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Originally Posted by vstech
... a spoiler has no air passage between it's leading edge and the body of the car...
a wing does...
all the above pics are wings...
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The difference as I have always understood it was in the results not the aesthetic...
Spoilers vs. Wings
Spoilers are often confused with wings. Both are used on many performance cars and operate under the same principles. Spoilers, however, work by altering the flow of air over the body of the car, reducing the lift generated by the vehicle as air passes over it, whereas wings are primarily designed to generate down force and do not have a significant effect on the generation of lift created by the body of the car. Spoilers are generally an integral part of the vehicle body and are small panels mounted very close to the body. Wings are generally much larger than spoilers and mounted on pedestals or brackets that place them well above the body of the vehicle where they can produce the most down force, free of air turbulence caused by the vehicle.