musclecarconvrt

I like the new look. Best upgrades IMHO are the struts in the engine bay, wheels, and the cool inset badge on the front. Worst is the steering wheel.

All in all, I like it.
... I would buy it if it had more power

Aipex8

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Do you live in your car?

I like the shower in the new facelift better than the bathtub in the current model. lol

zoom44

4 days- boowana is going and ill be posting all of his pics from the press event

TheKDog

I like the new rear but prefer the old, rounded front.

chickenwafer

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The more I look at them, someone is going to die so Chickenwafer can have those seats.....

Velocity

Tail reminds me of this...

2tone

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holy crap i give up -- every time i read a page and went to the next, there was another page posted already!!!

overall looks good. i love the new ms front end, but not the "rs" front end.

seats are wicked. i can't wait to get them.

moving redline is f-ing sweet.

rims are a nice change from the standard 5 spoke.

steering wheel is fugly.

about the tails - someone may have said it already, but i had to skip a few pages ... anyone notice the housing is blacked out on the inside?? FINALLY!!!!!

mysql101

You don't have to gain height from going with a larger rim. You end up with thinner tires.

e.g; 245/35/19 is about the same as OEM on our existing rx-8s

Dagious

Could it be the tower brace??? double bracing across and back to the firewall....

2tone

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love the rims, didn't even notice the rotary shape in them, looks very cool.

hopefully we can swap out the back bumper and tails with our current model, they look really good to me.

i was going to get the current ms front (which i still might do), but if i can get the new headlights, the new ms front (not the "rs" one), i'd rather have that, assuming we wouldn't have to get the front fenders as well which i don't want (but will probably have to get to match the new headlight...)

Razz1

Someone quick paint those chrome strakes black and then post it.

Anf the License plate area too.

Aipex8

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You'll definitely have to replace the fenders also.

Razz1

The front is so busy it reminds me of a Pontiac Aztec

Mikeluvs8

the headlights look different, shape?

LionZoo

There are occasions when I'm forced to nap in my car.

2tone

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you think? i can't tell if the bottom of the headlight is higher, the top lower, or both sides squished. in other words, you'd think mazda would make it so we wouldn't have to swap out all THREE (front, headlight, and fenders). maybe just the front end -- if the headlight's bottom is the same). does that make sense?

it looks like the rear bumper would be a straight one-for-one swap though huh?

karstman7

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I believe that the tails are actually the same shape...I think that the changed internals and the added ridge/lip to the trunk edge make it appear otherwise...look at the external edges and the location of the key hole....exact imo

Duke15

Dude - maybe you should have purchased a Yaris so you could at least still pay rent somewhere...

2tone

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here are the strakes black. what license plate area do you mean?

2tone

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i think so too

2tone

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if that front splitter is the "rs" version only, i think the front might look goofy w/o it, the way it comes up like that. hard to tell. although doesn't the autobahn front come up like that (and i love the autobahn front)...

Razz1

Nice job. fill in the plate so it's black and reshape it so we don't see a rectangle.


Now the car looks SWEETER.

2tone

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it does look better w/o the chrome strakes. they bothered me too. let me see about the plate...

LionZoo

Is your car paid off? Last time I checked, mine is.

When I take long trips I like pulling over to take naps when I get a bit tired. It's also quite relaxing to take a nap by the ocean when driving in the Malibu hills, especially when the sun is setting.

LionZoo

I like it a lot better without the chrome.