Newtype311
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Hey all,
A couple of weeks ago I made a post about the unboxing experience for the Rally Spoiler from BSKT Design. Today I wanted to follow that up with an actual review and breakdown of the installation process.
I’ve got a video breaking all this down if you’re interested (Install: 00:47, Review: 05:23) or you can check out my thoughts below.
I’ve had the spoiler on for about 3 weeks at this point so I feel like I’ve gotten a pretty good take on what life is like with it. I love it. Straight up. I love walking up to my car from every angle now and that’s not something I could say before, the smiles per mile are worth it alone. The fitment is perfect, it mostly looks like an OEM part and that’s exactly what I was going for when I started looking at this.
Complementary Shape Language
The biggest thing I don’t like about the Mach E is the actual height and narrowness of the backend. The rear quarter-panels bulge in a really aggressive stance, but it all narrows up starting at the belt line. The black roof helps to hide this a lot of the time, but when I see another Mach E on the road, it's like looking in a mirror and realizing how you really look.
This spoiler extends out to the sides past the width of the stock spoiler and ends up complementing the bulge of the quarter panels. You end up with a nice hourglass shape with the upper and lower halves of the car mirroring each other. Not to detract from the Rally Trim at all, because I love that RS inspired spoiler, but it doesn’t extend out in this way and I really wish that it did.
Along the same lines, I didn’t want to add any additional height to the car whatsoever. To me, that would just make it look even more narrow at the top, so I really appreciate that this only comes up another 1.5 inches or so. The rearward extension overshadows that significantly and helps to create the illusion that the car is low slung.
Fitment and Finish
This spoiler is attached in a pretty elegant way: fully utilizing an existing panel as a mount. It’s all super clean and adds to the feeling that it's an OEM part. You can see the seam from the inside angle, but its clean and even. Because of this, the spoiler is incredibly solid; there is no play or creaking when you push on it. The only give that you get comes from the existing panels themselves. In some ways that area now feels more rigid because there is something connecting them.
After 3 weeks of baking hot sun (mid 90s), crisp cold fronts (Mid 40s), rain, and wind, the spoiler feels as solid as ever. I also live in Central Texas and drive-thru car washes seem to be the religion here and that has not had any effect on the mounting at all. While it only weighs a few pounds, I did have some concerns that it could cause some problems with my liftgate, but the mounting location keeps most of that weight close to the axis of rotation so there’s no issue there either.
This spoiler is in gloss black and is designed to match the gloss black of the roofline and existing spoiler. In general it does this very well. From a distance you can’t tell the difference, it looks like the car came this way. Really close up there are a few things that let you know this is an aftermarket part. The holes for the bolts create minor warping in the supports that manifest as swirling reflections, you can see this in most of the photos and the video pretty clearly. There are also some minor spray issues on the wing where the temperature was maybe too warm and the paint dried before contact or dust particles were present. This isn’t something that you can really see or notice off hand, but it was evident as I was washing and drying the car. Unless someone runs their hands over it, it’s a non-issue to me, particularly at this price point.
Wind Noise and Range
This was another point of concern, would I hear a giant sail behind me everyday? The reality is I don’t hear anything whatsoever. But I will caveat by saying that I have made other additions to the car that already create a lot of additional wind noise like my Window Visors and Mirror Caps. I don’t hear anything that could even remotely compare to those visors. I also haven’t noticed any meaningful decrease in range, but this is also just a purely aesthetic piece, it's not creating any real downforce so it's really just any additional resistance.
What I don’t like?
The exposed screws. I know there are some who like the industrial, bolt-on aesthetic, but it’s not something I’m particularly into. I’d be happier if they mounted from the inside with pocket holes or some other means so the sides are flush. That would likely address the reflection issues I mentioned earlier and also move it that much closer to something that looks OEM.
In the end, this is a really great addition to my car and I love looking at it. It makes me smile and at the end of the day, that's really all that matters.
