Verus Engineering Rear Wing Development - Page 4 - Toyota GR86, 86, FR-S and Subaru BRZ Forum & Owners Community

VerusEric · 02-27-2017, 02:39 PM

We are working with various manufacturers to figure out a way to keep costs reasonable. That is where we're at right now. I feel like we're close with a few of the vendors; so hopefully, we'll have the first article in 3 or so months for testing.

Busy is an understatement

Thanks,
Eric

redlined600 · 02-27-2017, 03:25 PM

Do you anticipate that the wing be available without mounts?

solidONE · 03-05-2017, 03:27 PM

No teasers with the actual prototypes?

VerusEric · 03-05-2017, 03:33 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by redlined600

Do you anticipate that the wing be available without mounts?

This is something we can potentially work out, yes.

Quote:

Originally Posted by solidONE

No teasers with the actual prototypes?

We do not have anything to share right now. We didn't have prototypes when we started the thread, which is a good thing as we ended up switching mindsets after hearing what the community was after.

We'll share more when we have more to share, I promise. These things do not just happen overnight, though, or even in a few months. A lot of work, time, and effort goes into such a product.

Thanks,
Eric

icybrzzz · 04-15-2017, 10:51 AM

Any updates on this project? @VeloxEric

VerusEric · 04-15-2017, 06:44 PM

No, there is nothing new at this time. I will update the thread when something does come to physical fruition.

What we're looking at right now is a prototype around the end of May, hopefully. *IF* that works out well, we'd probably be able to do a production run by the end of July/August. This is a product/project we're not rushing, so if you're looking for something sooner than August, I would recommend going to another vendor's wing for the time being.

Thanks,
Eric

arthur93 · 05-11-2017, 04:52 AM

Velox has decided on a wing profile according to their facebook page!! Getting very excited!!!!!!!!!!

plucas · 05-26-2017, 10:33 AM

Yes we ordered the tooling for the prototype. It is still going to be a while out as we will have lots of testing to do even after prototypes arrive.

VerusEric · 06-29-2017, 09:05 AM

Exciting update!

This is a photo of the plug (CNC machined from our geometry, the white piece) and the top half of the mold (blue piece).

Thanks,
Eric

Joesurf79 · 07-06-2017, 03:39 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by VeloxEric

Exciting update!

This is a photo of the plug (CNC machined from our geometry, the white piece) and the top half of the mold (blue piece).

Thanks,
Eric

For some reason I see a Photobucket usage gauge, instead of the wing profile...Hmmm...

Azzudien · 07-06-2017, 04:05 PM

Yeah Photobucket decided to hold everyone's pictures hostage for $400. The 3rd party hosting thing is showing up everywhere

VerusEric · 07-06-2017, 04:19 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Joesurf79

For some reason I see a Photobucket usage gauge, instead of the wing profile...Hmmm...

I have updated it to use flickr, I will need a few days to go through all the other photos.

Quote:

Originally Posted by Azzudien

Yeah Photobucket decided to hold everyone's pictures hostage for $400. The 3rd party hosting thing is showing up everywhere

What a poorly implemented change... I received no warning to this change. I hope they change back but I, and I'm sure very many other users, will not be paying $400 for a service that has been free for decades.

Thanks,
Eric

johan · 07-09-2017, 01:47 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by VeloxEric

I have updated it to use flickr, I will need a few days to go through all the other photos.

What a poorly implemented change... I received no warning to this change. I hope they change back but I, and I'm sure very many other users, will not be paying $400 for a service that has been free for decades.

Thanks,
Eric

Decades?

Very little that existed on the internet decades ago still exists today. I was writing websites on the internet 20 years ago (decades)... Photobucket definitely did not exist. In fact it hasn't been a thing for even 15 years.

Sorry to be pedantic, but the internet (as you know it) hasn't even been a thing for 3 decades, and as someone that has been on the internet since 1991... I get itchy about these types of generalizations.

And again, you're complaining that a thing that was free stopped being free? What did they owe you again? What was their motivation for continuing to provide you said free service?

Can you tell I still write websites for a living

You have a website... upload your photos there and then point your URLs to that. Then you don't have to worry about this ever again

Ashikabi · 07-09-2017, 09:17 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by johan

Decades?

Very little that existed on the internet decades ago still exists today. I was writing websites on the internet 20 years ago (decades)... Photobucket definitely did not exist. In fact it hasn't been a thing for even 15 years.

Sorry to be pedantic, but the internet (as you know it) hasn't even been a thing for 3 decades, and as someone that has been on the internet since 1991... I get itchy about these types of generalizations.

And again, you're complaining that a thing that was free stopped being free? What did they owe you again? What was their motivation for continuing to provide you said free service?

Can you tell I still write websites for a living

You have a website... upload your photos there and then point your URLs to that. Then you don't have to worry about this ever again

I think the problem is the lack of warning and the exceedingly high price tag. If I was using it for personal use and hosted tons of pics, and they have me a month or so warning with a much smaller price tag or low monthly fee, I'd be inclined to play ball. Holding people's images hostage is a bad business model

02-27-2017, 03:25 PM	#44
redlined600 Senior Member Join Date: Nov 2014 Drives: Fr-s Location: MN Posts: 733 Thanks: 125 Thanked 492 Times in 266 Posts Mentioned: 5 Post(s) Tagged: 0 Thread(s)	Do you anticipate that the wing be available without mounts? __________________ Build log

03-05-2017, 03:27 PM	#45
solidONE Senior Member Join Date: Dec 2012 Drives: FR-S Whiteout Location: California Posts: 2,863 Thanks: 1,808 Thanked 790 Times in 611 Posts Mentioned: 42 Post(s) Tagged: 0 Thread(s)	No teasers with the actual prototypes? __________________ Intent > Content cowardice is the mother of cruelty.

06-29-2017, 09:05 AM	#51
VerusEric Join Date: Mar 2015 Drives: BRZ, STI, GT350R, Supra, 987.2 Location: Indiana Posts: 1,146 Thanks: 567 Thanked 2,529 Times in 780 Posts Mentioned: 87 Post(s) Tagged: 3 Thread(s)	Exciting update! This is a photo of the plug (CNC machined from our geometry, the white piece) and the top half of the mold (blue piece). Thanks, Eric Last edited by VerusEric; 08-06-2017 at 08:42 PM. Reason: Photo Hosting Issues with Photobucket

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04-15-2017, 10:51 AM	#47
icybrzzz Senior Member Join Date: Jun 2015 Drives: 2015 Scion frz Location: Toronto Posts: 297 Thanks: 67 Thanked 146 Times in 87 Posts Mentioned: 1 Post(s) Tagged: 0 Thread(s)	Any updates on this project? @VeloxEric

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