here are some pics of all my exterior mods ** CF trunk/hood..rims....tailights...tint...bumper and lights


http://i34.photobucket.com/albums/d128/jman700/tonoscamera030.jpg
http://i34.photobucket.com/albums/d128/jman700/tonoscamera029.jpg
http://i34.photobucket.com/albums/d128/jman700/tonoscamera025.jpg
http://i34.photobucket.com/albums/d128/jman700/tonoscamera024.jpg
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http://i34.photobucket.com/albums/d128/jman700/tonoscamera021.jpg
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http://i34.photobucket.com/albums/d128/jman700/l_877459e77397a3dc21ecc25c0493c577.jpg
http://i34.photobucket.com/albums/d128/jman700/l_8e4bd13043af9d3a6a63bb08227aa76a.jpg

I would comment, but photobucket is blocked out here, I'm interested in seeing your taillights though.

none of your photo links work.

oh....mannn. ill try to fix that right now so u can see em gimme a min.

looks pretty sweet.

i hate that in the usa you are legally required to have a front license plate. and they arent even the sleek euro plates.

Not everywhere in the US, just move to AZ and you do not have a front license plate.

you need some springs....lower that bad boy.

Nice, as I said in the other thread, I like the two tone. It works.

the 2 tone works even better with a VR GT with the 2 tone interior.

:P

good start, now:

lower
clean
exhaust

and it'll look much better!

yea i have lowering springs for it but i dont wana put em on if they gona screw up my suspension and i cant afford a totaly new suspension system :/ as far as exhaust....im definatly set once i put on new tailpipes and i guarentee that my exhaust sounds louder than any out there on other rx8's....some ppl dont want it that loud but i do :)

Got anymore day time pictures?

yea i have lowering springs for it but i dont wana put em on if they gona screw up my suspension and i cant afford a totaly new suspension system :/ as far as exhaust....im definatly set once i put on new tailpipes and i guarentee that my exhaust sounds louder than any out there on other rx8's....some ppl dont want it that loud but i do :)


Not sure what you mean by "new suspension" being required after installing lowering springs. All you really need to do is get an alignment.

yea, most springs won't show a drastic premature wear on the shock in comparison to the stocks. we don't even know how long the stocks will last.

so i should put the lowering springs on? cause i heard it wasnt good for the car unless you bought new coilovers as well. and no i dont have more daytime pictures ill try to take some and get that video/audio of the exhaust. but can u guys give me advice as far as the lowering springs go? should i put them on or not

The car looks nice. Why did you put on yellow brake calipers though?

To go with the yellow rotors.:banghead:

lol

what's springs do you have that you wanna put on?

You need some better pics

what's springs do you have that you wanna put on?

im not sure. the place where i got a lifetime membership for alignment gave it to me cause this guy there had them and said that he wasnt goin to use them so he gave them to me :/ they are purple but they dont have a brand on them or anything.

and i dont know i jsut thought red was too common so i went with yellow. and they are just painted so i can change the color if i want. i think im goin to paint them black along with the inside of my rotors. and yea im working on getting some new pictures i would take them now but its rainin outside :/

you guys wanted more/better pics....here ya go.....theres a few there that are closer which show the painted pieces on top, the taillights, and the exhaust cutout. :)

http://i34.photobucket.com/albums/d128/jman700/tonoscamera030-1.jpg
http://i34.photobucket.com/albums/d128/jman700/tonoscamera029-1.jpg
http://i34.photobucket.com/albums/d128/jman700/tonoscamera028-1.jpg
http://i34.photobucket.com/albums/d128/jman700/tonoscamera017.jpg
http://i34.photobucket.com/albums/d128/jman700/tonoscamera027-1.jpg
http://i34.photobucket.com/albums/d128/jman700/tonoscamera026-1.jpg
http://i34.photobucket.com/albums/d128/jman700/tonoscamera014.jpg
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http://i34.photobucket.com/albums/d128/jman700/tonoscamera012.jpg
http://i34.photobucket.com/albums/d128/jman700/tonoscamera011.jpg
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http://i34.photobucket.com/albums/d128/jman700/tonoscamera006.jpg
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nice ferrari ;)

thanks haha its my dads :) http://i34.photobucket.com/albums/d128/jman700/tonoscamera019-1.jpg
http://i34.photobucket.com/albums/d128/jman700/tonoscamera021-1.jpg
http://i34.photobucket.com/albums/d128/jman700/tonoscamera023-1.jpg

but i still need to kno if i should put those lowering springs on or not :/

Not to be a stick in the mudd... but youve got a serious gap between your front fenders and hood, I can see your engine bay thru it. Not really feeling the yellow calipers, doesnt fit the rest of your color scheme, and your rotors are ruuuuusty.

Besides that it is looking good. Youre on the right track, just try to keep things tastefull and not too obnoxious (i.e. your loudest exhuast ever plan) We have plenty of loud-for-nothing cars already in FL, what we dont have enough of is clean/well put together street cars.

Keep up the good work man, and take what I say for a grain of salt... its your ride, do what makes you happy.