A couple of weeks ago I made a post about the unboxing experience for the Rally Spoiler from BSKT Design. Today I wanted to follow that up with an actual review and breakdown of the installation process.
I’ve got a video breaking all this down if you’re interested (Install: 00:47, Review: 05:23) or you can check out my thoughts below.
I’ve had the spoiler on for about 3 weeks at this point so I feel like I’ve gotten a pretty good take on what life is like with it. I love it. Straight up. I love walking up to my car from every angle now and that’s not something I could say before, the smiles per mile are worth it alone. The fitment is perfect, it mostly looks like an OEM part and that’s exactly what I was going for when I started looking at this.
Complementary Shape Language
The biggest thing I don’t like about the Mach E is the actual height and narrowness of the backend. The rear quarter-panels bulge in a really aggressive stance, but it all narrows up starting at the belt line. The black roof helps to hide this a lot of the time, but when I see another Mach E on the road, it's like looking in a mirror and realizing how you really look.
This spoiler extends out to the sides past the width of the stock spoiler and ends up complementing the bulge of the quarter panels. You end up with a nice hourglass shape with the upper and lower halves of the car mirroring each other. Not to detract from the Rally Trim at all, because I love that RS inspired spoiler, but it doesn’t extend out in this way and I really wish that it did.
Along the same lines, I didn’t want to add any additional height to the car whatsoever. To me, that would just make it look even more narrow at the top, so I really appreciate that this only comes up another 1.5 inches or so. The rearward extension overshadows that significantly and helps to create the illusion that the car is low slung.
Fitment and Finish
This spoiler is attached in a pretty elegant way: fully utilizing an existing panel as a mount. It’s all super clean and adds to the feeling that it's an OEM part. You can see the seam from the inside angle, but its clean and even. Because of this, the spoiler is incredibly solid; there is no play or creaking when you push on it. The only give that you get comes from the existing panels themselves. In some ways that area now feels more rigid because there is something connecting them.
After 3 weeks of baking hot sun (mid 90s), crisp cold fronts (Mid 40s), rain, and wind, the spoiler feels as solid as ever. I also live in Central Texas and drive-thru car washes seem to be the religion here and that has not had any effect on the mounting at all. While it only weighs a few pounds, I did have some concerns that it could cause some problems with my liftgate, but the mounting location keeps most of that weight close to the axis of rotation so there’s no issue there either.
This spoiler is in gloss black and is designed to match the gloss black of the roofline and existing spoiler. In general it does this very well. From a distance you can’t tell the difference, it looks like the car came this way. Really close up there are a few things that let you know this is an aftermarket part. The holes for the bolts create minor warping in the supports that manifest as swirling reflections, you can see this in most of the photos and the video pretty clearly. There are also some minor spray issues on the wing where the temperature was maybe too warm and the paint dried before contact or dust particles were present. This isn’t something that you can really see or notice off hand, but it was evident as I was washing and drying the car. Unless someone runs their hands over it, it’s a non-issue to me, particularly at this price point.
Wind Noise and Range
This was another point of concern, would I hear a giant sail behind me everyday? The reality is I don’t hear anything whatsoever. But I will caveat by saying that I have made other additions to the car that already create a lot of additional wind noise like my Window Visors and Mirror Caps. I don’t hear anything that could even remotely compare to those visors. I also haven’t noticed any meaningful decrease in range, but this is also just a purely aesthetic piece, it's not creating any real downforce so it's really just any additional resistance.
What I don’t like?
The exposed screws. I know there are some who like the industrial, bolt-on aesthetic, but it’s not something I’m particularly into. I’d be happier if they mounted from the inside with pocket holes or some other means so the sides are flush. That would likely address the reflection issues I mentioned earlier and also move it that much closer to something that looks OEM.
In the end, this is a really great addition to my car and I love looking at it. It makes me smile and at the end of the day, that's really all that matters.
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