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Spoilers on trucks?!?

Discussion in '2nd Gen. Tacomas (2005-2015)' started by Saskquatch11, May 4, 2011.

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Trucks with spoilers? (not limited to tacos)

Poll closed Jun 3, 2011.
  1. look good

    6 vote(s)
    2.2%
  2. provide much needed downforce

    12 vote(s)
    4.5%
  3. don't care, but not on my truck

    46 vote(s)
    17.2%
  4. super gay

    191 vote(s)
    71.3%
  5. I'm gay and I find the term "super gay" offensive

    13 vote(s)
    4.9%
  1. May 4, 2011 at 5:07 PM
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    Tacoyota

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    If you get the spoiler , then get the pink triple wipers too.Skip the truck nutz and put a rolled up white t-shirt sleeve with a string in it hanging out your trailer hitch.

    Now if you have a serious street truck ,down to the suspension and tires, perhaps. But it wont do anything for you unless its engineered for true down force and you go to the track.

    Grats to the bling makers who make this stuff up and make millions off of unused income. But who am i to speak , i might be paying $1000 on a kayak.
     
  2. May 4, 2011 at 5:18 PM
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    Nice pic that is more of a lip looks good! IMO
     
  3. May 4, 2011 at 5:26 PM
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    As far as I'm concerned spoilers on a truck fall in the same category as fake air vents, fake hood scoops, and windshield visors.
     
  4. May 4, 2011 at 5:35 PM
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    Yerp. As useless as tits on a bull. Spoilers have no function on anything that doesn't go at least 100 mph or so, most cars included. Wait, that's not true. They induce drag that reduces your mileage.

    Besides, spoilers get in the way of lumber. Oh, but maybe you only keep purses back there...
     
  5. May 4, 2011 at 6:06 PM
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    Saskquatch11

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  6. May 4, 2011 at 6:25 PM
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    MJonaGS32

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    don't care, but not on my truck.

    oh and

    I'm not gay, but I find the term "super gay" offensive
     
  7. May 4, 2011 at 6:28 PM
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    The blue one posted isn't bad... but most other spoilers look really dumb.
     
  8. May 4, 2011 at 6:32 PM
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    VanillaGorilla

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    Agreed. You're more likely to see a truck with a good looking lip instead of a damn SPOILer
     
  9. May 6, 2011 at 7:56 AM
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    I find the term "super gay" to be pretty scary.. It makes me think of a huge flamboyant gay guy with homosexual super powers..
     
  10. May 6, 2011 at 8:06 AM
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  11. May 6, 2011 at 8:06 AM
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    Added extra awesomeness to its original awesomeness.
    Like the X-Runner, I know they call it a spoiler but it is more of a lip to me.
     
  12. May 6, 2011 at 8:08 AM
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    I think it all depends on the truck. Xrunners the little spoiler like Coupe's and Xroller's look great but on a 4X4 I think they look bad.
     
  13. May 6, 2011 at 8:33 AM
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    id consider it just a lip
     
  14. May 6, 2011 at 8:35 AM
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    I lol'd
     
  15. May 6, 2011 at 8:44 AM
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    I like them on sport trucks on the Tonno but not on the bed with no cover.
     
  16. May 6, 2011 at 10:19 AM
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    I reeeaaaalllly wish I would have snapped a pic with my cell phone yesterday. We were behind a red full size truck with an open bed, a toolbox across the front and a roadrunner "Superbird" style spoiler in back. :eek: Couldn't see if he had the nose up front. ;)

    It was HUGE -from one side to the other. Larger than anything pictured in this thread. I guess the wing was 1' to 1.5' in width (front to back) and 1" in thickness. The sides were shaped so that it was much wider where it attached to the bed sides. We were in my wife's car so it was hard to judge but I swear the thing was high enough that it was mid cab, eye level height to the driver.

    I think I've seen something like that before. I was so mesmerized (and sun was in our eyes/truck was in shadow) that I'm not sure what make but I think it was a dodge.

    I saw the toolbox so for a second I wondered if the spoiler provided utility but nope. Sad. But hey, if we were in my taco and he saw the basket and diamondplate in his mirror he might have thought -dang look at that redneck! :D
     
  17. May 6, 2011 at 10:41 AM
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    Added extra awesomeness to its original awesomeness.
    You don't have much room to talk, look at your spoiler
    [​IMG]
     
  18. May 6, 2011 at 11:54 AM
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    Saw a spoiler fly off a truck heading the opposite direction on a highway the other day and smash itself to death in the median. I lol'd.
     
  19. May 6, 2011 at 2:58 PM
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    I think a nice little "lip" spoiler like on the blue Xrunner on page one and the red one on page two looks good. But that red Taco (non Xrunner) with the fiberglass tonneau and spoiler... does NOT!

    Though I have to admit.... for some reason I like those Daytona Rams. As ridiculous as the spoiler is, it does "fit" the package. Hate all you want haha. Big spoilers like this look AWFUL on any other truck. The spoiler on the SRT10 is fine.

    [​IMG]
     
  20. May 6, 2011 at 3:22 PM
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    VooDoo More Cowbell!

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    [​IMG]

    YEAAAAAAAAA
     

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