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Old 11-18-2010, 01:32 PM
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Let's play analyze that RX8 picture

Absolute beauty and one of the first google image search results for RX8. First thing that came to mind was what year/trim/bodykit?



Some searching on the old internet turned up this:
http://www.aerotrends.com/eMerchantP...idproduct=1408

Which just shows the front of the picture and sorta leads me to believe this picture wasn't really produced by this bodykit company and that they just tried to imitate it and reused the picture.

Can anyone please identify the car in this picture and what spoiler/body kit/rims/etc are being used? I wonder also if this is just a one off car that was made for some need for speed photoshoot.

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Mazdaspeed.

This is one of their original press photos.
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Straight up, Mazdaspeed.
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yes, mazdaspeed. includes entirely new front end, side skirts, rear, spoiler, wheels, and side mirrors.

however, i think this might have been an original concept/press photo b/c the front end spiller did not make it into production.

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+1 mazdaspeed
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what wheels might those be? ( Makes me even more proud of my SS)
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Originally Posted by 2tone
yes, mazdaspeed. includes entirely new front end, side skirts, rear, spoiler, wheels, and side mirrors.

however, i think this might have been an original concept/press photo b/c the front end spiller did not make it into production.
edit: Read this wikipedia entry and learned the mazdaspeed was a limited version of the 2004 rx-8. Confused that with the mazda3speed.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mazda_RX-8

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Originally Posted by T RX8
what wheels might those be? ( Makes me even more proud of my SS)

Mazdaspeed. We have a local guy here (RX-Hawk, rarely posts) who copied that car but he has the OEM Mazdaspeed wheels.

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That rear spoiler is to die for. I've always admired it.
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Failside FTL.
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^True.

Those wheels are a BIG no, no.
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^..............and, I don't like the fogs on that white one either!
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^.................LOL I can't believe I missed those small 'Mickey Mouse' ears hiding down there hahahehe.
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Another sexy pic of the mazdaspeed with different, also sexy, wheels.
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Only thing i see: wheels

If the wheels suck, i won't bother looking at the rest of the car. Its kinda like seeing a girl(or guy) with a great body but a f*cked up face. Sure the body's nice - but it doesn't fix a f*cked up face.
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Originally Posted by T RX8
what wheels might those be? ( Makes me even more proud of my SS)
Those are actually custom gunmetal Advan Connoisseur 51c (not Mazdaspeed wheels).



All the Mazdaspeed concepts have worn Advan wheels. The second Mazdaspeed concept had Model 5's:



First series 2 Mazdaspeed concept had chrome Model T5's:


And the series 2 M'z concept has custom gunmetal Kreutzer Vi's:

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