I did it again, painted front mesh
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Am I changing the color? No. I like the black. It doesn't "stand out" nor do I believe its "rice". Black looks good with subtle accents and all of the other colors contrast on the areas that I have painted so why not the black?
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Originally posted by LightEmUp
Rice, once again. Leave it stock, black is black for a reason, if you wanted to stand out you should have bought a different color.
Rice, once again. Leave it stock, black is black for a reason, if you wanted to stand out you should have bought a different color.
Was it only the black & white RX that appealed to you?? (yes i know white wasn't an option, it's called a pun!!)
The reason why Mazda released a few colours to choose from was because different people have different tastes.
I for one enjoy rice, especially with sweet & sour chicken.
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Not really sure why all the hate for this. I mean ALL of the other colors contrast against a black grill. Black can theoretically contrast as well. I just don't see why "looks like a big smiley face" is only apparent on black. You see this on the other cars. Black on black on black blurs all of the cool angles and design features that mazda put on this great car. I'm just bringing them out a little bit. The flash on the camera might exaggerate it a bit but come on. Anyway, I'm tired of defending it because interestingly enough the only people who seem to dislike it are some people in the rx-8 club.
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Originally posted by Greg
hmm not such a good response after all. looks like i may be painting this one black again.
hmm not such a good response after all. looks like i may be painting this one black again.
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The front of the car with the mesh painted like that remindsme of the Lexus convertible for some reason in all of those pics. Looks too luxurious for me but Im surethat just b/c of the way the pics came out.
I wish I could try that on mine butit would look ridiculous to paint the front mesh silver or chrome on a Titanium Rx8.
I wish I could try that on mine butit would look ridiculous to paint the front mesh silver or chrome on a Titanium Rx8.
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I like the idea of the painted grill for the black. After painting the side vents silver, it seemed only logical to paint the grill silver also. As someone already pointed out, the side vents and front grill are pronounced on every other color except black -what's wrong with just doing the reverse for the black?
I was going to use a duller silver - like the titanium - but the lighter silver blended in with the shine from the strakes .
One other thing...I liked the effect of the grill so much that I moved the license plate - down! Now it covers the front rotary accent, but I think the trade-off for that uncluttered grill was worth it.
I was going to use a duller silver - like the titanium - but the lighter silver blended in with the shine from the strakes .
One other thing...I liked the effect of the grill so much that I moved the license plate - down! Now it covers the front rotary accent, but I think the trade-off for that uncluttered grill was worth it.
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I really like it....like it's been mentioned before I might try a more subtle silver (like the titanium) but I would definitely go to your color if that didn't work out.
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I think the silver grille looks sweet... only thing i think you need to do is add some silver grilles for the oil coolers, i think they would even out the "smiley" that people have been talkin about.
After having seen alot of people do the grilles on the gaping holes of the MS nose, I think it adds a *finished* look to the overall appearance. Not to mention protecting your investment.
Don't mind the people who have dogged your work in here, do it because YOU like it.
I dont recall any posts that have people flaming the chrome rotery accents and strakes on a blk 8.
Keep up the good work!
After having seen alot of people do the grilles on the gaping holes of the MS nose, I think it adds a *finished* look to the overall appearance. Not to mention protecting your investment.
Don't mind the people who have dogged your work in here, do it because YOU like it.
I dont recall any posts that have people flaming the chrome rotery accents and strakes on a blk 8.
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Keep up the good work!
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