RX8_ML

you know they should make white as one of the colors you can get the rx-8 in.. dont you think? I couldn't believe in didn't come in white, so i got a titanium grey instead.. but now i realize, there are so many titanim greys im thinking of just repainting it

RevRaz

White is so.... generic

RX8_ML

lol, its a classic color no? Yes but i do have a whole lotta trouble imagining the rx-8 in white, not jsut any white. What do you think of BMW's alpine white?

rotaryDemon

it does come in "Champion White" i think that's the name of the color. but only in Japan.

Sue Esponte

Didn't someone else post something about this yesterday?

White = Fleet/Rental car or Kitchen Applicance

Alpine White isn't a special white. It's just bleach white. Any non-white White is off-white or beige-ish...and IMHO, beige just doesn't belong on a sports car.

-Eric

RX8_ML

thats what i thought, but a friend of mine, a vendor from japan, said iwas being dumb and there isn't a "white" in japan

Audioslave8

Here is a white 8.....Looks really nice imo

AF-RX8

I always have been a fan of white cars and that picture of the white above looks great !!

I don't think I would repaint a brand new car since you literally need to take the entire car apart to do it correctly so there is no evidence of the Grey.

Don't forget you need to paint all the door jams, under the hood, under the trunk, in the engine compartment where you see the body color, etc. etc.



I wouldn't want my new car taken apart plus the grey you have is beautiful and there aren't many RX8's on the road as it is, in fact the color I see the most of is usually Red and that is still an unusual siting.

Sue Esponte

No doubt about it the white looks nice. White is by no means an ugly color (no beige, rose quartz or whatever people want to call it....ever). White can just be kind of...sterile.

Besides, it's hard to make the 8 look bad. :D

-Eric

Ike

You keep saying this Rental/Fleet thing about white cars Eric, but if you stroll through a major rental car company, at least where I have been traveling to, almost none of the cars are white. In fact, my last two rental cars were red, and the 4 prior to that were silver or some shade of blue.

Meowloud

I'm not sure about anyone else's experiences with rentals, but mine are usually white. Of course I'm also the one that is in a hurry and has to take the car without it being cleaned. Nothing like going on a crappy business trip with Joe Bob's fast food bag still in the floorboard. :p

RX8_ML

yes it is alotttta work to repaint it... i did just get it over a month ago, but still thanks for the tip guys

Mikelikes2drive

I thought for sure that japan offered the rx-8 in white.... dunno why they left it out in America. I think it looks really nice. Adds a little sophistication to all that sporty image.

Saint_Spinner

Actually white is the official "Race Color" of Japan. Germany is Silver, Italy Red, France Blue, UK Green. That's why all the "Type Rs" of Honda are championship white (ok, except the 2 wave of Intgra Type R over here)


Reason why Mercedez always has that silver color for lemans, etc,

and the British have the deep racing green for the Aston, Bentley, Jaguar etc....

I'm guessing theyre saving the white Rx-8 for an Official Mazdaspeed one, or atleast a "racier" version. Just my 2 cents.

grogiefrog

My wife drives a white Accord, and I have a hard time keeping the front bumper looking clean. I like the color (including the white RX-8), but it just shows more then a dark color would.

Sue Esponte

Actually, Germany's national racing color is white - not silver. Silver is often associated with German racing because AutoUnion (Audi) and Mercedes Benz stripped the paint off of their silver arrows to save weight during the '30s.

-Eric

Ike

You've never owned a black car huh? :p

RX8_ML

yeah black shows real nice when it comes to dirt!

Sue Esponte

Agreed. White hides dirt much better than most colors especially black. Having owned both a white car and a black car, I'd take the white car over the black one in a second when it comes to ease of keeping clean.

Being a bit **** with my cars, watching the dust and pollen settle on an otherwise pristine car kills me...and there's nothing you can do about it. :D
-Eric

grogiefrog

I had a medium to dark green that did a good job hiding dirt. I don't know that white hides dirt. It certainly shows road oil, tar, bugs, etc.

Ike

My last car was black, and while I think black makes most cars look better, that only lasts a couple hours and that drove me nuts. I will never own a red or yellow car unless it's an exotic, the Subaru like blue is being offered by nearly every car maker now and is VERY common on WRXs, Silver is just too common and really doesn't do much for me, which brings me to why I own a white WRX

Sue Esponte

Trust us, if you think it shows on the white...try owning a black car.

-Eric

wquiles

I would like a White RX-8.

I had a white RX-7 ('87), a white Z28 ('95), a white BMW 525i ('95), and currently drive an Alpine White E46 M3 ('02).

The only car I had recently that was not white as a '96 Red Miata !!!

TiRX8

White is the most difficult colour to match when repainting. There are too many shades of white. Black is the easiest to match.

93rdcurrent

I think that the white RX-8 looks like one of those artic bunnies you see being chased by a bob cat or cougar. Nothing bad just the way it looks to me.