I am currently having trouble with picking color for RX-8. What color should I take? I am thinking of Black or titanium grey. These two seems good.......but black seems so COMMON......titanium grey so how seems weird sometimes....i have also considered with the red or yellow....but they don't seem best, or respraying it to white is a good choice???? please give advise ~~ Thanks

 

That will be a decision that you can make only. I wouldn't suggest dark colors if you don't like to clean all the time. Red, yellow, blue look nice. I would get the white if they offered it here but had to go with the Titanium. If you really want white I would wait for '05 if they bring it out then. I wouldn't recommend redoing factory paint. At least not for awhile. Hope this helps. :D

 

I just seen all the cars for the first time friday on a truck and I would go with the blue unless you personally have a problem with it and the ladies I was with thought it looked the best also. I would switch but I want the red/black interior so I'm getting silver. I know there are a lot of people here getting ti but i was not impressed, also did not like the yellow used and the green was kind of bland. The cars were a little dirty from travel but that is how they will be a majority of the time so I think I got a fair impression of all of them. For the record red looked very good, just draws too much unwanted attention and the black was quite attractive (what I originally ordered, but would make three black cars in a row for me).

 

hmm........think my choice is minimized to black, ti, and the blue~~
i don't really like the silver it has, it's too light in color~ don't u guys think so?

 

No, I think silver looks nice. I got Ti, but I kind of regret not getting Silver.

I would never recommend painting over a factory color with a different color. The resale value goes to the toilet!!!

If you want something different, get Red, Silver, or Black. Ti is nice, but I am finding a lot of people on this forum are getting Ti.

Good Luck and Happy color picking!!!

-Rooster

 

Silver with red & black leather = classic sport combo.

 

...black is probably the third least popular in North America, behind Yellow and Nordic Green (which is almost black)...

get black.

 

ditto keech.

black is where it's at.

POWER TO THE PEOPLE! :p

 

I was tied between Black and Titanium also. I love the Black it's slick and really nice. The contrast of the red tail lights agaist the Black is just awesome. But I've had a black car for 10 years now. So I wanted to try something different. The Titanium is what I chose.

If you don't mind trying to keep it Clean the Black is what I would choose. Also it will be (temp) Hotter in the summer. That's something to think about.

If you want a car that is cooler (temp), and will look cleaner when it's dirty go with the Titanium.

For Looks I'd choose Black. For ease I'd choose Titanium.

I wanted ease, and I've had a black car already. So that's what made the decision for me.

 

Using RXOwner and excluding all except for Canada and USA, I have a sample of 73 with the following distribution:

19=Gray
15=Black
14=Red
09=Silver
09=Blue
05=Yellow
02=Green

I wanted Yellow but no two-tone leather. So I thought... gee Gray would be cool with the Tan leather. I did not realize until after joining this forum how popular Gray/Silver really was!!! Those two colors amount to 38% of the total sample...

If you like a dark color then go Green.. it will be the diamond in the rough...

 

Silver is the best color. It keeps the car simple and elegant. The only colors you'll find in my car are silver and Black (Interior):

 

I like having something a bit unusual, so I went with the Green. Before joining the forum, I thought Red would be the big hit, and colors like titanium and green would be uncommon. I went Green, the titanium just didn't strike me.

After joining, I couldn't believe how popular the titanium was, it really seems to be hot. I haven't heard many folks talking about the green, so I may have found my niche. Nordic Green with the Chapperal interier. Patiently......or not so patiently waiting.

 

those of you who've seen the yellow, is it the same as the 6? or how does it compare from that?

//ejw

 

Great choice of colour! Lightning yellow is not like the yellow on the 6, it is closer to the yellow you see on the Ferraris. :D

 

These are all good choices. I chose the Blue, as I knew I could not devote the extra time in keeping Black clean, which was my other serious choice.

I have owned Black vehicles in the past & loved them, but Blue won out for convenience's sake.

 

Like people have said before, the final choice is your own. First you have to ask if you could wake up everyday and live with the color you pick.
If you are willing to wait a little longer, than I would wait until the colors you are looking for show up at a dealer and see them in person. I don't think you can go wrong with any color, it all depends on the person.

 

Man -

I guess that you are one of the four others on this group who have ordered the yellow. I have been getting HAMMERED by my family for ordering the yellow, but I think that it's really cool! I don't know, none of the other colours spoke to me the way the yellow did, but I have been doing alot of defending of that decision. It's killing me, just had to vent.

-H

 

haze,dont take any crap from chosing yellow.some off the coolest fast cars out there stand out in a croud with screaming yellow paint,you see these guys from a mile away coming down the highway.

anyway i tried to go for blue but i was to late to change the color of a dealer allocate car so i chose red with red/black interior. i would stay away from black unless you have alot of time to care for the finish,looks awsome clean but is a real pain to care for.

 

HI all New to the forum, Just want to tell haze I think yellow is a great choice! I myself order a yellow GT M/T, Parents had a few words about choice of color, but I know its gonna be hot!

 

Thanks for the support! I'm pretty happy about it too, but man when people start telling me in this really serious voice that I've screwed up a 30K dollar purchase, it can be a little debilitating.

 

One word - JEALOUSY

 

Thats exactly why I didn't choose yellow or red for that matter radar doesn't discriminate but the Highway patrol behind it does, what made my mind up to go with silver was the pics of the white (honestly the only car I have ever liked in white) but we can't get them here so I went with the closest (silver) because the light colors bring out the lines of the car and the mazdaspeed doesn't look too bad either.

 

Dude, you should go with either Black, Silver, Green, Red, Blue, or Yellow.

 

haahahhaha, nice advice bro.

I ordered red, however I am debating between black, silver (have a silver car currently), and winning blue. Black is sharp but it attracts heat, cannot easily see the curves of the car, and is hard to keep relatively clean for extended periods of time. people say red is a girls color? ummmmm, no why are ferraris typically red? The word "rosso" meaning RED in Italian is a performance word in the automobile community - e.i. Pirelli P-Zero Rosso Directional tires.

Red is a performance color, i think the 8 looks great with red, however I do like the rather subtle look of blue, but blue is over played IMHO.

 

This is me playing tourist in Japan.


Seeing the nordic green in person swung my decision to give up my titanium gray 1st allocation pre-order.