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Seems uncommon to see Exige wings on Elises, so I thought some folks may be interested to see mine. I bought an OEM Exige wing from someone on here and had been debating doing some bondo work on it to match the Elise bootlid. I have this idea that maybe someday eventually down the road I'll piece together everything for an Exige rear-clam swap, so I really didn't want to alter the wing if I didn't have to.
Instead I came up with these little blocks that go between the wing and the bootlid. The blocks are shaped such as to put the wing at (I think) the correct angle. I didn't have any measurements from an Exige, I just eyeballed it from photos, and basically ended up with the longest part of the bottom of the wing mounts parallel with the slanted surface of the bootlid. Looks about right to me.
I have a CNC router at home, so I machined the blocks out of 3/4" black polyethylene. From a few feet away you can hardly tell they are there. The leading edge is still square, I need to round that over to match the shape of the wing strut. Unfortunately this still requires drilling into the bootlid, so I ended up buying a spare bootlid from someone and painting it to match my car. This also lets me swap boot lids anytime I want to change things up from wing to no-wing. Sometimes I love the wing, sometimes I love the clean look of the Elise without the wing.
Also before anyone says it - I know there are more functional wings out there, but I'll be the first to admit this is purely for looks
Most of the driving my car sees is autocross, and I don't do it competitively. I don't need the downforce.
I've got some Exige scoops coming soon, then I just need to figure out a front lip - unfortunately I don't like most of the Elise lips out there
What do you all think? I could potentially make more of these things if there was a large enough need for them.
Instead I came up with these little blocks that go between the wing and the bootlid. The blocks are shaped such as to put the wing at (I think) the correct angle. I didn't have any measurements from an Exige, I just eyeballed it from photos, and basically ended up with the longest part of the bottom of the wing mounts parallel with the slanted surface of the bootlid. Looks about right to me.
I have a CNC router at home, so I machined the blocks out of 3/4" black polyethylene. From a few feet away you can hardly tell they are there. The leading edge is still square, I need to round that over to match the shape of the wing strut. Unfortunately this still requires drilling into the bootlid, so I ended up buying a spare bootlid from someone and painting it to match my car. This also lets me swap boot lids anytime I want to change things up from wing to no-wing. Sometimes I love the wing, sometimes I love the clean look of the Elise without the wing.
Also before anyone says it - I know there are more functional wings out there, but I'll be the first to admit this is purely for looks
I've got some Exige scoops coming soon, then I just need to figure out a front lip - unfortunately I don't like most of the Elise lips out there
What do you all think? I could potentially make more of these things if there was a large enough need for them.



