For those having the (mandatory) strakes , who is going for what ?

Brushed or polished ?

Had to make the call at the weekend having seen neither for real and went for brushed (on titanium car)

Polished for me. Think they look better, less dull.

Cheers
Oilman

Fence sitting atm.

Always thought I'd be getting the brushed, but sounds like polished may look ok too.

95% brushed for now tho.

After seeing them, Im going polished too.

The downside is it may be more noticable if they get scratched/chipped etc.

Mark

I should have broken it by colour too....

If I had a red one , I too would go polished. (prefer the finish, and will look great on the red).
Titanium I worry they will just blend too much , so brushed it was.

M.

Polished for me, I think they will look better on the Black I have ordered.

Chris

Polished will look nicer although I need to see both before I make a final call.

rael

Speaking only for the titanium, it has to be brushed!

Folks,

I think we need some photos here to make a comparison.

Anyone got good ones of the polished and brushed on the red?

Hmm this is a REAL toughie.

I was brushed all of the way until I saw Danny A's piccies of the silver car (which I have preordered for the one person who doesn't know this!), which looking closely at his post are almost certainly polished. This will be the same therefore as the mazda badge on the front of the car, and thus accentuate the pair of them.

I'm leaning therefore polished ATM, and have therefore voted as such.

On a different note : Bugger, bugger bugger! Anyone good at colour matching paints?! About 1/3 of our house is painted a certain colour, inherited when we moved in 2 yrs ago. As its a matt finish, its perfect for kids (not!). I dont mind touching it up, and fortunately the previous owners left pots for the other rooms (which are all small and some have since been repainted anyway - uuurgh dark green bathroom I think not - even though I know what they have tried to do - make the paint darker than the light green bathroom suite, but it just makes the suite more green - sorted now!) Anyway, where was I - oh yes, its probably an old Laura Ashley colour. Called them, no joy on old colour cards from 5 yrs ago, although I have managed to get the last 2.5l pots of our hall and landing in existence from them! So I have tried the dulux colour matching thing. Problem is, that even then theres only (!) 1200 colours to choose from, and 4 are close (lots of sample pots knocked up at £2 a shot!) but none are perfect. I have called Dulux, but they are pants, and actually, shock horror B&Q are my best bet at the mo, cos theres a bloke there, Terry who's really helpful and we have tried lots. He's given up saying go for the darkest and then just add white until it matches. I don't want to paint the rest of the house, I know I'm off this week on paternity leave and therefore this is about the only chance I will have to do it, but heck...

Hmm, wonder what finish paint I should have, matt (brushed) or silk (polished) :D

I feel better now, I'm having a beer. Wonder if Ben will keep waking us every 2 hrs on the dot tonight....

Renegade,

Are you losing the plot, dont worry you have only 8-12 weeks of sleepless nights to come. Thats the official line anyway, but dont believe it. Never mind UP THE WOLVES.

Anyway back to the strakes, as previously mentioned in earlier posts I am still undecided. I thought the brushed strakes would look good alongside the brushed wheels and then have the polished rotary emblem on the bumber to match the polished Mazda badge on the bonnet. Ideally would like to see side by side comparisons on photos or in the flesh before ordering.

Topic

I was brushed but now undecided. I may follow the same route as Topic with brushed strakes and polished emblems. (Tit)

Do we need to order the accessories now or will the dealers have a good stock of them ready to fit to our cars just before delivery?

renegade,

Suggest tit grey colour for each and every room. In that way you can touch up the house and car out of the same tin.

rael

Polished - still got the plot

I can't make up my mind! I have seen a Titanium car with strakes, but I can't remember if they were polished or brushed. Ideally I would like to see both beside the car before deciding. I have also heard that the brushed rotory crests look naff, but having not seen any to compare I really don't know. I am also not sure if mixing polished crests with brushed strakes is the way to go. Damn you Mazda for making me chose! Help!

As A black owner to be I think I'd prefer brushed, with the standard wheels. I think polished might clash...