Not to be a stick in the mudd... but youve got a serious gap between your front fenders and hood, I can see your engine bay thru it. Not really feeling the yellow calipers, doesnt fit the rest of your color scheme, and your rotors are ruuuuusty.

Besides that it is looking good. Youre on the right track, just try to keep things tastefull and not too obnoxious (i.e. your loudest exhuast ever plan) We have plenty of loud-for-nothing cars already in FL, what we dont have enough of is clean/well put together street cars.

Keep up the good work man, and take what I say for a grain of salt... its your ride, do what makes you happy.

I was just about to post the same thing!

i'm not sure if i would put springs with an unknown brand on. i'd find out what brand it is first before i put it on. maybe someone on here will know if you take a picture of it. ya don't even know how much it's suppose to drop.

nope idk how much its supposed to drop. ill take a picture later and post it up but i kinda figure theyr arnt really good since i got them for free and all

Not to be a stick in the mudd... but youve got a serious gap between your front fenders and hood, I can see your engine bay thru it. Not really feeling the yellow calipers, doesnt fit the rest of your color scheme, and your rotors are ruuuuusty.

Besides that it is looking good. Youre on the right track, just try to keep things tastefull and not too obnoxious (i.e. your loudest exhuast ever plan) We have plenty of loud-for-nothing cars already in FL, what we dont have enough of is clean/well put together street cars.

Keep up the good work man, and take what I say for a grain of salt... its your ride, do what makes you happy.

i cant really do anything with the gap. ive tried adjusting the hood latch and all but i c ant really do much its just how the hood was made. and the calipers and rotors are gona be painted...once i can get a hold of a key to take of my rims :/

Nice Ferrari. I agree, lowering is better, but all mods in good time.

This exhaust mod, waaaayyyy bad idea bro. Fuel tank no likey the hot exhaust. That shield will only do so much. Start throwing flames and you may see a few more.

http://i34.photobucket.com/albums/d128/jman700/tonoscamera006.jpg

Nice Ferrari. I agree, lowering is better, but all mods in good time.

This exhaust mod, waaaayyyy bad idea bro. Fuel tank no likey the hot exhaust. That shield will only do so much. Start throwing flames and you may see a few more.

http://i34.photobucket.com/albums/d128/jman700/tonoscamera006.jpg


ooooo. thanks for the info. that definatly would be nooooo good i didnt relize that. well thats gona come off and im goin to put an electrict cut out on there and im going to put exhaust wrap on all of it. but for reall thats for the info ill talk to my mechanic and see if, for now, i can run a pipe to the back or at least away from the tank.

get a clip of the car and how it sound when your exhuast plan is done. Im interested to hear what it sounds like.

get a clip of the car and how it sound when your exhuast plan is done. Im interested to hear what it sounds like.


well by the time i get the electric exhaust and all that done itll be a lil while...so if i remember tomorrow...on my way to work hopefully ill grab my camera and take a vid(audio) while i drive and post it up here asap

Paint the CF, would look much better

nice to see a carbon fibre hood and trunk ti gray. now i dont have to imagine how mine will look like 3 weeks later.

yellow caliper look ok on a ti gray. gray/silver porsche carrera gt have yellow caliper on. sry for the big pic

http://www.rsportscars.com/foto/03/carreragt06_09.jpg

welll GREAT NEWS GUYS! i went over to a friends house at night and i was behind this girl and she had to go so i had to back out and i couldnt see cause it was almost pitch black and i put two F*****G giant dents in my rear fender and tons of hairline scratches. because he decided it would be cool to have the jumanji forrest in his front yard with a foot wide driveway :( its looks really easy to get out.......but stilll sucks. its too dark right now to take pictures but ill take some tomorrow and post them :wallbash: :anger: :owned:
not a fun night :(

pretty stupid.... :banghead: :banghead: :rant: :icon_no2:


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Ouch.....those dents might be poppable though. Doesn't look like there are any creases there might not be as bad as it looks. The scratches on the bumper though.......fresh paint might get the job done.

yea i think they are popable too. and the scratches seem pretty light. ill probably just try to buff them out. :/

try and compound those scratches out you might get most of it cleaned up, if not you could always just respray like sasha suggested :)

Actually, now that I look at it again, that dent just behind your rear door might have a crease. Do you have a better picture of that one?

dang, those are two big dents. the one behind the fuel door looks like it can be popped back. not sure about the one in front.

im pretty sure the front one will come out too...its like right where the fender ends but i think it should pop out fine if not ill get a dent doctor to finish up whats left messed up...im just glad i turned the other way a little bit so instead of having a hugeeeee dent across my whole car i just have to. semi huge ones lol. i think i need to buy a good luck charm or somethin
http://i34.photobucket.com/albums/d128/jman700/tonoscamera004-1.jpg
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After looking at the first pictures , I thought clear corner were needed but now it seems you have a bigger fish to fry with does dents.

Good luck..........

Yeah you can pop it, no crease. You got lucky.

Sorry about your luck with the dents.

I'm indifferent about your color scheme as well as the wheels, etc.

Keep working on it and do what makes you happy. Thats what its all about. You don't have anyone else to impress but yourself.

