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There was a thread on this before, there were so many different answer. I remember alot of people saying it does in the top end at higher speeds.

 

will you ever be driving above 130 mph?

 

i did drive above 130mph, j/j.

 

i mean the fastest i've gone is 145 but thats on rare occasions. if your not going rediculously fast all the time then it really doen't matter

 

im sure ill get it up to 130 occasionally lol but i just bought it yesterday so not yet. guess ill just leave it on for when i do go that fast haha

 

if you have it just leave it IMO. unless you are really opposed to the bigger wing and would like caps in your trunk or pay a ton of money to have it done right

 

yeah i think im probably going to just leave it on..it looks goodfrom the front and back view but looks kinda bulky from the side. damn that took awhile, your sig is distracting :P

 

i took my low rise off, and did a trunk shaved.

https://www.cobaltss.net/forums/pict...47/index3.html

 

Lol! I got distracted by it to.

 

Even if it does anythign as far as providing downforce its not over the drive wheels so... Epic fail by GM. A deck lid spoiler would have looked WAY better. I have a low rise and it just gets in the way of sseing out the back... Baby balt has a big ass haha.

 

from 80 to 120 the highrise does help

 

Yea all it dose it get in the way of the rear window. But if ur like ppl who like weight reduction take it off loosing it might be equivalent to a pair of shoes lol.

 

i know ive seen an article somewhere that stated why the ss/tc hits the wall at 160, was because of the high rise creating downforce. Like someone else stated there have been many threads like this and i know i read it in one of em.

 

Meh, well I have a low rise anyways and I suppose I could swap for a wingless hood but my total and complete laziness is getting in the way of making this actually happen. It just creates drag and that is not bueno at high speeds. It's especially not good when the "down force" (what little is actually created by these things) is only over the back tires... This leads to the front end being lighter. It's not like the front lip on our cars is like a real air splitter, that makes air flow over the top of the car to create down force in the front. Its just a looks only design. Like I said, they should have went with a deck lid spoiler like on Camaros. Just a few inches of plastic or sheet metal up there and bang looks good, makes a little "down force" and everyone is happy.

By the way reaper... your sig = false advertisement... I was waiting for the nice boobies to come back and all of a sudden some crazy lady starts going nuts... I didn't know what to think haha... Nice trickery sir.

 

i try to please everybody on here with that sig

 

I'm pretty sure you do too. Its a wonderful thing.

 

your sig FTMFW!!! lol

 

I assume you're saying downforce kicks in at 80 and drag kicks in at 120. A few of the things I seem to recall:
GM stating that the hi-rise creates significant downforce(something like a couple hundred lbs.) at "high" speeds. If so I would think this a welcome addition to either end of the car?
A member who had experience with his cobalt at Bonneville indicating that "wingless" was good for a few mph but the added instability was "noticeable".
As far as drag racing wingless benefits would seem to be negligible however iirc most of the quickest lsj's/lnf's on here are sans the "shelf" so...
It would seem to be purely aesthetical 99.99% of the time.

 

I removed my Highrise:
1) For rear visibility
2) Because I do a lot of mileage on the highway at 70-80mph. I assume on the long run I'll save a couple of bucks in gas since this thing must create drag.
3) I'M PLEASED with the look of it and don't regret at all.

The only reason I would keep it is if you do a lot of racetrack at highspeed, where the little added rear stability would be welcomed.

 

Read more: http://www.autoweek.com/apps/pbcs.dl...#ixzz1Ac4kWtyZ


I can't remember where GM released these numbers but i found them posted here with this link. I have removed the hirise from car and know one thing's for sure ...... I attract a lot less unwanted attention from the average sport compact owner lol. I used to get people that would rev at me or do ricer flyby's and the like ..... now without the hirise ..... it seems like i go unnoticed 8)

 

Read. Wings are not a complete fail on a FWD.
Mad Scientist Matt's Lair: Wings on front wheel drive cars

 

I'm considering doing same-the wing functions quite well as a jackass detector if nothing else,lol.

 

I have a boook I got from gmpp years ago when the cobalt first came out with a bunch of useless facts about the car. The high rise spoiler provides 28 lbs of downforce at 75 mph.

Throw a 30 rack of beer in your trunk for the same effect lol

 

I personally think the high-rise spoiler is a must
For the cobalt ss turbo! People bitch that the SS turbo is just a cobalt and looks the same as an LT yet they wanna take one of the few things that truly make the cobalt ss stand out! I'm sorry but I bought my cobalt ss and love getting noticed by people as u don't see any other SS turbos anywhere where I live! And I'm not into this whole debaging ****! I love sporting the SS cause I'm proud of it