its designed to do the same, only difference is one is full carbon and one is not.

 

I have the arc winglets on my car. Honestly, you're just paying for the stickers. Try to find the stickers somewhere else. I'm not sure the material, but it's not that impressive. It reminds me of hard plastic

 

That's my point it may be designed to do the same but it's been proven that the 9 wing is weaker

 

Sorry dude. We're talking aerodynamics. The air dgaf what the material is made of, it cares what shape the foil is.

The Evo 9 wing isn't weaker in terms of aero either, or you've seen something I haven't. But you are correct that the 9 wing is hollow on the sides as well as the airfoil. But when lift is being created, the pressure is distributed evenly across the foil (generalizing here).

I could easily place a very small, but very massive 50 lb weight in the center of my wing, and watch it distort, and possibly crack, but 50lbs of lift distributed across the wing evenly is nothing at all.

You're also correct about material differences, but again... the air doesn't care.

 

They only make a small lineup compared to what they used it.

 

What actually made me think of it is near the top of the motorsports section there is a thread on an Evo 9 wing failure on track

 

I pretty much despise ARC and ARC-bandwagon effect on Evom..... based on that, I would stay away from any product that could be mistaken for an ARC product.

 

Interesting read... hadn't seen it until you mentioned it.

I threw a post up in there (it's on page 4). I think maybe my comments should be put in further context here.

I wouldn't say that the Evo 9 wing is necessarily weaker than the 8, but it is certainly lighter weight, and therefore uses less material. The individual in that thread also applied his own version of a gurney flap, which, in all likelihood, could've contributed heavily to the failure.

A stock wing under 150mph relative wind speed though should hold up just fine.

But good find!

 

9 is WEAKER

https://www.evolutionm.net/forums/ev...ng-debate.html