Your pops is ferrari on the other hand is dope. You should trade cars with him :)

Who is Concha?

concha is my last name :)

heres some updated pics of the ferrari if anyones interested.

http://i34.photobucket.com/albums/d128/jman700/009.jpg
http://i34.photobucket.com/albums/d128/jman700/008.jpg
http://i34.photobucket.com/albums/d128/jman700/004.jpg
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nice ferrari, try to look like the challenge stradale? lol love it no matter how it looks like

did you use vinyl to cover your tails im thinking about doing ti to mine. but i dont know if its hard to do because of the shape. if you did use vinyl where did you get it from, i dont want mine to be dark and yours are perfect.

wooO...i really like your taillight..its damn cool :)

yeah how did you do your tail lights, i use the tint stuff and it started to come up so i gotta redo mine... again.

heres some updated pics of the ferrari if anyones interested.

Great looking ferrari, is that a 360 modena?

sorry guys ive been away from the club for a while....but yes its a 360 modena and no we didnt really aim to make it look like the challenge, just kind of came out that way butttt something got messed up in the engine and they are trying to fix it but as of now it is dead :( but my dad just got a red sl500 and he is going to sell his blue sl500 until he finds a different one. and as far as the taillights on my car go...its not vinyl. its spray tint. the kind you can get on ebay. works good but doesnt leave them with that fresh " i just spent 250$ to smoke my tailights out " look...its flat. not glossy. but i save about 230$ so ill take it...........but for whoever scrolls on through and reads this im in a predicament......my car has a nice collection of dents in it as pictured earlier....so somehow....i convinced my dad to fix it up. turns out my carbonfiber trunk and hood started turning yellow due to the hot florida sun. and the hood began to crack. soooo luckily our friend is a dealer and he is selling 2 rx8's for parts and we are buying the stock hood and trunk....now heres where im torn. i can custom paint my car as i please...im firm on getting it two tone grey/black. what i was thinking is from the front bumper nose follow the hood lining up to the roof and back down to the trunk. have all the black. and leave the rest of the car the grey. im not sure if this is the best idea and how i should go about following the lining. PLEASE let me know what you think. mean and rude or not. and if you have pictures or photoshopped pictures to back what your thoughts are or mine. please post them! thankss

heres close to what i was thinking. sorry bout the picture of the sub. i took it from another post. but this is what im thinking bout the two tone. comments?

Nice Ferari, why didnt you get one a lambo or ferari instead of the 8? :P

hahahaha i wish...but i had to pay for my own car so a lambo was just out of reach of my budget

******UPDATE****** car went into the shop on monday. im getting the dents fixed and painting it two-tone (see attached pic) except the blue will be the gray i already have....i get it back in about 3 weeks so ill take some pics once i get it back :)

great keep us updated :)

lower you car!

will do. and i dont really have the money to spend on lowering my car right now so thatll have to wait for a while.

So what are u driving rite now if your 8 is in the shop? WONDERING =]

my dads f150 :/ i was driving the sl500 but he sent it to the shop for something

looks pretty sweet.

i hate that in the usa you are legally required to have a front license plate. and they arent even the sleek euro plates.

thats why i just ordered myself one of those "sleek euro plates" and put it on my 8, looks WAY better than the US tags :naughty:

i'll be suprised if they try to fix that rear quarter. once you try to stretch and pull that metal back into its shape, its going to be weak as hell despite its natural abilities to go back where it needs to. if you push on it anywhere and it sounds like an oil can, dont settle for less than a new quarter being put on. a good bodyman can torch it back but still, you sacrifice structural integrity back there, especially to be able to take another direct hit. hope it gets the love it deserves!!

eh, its not as bad as the pictures make them seem. plus i popped them out quite a bit. the body shop said those shouldn't be much of a problem but the dents on my roof wont be perfect.

so i went to the shop and snapped some pics of my car. it comes out tomorrow. im getting a red pin stripe but they had to order it and im going to paint my calipers red. and re-paint my tailights. also going to paint the grill glossy black and possibly painting the black bumper piece and the front lip but thats undecided.


http://i34.photobucket.com/albums/d128/jman700/carandrange032.jpg
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here we go. :) i still am working on a few things such as red calipers, smoked corners, re-smoke taillights, hood adjustment and such but here is the final painted product :)


http://i34.photobucket.com/albums/d128/jman700/newpics018.jpg
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i was asked a while back for an audio clip of my exhaust and i finaly got one, a short one, but i got one. it sounds better in person i recorded with an old camera. but enjoy :D
http://i34.photobucket.com/albums/d128/jman700/th_fa3d5b1b.jpg (http://s34.photobucket.com/albums/d128/jman700/?action=view&current=fa3d5b1b.pbr)

^^^ Looks good!!! Not my cup of tea but looks good never the less :)

Hey man, it looks great! For my two bits, I would put some black vinyls or something else CF/black on the sides of the car. Right now, with the hood, trunk and wheels, the sides look a little TOO grey. Maybe some tasteful racing decals in black, or black sideskirts, or something. Also, again, this is just my taste, but I would try a grey looking front/rear bumper insert where the black plastic is, or with the oil cooler guards, just to break up all the CF a bit.

Nice!