Rx8Freehk

Thats just insane.... Im sorry but they dont look good enought to pay $200 for!!!

Jeff_pap31s

I agree. They should cost maybe 100 bucks. But, they don't so that will be 1 of the last things I do.

Genom

No kidding. 200 for 4 aluminum slivers is a bit much. Anybody with them, can you measure them out? I'm gonna find out what it would cost to machine a set.

Hell, Might even be doable by hand and dremel over a weekend. (after cutting the basic outline on a nice big saw of course.

Omicron

Well, someone posted a picture of them here but I have yet to see dimensions.

If some enterprising soul would buy a set of these then make copies, you'd probably make a mint.

brothervoodoo

In Europe they have a choice between polished and brushed aluminum. The brushed looks gray, I saw a picture but don't recall which thread. Probably in multimedia or europe forum.

MEGAREDS

The easiest way to make cheap fender strakes? Plastic, baby, plastic. I couldn't believe how cheezy my wheel centers were, but they look great on the car:


The blue ones were also plastic:

spdspappy

Any updates on these? Is anyone making some replica's that aren't $200 yet?

antichristpm

Ok, some friends and myself are in the final process of our first set of "beta" plastic strakes. They're hard plastic cast polyurethane. They're super-stiff and should last a long while. We are going to paint them with a simple primer and *may* end up doing body colours. For now I'm asking one of you to test them out and vouch for the quality of them. They're completely smooth and have the exact same shape as the metal ones. Once I get feedback from one or two of you I'll start taking orders. We've spent many hours on getting these repros' down.

So any volunteers?

Gyro

Count me in.....

PM the details

my10ae

I'll test another set if you have 2. We can see how well they stand up to a New England winter PM me.

antichristpm

Ok, you two will do. You realize you'll have to paint them to match your ride or try to find a chrome paint that looks like the original polished aluminum set.

Gyro

I think sunlight silver will look nice. I know a body man who will do it...

antichristpm

Totally... we're already starting to think of the options one could do with these. You could mix/match colour scheme. Maybe match your interior or match other accents (wheels?).

my10ae

I wonder how they'd look in brillant black or some sort of "polished" look piant? Anyone have any idea's?

Thanks Paul!!

Gyro

Actually....the silver might also look good on Black because they match the stock wheels perfectly.



Velocity red strakes on red would look great too.

Gyro

That gets me to thinking,,,,,,,

I bet Sunlight Silver front and rear rotor accents would go nice with the body matched strakes.

hmmmmm....

my10ae

Gyro:

Who are you having paint up your strakes? I also think sunlight liver would look sweet against my black and match the wheels quite nicely. Let me know as I might have you have mine painted up too

Gyro

OK no problem......

I will swing in to the body shop this week to see Alex the body man.....

oh....to answer your question.....Guy's auto body in Billerica Ma.

Ive had collision work there done in years past. The paint work always looked really good.

MEGAREDS

You guys might note that fender grills (the black part that the strakes attach to) are available at Trussvillemazda.com. They are $12.36 each, one left one right, parts number F151-50-920A and F151-50-910A. Why do I mention this? Because if anyone wants to experiment with painting their fenders different colors, its easy to do and presents little risk because you can always replace the set for $25. This also opens up the possibility that someone could produce the grills or improve their design, perhaps making fender strakes that come pre-attached to the grill so there is no bolting to do....

Just thinking out loud... congrats on what seems like a sensible idea to me. $200 for strakes is just too much.

Gyro

Wow.....thats very reasonable

The small triangular panel that houses the tweeters is $50 each....as a comparison.

A forum member experimented and did paint the fender grills silver ...on a black car. It looked pretty good. I will keep mine black for contrast. At that price...your right...someone might be more apt to test out an idea. These primed strakes seem like an outstanding idea....cheaper and will be different than whats out there.

emailists

great news- just what I have been waiting for-- but to keep the end costs down, I really think they have to come painted- the manufacture costs of painting would be nominal vs. the end user having to negotiate a rate with a shop to mix paint and then clean the sprayer for a small job- they'll have to charge alot. I say just pick 2 or 3 colors (chrome being one of them) and just offer that- of course- you can also still offer the unpainted or primed ones as well.

Can you guys do rotary accents as well- that's a natural for a plastic painted part.

antichristpm

Could probably do accents. I think I'll give that a whack after we step up on the strakes. I should be able to take my own off and copy those. Once again people could come up with some interesting colours for that.

my10ae

Mmmmmmmmm colored strakes. Might do mine in brillant black and see how they come out. I like the subtle look.

emailists

ANy updates on the strakes?

I'm getting by replacment 8 in 1 week and would love to put the strakes on- just not at $200.

Thanks

spdspappy

I'm still looking for exact replica's (not plastic) as well.