Excuse my ignorance, but what the heck is a strake?

strakes are the two pieces that go across the fenders

Do a search for pics or go to multimedia/photogallery

Originally posted by Rx-8coDSN
Excuse my ignorance, but what the heck is a strake? Check my sig for pics of strakes..

Excuse my ignorance, but what the heck is a strake?
From Webster's:

"strake
n. Nautical
A single continuous line of planking or metal plating extending on a vessel's hull from stem to stern."

Since the Rx-8 strakes are only 3" long, I'd say Mazda Marketing got a little carried away in naming that part. But it sure looks sweet.

yes they do look sweet

I think they especially look sweet on the silver colour. BrotherVoodoo has that combo. Looks like the Mercedes SL500!

I thought they came in brushed and polished aluminum....but I've only seen the polished variety.....anyone seen different?

In the US I think they only come in polished, like the rotory emblems...

Originally posted by brothervoodoo
Check my sig for pics of strakes..

brothervoodoo very nice pics!

It might be easier to see them on mine. Check them out ....

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Originally posted by Chrisbert
I think they especially look sweet on the silver colour. BrotherVoodoo has that combo. Looks like the Mercedes SL500!
Originally posted by bwayout
brothervoodoo very nice pics! Thanks, I have some higher rez shots here:
http://www.rx8club.com/showthread.php?s=&threadid=9092&highlight=Round
http://www.rx8club.com/showthread.php?s=&threadid=8095&highlight=brothervoodoo+got+his

Originally posted by mmjames
It might be easier to see them on mine. Check them out ....

Thanks mmjames, I've always been a fan of the RX-8 in black (just check out my own personal alias icon)

;)

... but please, brothervoodoo, by no means should you take offense of my color choices! Thanks again for your additional pick links!

Originally posted by brothervoodoo I have some higher rez shots here:

http://www.rx8club.com/showthread.p...highlight=Round
http://www.rx8club.com/showthread.p...rvoodoo+got+his

Maybe either one of you can PM me a link showing some pics of your trunk with the spare tire -- if it's still set up ...

:D

I'd like to pick up a set of the brushed aluminum strakes, anyone have an idea where I can order them.....

They're a standard Mazda accessory -- any Mazda dealer can get them for you (MSRP $250 for 4 pieces). Trussville Mazda runs an online store with the best price I've seen anywhere: $195.

If your question was about brushed aluminum, as opposed to the polished (which is the Mazda product), I have no idea -- I've never seen brushed aluminum strakes advertised, as such. I've seen the polished strakes up-close, though, and they're not chrome-looking, like the "polished aluminum wheels" Mazda sells; definitely more of a brushed-finish look, to me.

Thanks for the info......polished it is.....you're right about the deals over there.....

Originally posted by brothervoodoo
Check my sig for pics of strakes..

Brothervoodoo - I can't really tell for sure from your pix, but it looks like you have polished rotary accent and brushed strakes? I would really appreciate it if you could add a close-up view of your strakes to your web site, so I can see for sure. If they are brushed, are you glad you went that way instead of polished?

I'd like to order strakes with my Mazda card, but I really want to see both sets on a Titanium first.

You know, as cool as they are it gets to me to pay almost $200 for 4 little pieces of metal...seems a little steep to me. But hey, almost all of the accessories run around $200 anyway...the Sales/Marketing folks at Mazda must have not been in a good mood that day. :)