This thread might help
http://www.rx8forum.com/showthread.php?s=&threadid=12513

Stu C

I have seen the (polished) light!
Forgive me my past madness.

I've no idea why but my perception of the 'air outlet fins' changed today and now I need them bad...

You're going soft buddy!

Cheers
Oilman

Originally posted by oilman
You're going soft buddy!

Cheers
Oilman

Yeah, I'll be wanting a red car next... ;)
You think spending £170 on 4 small pieces of aluminium is going soft do you? I call it advanced masochism...

Originally posted by Lensman
I have seen the (polished) light!
Forgive me my past madness.

I've no idea why but my perception of the 'air outlet fins' changed today and now I need them bad...


Nooooooo...

I've got the outlet fins on order too.

First I find out I'm not going to be the only Titanium Grey owner in Cambridge, but I have the slight comfort that at least he doesn't like the "strakes" and now he has to go and do this..... :(



Git :D

I had to make a decision on this today and went for polished.

Sorry to tell you this Jon but I'm another tit grey in Cambridge looking at buying the outlet fins :D

Perhaps we can start our own Cambridge Tit grey club?

Stuart

Originally posted by Stuartt
Sorry to tell you this Jon but I'm another tit grey in Cambridge looking at buying the outlet fins :D

Perhaps we can start our own Cambridge Tit grey club?

Stuart


Argh, I'm bordering on tears now... :)

Maybe we should all pick them up at the same time, have a convoy of Titanium Grey RX8s leave Priory (I'm guessing you're using Priory) all at the same time :)

I've ordered mine from Garneys and Hill in Bury. It's the same distance and time for me to travel there.

I used them for my Seat servicing and they seem to be good guys. Their showroom is much better organised than Priory.


However - first one to get there tit grey rx8 allows the other cambridge rx8ers to have an oggle - I've not seen a tit grey in the flesh!

Originally posted by Jon Brittan
Argh, I'm bordering on tears now... :)

Maybe we should all pick them up at the same time, have a convoy of Titanium Grey RX8s leave Priory (I'm guessing you're using Priory) all at the same time :)

Ah, but I've got Sat-Nav so all you'll have to do is look in through the window to see if it's my car... Don't get too close to the paint though please.

Also: having my Trackstar system fitted will delay my delivery slightly.

Have either of you Priory guys got a date yet (sorry if I've missed it)?

At the weekend I saw some brushed (or so called) items, the strakes and the crest. The finish looked very similair to that of silver Airfix paint, not quite what expected. I think I may have to opt for the polished, althogh have not seen yet!

Saw rotary crest at my dealers on Friday. Polished is very nice and not too highly polished but brushed is a joke. They are not brushed at all, instead the have been painted a distressed grey colour and whilst may look okay from a distance look crap close up. I did not see the fins in brushed but if they are the same then they will look tatty at close inspection.

But (polished) fins will change the shape of the car and will go well with crest and sport exhaust on a tit grey, brushed will not go with tit grey(IMHO).

rael

Originally posted by Lensman
Ah, but I've got Sat-Nav so all you'll have to do is look in through the window to see if it's my car... Don't get too close to the paint though please.

Also: having my Trackstar system fitted will delay my delivery slightly.

Have either of you Priory guys got a date yet (sorry if I've missed it)?

They phoned me last week and said they will be getting their demonstrator on the 31st of this month, when they will have a day for viewing by pre-orders and will book our test-drives then. They also said mine will turn up the first week of November (supposedly).

Originally posted by rael
Saw rotary crest at my dealers on Friday. Polished is very nice and not too highly polished but brushed is a joke. They are not brushed at all, instead the have been painted a distressed grey colour and whilst may look okay from a distance look crap close up. I did not see the fins in brushed but if they are the same then they will look tatty at close inspection.

But (polished) fins will change the shape of the car and will go well with crest and sport exhaust on a tit grey, brushed will not go with tit grey(IMHO).

rael

I went for the polished for this reason. While my dealer ddn't have any actually examples he did show me "similar" colour examples on an MX5 and Mazda8.