roof scoops

cammie · Post by **cammie** » Wed Nov 02, 2005 1:20 pm

anyone know where to get cool roof scoops for my 9n tdi?

toXXin · Post by **toXXin** » Wed Nov 02, 2005 1:29 pm

Oh god no!

toXXin · Post by **toXXin** » Wed Nov 02, 2005 1:36 pm

In response to your PM, they're not cool at all. In fact, they are far from cool.

Yes, the Dahlback Polo has them, but that car has no heating or ventilation inside it as its a purpose built race car.

If yours is going to be the same, then you're more than welcome to, but if you're going to try and take this monstrosity off your roof next year when you want to sell it, then I wish you all the best. I'd love to see the mess it makes!

The art to modifications is to be subtle. Roof scoops look ridiculous, and it'll totally devalue your car.

All the best,

Tom

nickpolo · Post by **nickpolo** » Wed Nov 02, 2005 2:51 pm

at the risk of provoking a stream of rants, whats a roof scoop? anyone got a pic?

mfa-polo · Post by **mfa-polo** » Wed Nov 02, 2005 3:45 pm

roof scoops are roof mounted air intakes, usually found on rear engined rally type cars.

nickpolo · Post by **nickpolo** » Wed Nov 02, 2005 4:08 pm

eeer, not the first thing that springs to mind when you're moding a vw polo, each to their own though

carmadaaron · Post by **carmadaaron** » Wed Nov 02, 2005 5:08 pm

y do u modify your car?
because u want to be different and stand out...

go for it if u like it!

Polo-03 · Post by **Polo-03** » Thu Nov 03, 2005 12:13 am

Yeah I gotta agree with both tox and arron! I think it will look pants, but what eva floats your boat dude!

dxg · Post by **dxg** » Thu Nov 03, 2005 9:05 am

mfa-polo wrote:roof scoops are roof mounted air intakes, usually found on rear engined rally type cars.

Close, but no cigar

Rally cars tend to have roof scoops mounted immediately behind the top edge of the windscreen to provide cooling to the interior. They tend to do this because you don't really want the side windows open in a rally car due to all that debris flying around. You can also find roof scoops in this position on track cars when the side windows have been replaced with perspex and they therefore no longer open (and the enthusiast owner didn't want to put vents in the perspex and kill the visibility).

You do, however, get roof scoops further back (typically above the line of the b-pillar) for rear engined cars to provide cooling as you say -- think of the subtle ones on the Venyron (sp?)

Anyway, if you are planning to put roof scoops on a car at least go the all the way and make them functional (for whatever purpose). Cutting a hole in your roof will of course devalue the car. On no account should you fit a "scoop" from Halfords with a solid entrance. You can expect to ridiculed for that crime against good taste.

Just my 2p.

Deek.

dino · Post by **dino** » Thu Nov 03, 2005 9:39 am

toXXin wrote:Oh god no!

I'll second that

M7 · Post by M7 » Thu Nov 03, 2005 10:52 am

personally id only have roof scoop if i had a purpose built rally/track car.
and as for bonnet scoops/vents i would only have one if i needed one for the cooling of the engine!

i think if you put a roof scoop on people will just laugh at you if its a slow car and doesnt fit in with the look of the car

Gra-GT · Post by **Gra-GT** » Thu Nov 03, 2005 1:17 pm

toXXin wrote:Oh god no!

Think that just about says it all

macemc86 · Post by **macemc86** » Thu Nov 03, 2005 1:22 pm

not a big fan, but whatever floats your boat

mfa-polo · Post by **mfa-polo** » Thu Nov 03, 2005 6:55 pm

Thanks for putting me straight dxg, I knew it was something to do with air!!!