I'm thinking about just buying the mazdaspeed rear bumper. I'm not too crazy about the front bumper and i don't want any other bumpers that aren't polyurethane so i think i'm just going to buy the rear bumper. The problem is that i don't have the appearance package on my Rx-8 and i'm worried about the lower mazda speed bumper looking a bit odd by itself without sideskirts or a front bumper. I was thinking that maybe the addition of the oem aero flares that come with the appearance package might help the bumper blend in a bit more. Any opinions or thoughts are greatly appreciated.
Thanks, Ryan

 

mazdaspeed does not provide the entire rear bumper, you need to cut the original bumper to put the rear apron on.... that's the downside of the kit.

But if you are going for that, I guess the mazdaspeed rear piece should go OK with the appearance package though as you will not get a sudden drop at the rear bumper... but personally, I will prefer all mazdaspeed myself as the side skirts go very well with the rear diffuser piece.

cheers,

richie

 

wow that would be a lot of money just for a piece that has to use the original bumper..i didn't knwo that about the mazdaspeedo one

 

I think it would look unbalanced

 

It might work if he got the app sides and front. But honestly, I don't see any reason in taking this route.

 

I plan to possibly get a different front bumper in the future. I just want to know if the bottom of the rear mazdaspeed bumper will be close to the same level as the aero flares until i do get the front bumper. I've tried to see what the bumper will look like alone through photoshop and its looks too low compared to the stock height of everything else. So i thought that maybe aero flares would solve the problem

 

there are kits that replace the entire back bumper.

 

Buy the mintblue rear bumper