maybeashinka?

so I've been thinking. I'm a long time "information absorber" here...way way too much. I've been thinking about giving some new Rx-8 owners some advice on interesting style pieces to help them get a pleasing/baddass/aggressive/luxury look to their rx-8 (style is subjective I know but there is a generally common consensus.) I want to begin this thread with my own personal advice to a look that I think would be extremely unique, acceptable, and affortable (thats relative.)

Here are the pieces and the links to just one very complete look:


"Burnout" Lip, to give the car an aggressive stance with classy minimal lines, you can get it from Shine Autobody right here on this forum in the group buy section I think.

Two side peices of the front of the X-men Kit (by itself its horrendous.) This gives the lower part of the car some luxurious eye candy to draw attention to. I could only find one link, but a website exists where you can buy just each piece alone (even "Erebuni" might still have some) here's a pic:




A black/or body painted or even carbon fiber "LEG Motorsports" bumper grill would finish off the accent of the front by combining the unique lower section with the headlights :

http://www.leg-sport.com/_original/GT-A/part.cgi



for a minimalistic look which would help balance out a busy front end "Chargespeed" side skirts:

http://www.chargespeed.com/english/se3p-bottom-1-e1.htm



for a rim choice I would go with "Weds Sport SA-67R" as they are very aggressive yes classy in either gunmetal or dark chrome, 19" all around, staggered at 9" and 10" with a +34 and +30 offset if you're not going to the track:

http://www.weds.co.jp/products/wedss....html#ch_wheel



Euro side mirrors just because:

Please ask in the Europe forum, or maybe Lazi.



For a rear end I would go with a bumper the keeps the lines close the to body of the car because of the minimal side skirts such as "Kenstyle" (contact Shine Autobody), the 2009 RX-8 bumper or if they ever get around to making it the "Aria Engineering" supercharged RX-8 bumper:

more pics of Aria here: http://images.rotarynews.com/images/...8/target0.html



for a spoiler I would also choose something minimal to keep the back-end in proportion (again due to the side skirts) such as Euro Spoiler, Varis or Knight Sport (yes they make a spoiler and a wing), I wont give you links to those, do some homework

Taillights from clearcorners.com (yeah right)

Hood doesnt really need to be touched unless you want to clean up the look even more, "Re-Amemiya" and or "Panspeed" sell a hood without the triangle insert. I would simply recommend this hood as a compliment to the new bumper grill which is all horizontal lines with the X-men side grills.

For an exhaust (damn near any, "Exoticspeed" or "Re-Amemiya" Super Dolphin [contact Lazi] are favorites) I would get a 2" length extended angle cut tips to give the car a very slight trapezoidal V.I.P. style look.

and finally heres my attempt at a photoshop job with them all:




If you want to help guide new 8 owners toward your "I Want To See" idea, please dont be shy!