i got this off a thread on the rx7 forum., i think it looks really nice

http://www.rx7club.com/forum/attachment.php?s=&postid=498952

Man, I'm sorry but I can't see the pic.

hmm, it loaded before, oh well here it is

That looks very nice, i wish they would look like that out of the showroom

thats what i was thinking..and that would almost eliminate the rice factor totally

Wow. I think that looks horrid.

Originally posted by RX - 8
thats what i was thinking..and that would almost eliminate the rice factor totally

Looking at the picture, I thought that WAS the rice facter :confused:

really??, i actually thought it looked nice....much beefier then the stock version

ill take three

To me it looks a little ricey :eek: but to each his own.

yuk. totally overdone.

PS - I've never seen *any* bodykit for *any* car that looks better than stock imo. I like the looks of a clean stock body car with a nice set of +1 sized alloy wheels.

hmm...what do I comment on? the lousy photoshop job, or the horriddness of that "kit"?

This is all a matter of taste and opinion, IMO it looks real nice and there's nothing on that picture that makes it "ricey" the only thing that comes close to it is that wing, which dosen't look too bad. If the car came out like that out of the showroom it would be a 100% purchase for me, its not rice, rice= ridiculous sized wing that hurts car's performance, stickers advertising mods you *don't* have, annoying and huge coffe canned mufflers, horridious paint jobs with weird writings, neon lights, altezza lights, huge wheels that hurt 1/4 times, fake cross drilled rotors, fake badges, springs being cut to make car lower, fake gauges that don't do anything, turbo hoods on n/a cars, and i could go on forever.....a rice car is a wanna-be good performing with "mods" that hurt the car....I've seen many FD's with body kits does that make them "rice"? even if they run 9's?

Here's an FD with a "body kit", this car runs 9's but that dosen't matter since it has a "body kit" its just another ricer

I'm gonna have to go with Johny on the definition of rice, IMO the car looks good stock, but like this it looks way better!!

My goodness-

I think that kind of kit on an RX-8 would make it a little impractical and a little silly looking- but perhaps that's just me...


And hello, to anyone that cares- I've been lurking for a while but was to chicken to post anything! :)

looks like crap.. says 'pay attention to me.. my mommy never did'

too ricey......why butcher a beautiful thing..

I want to second KrisA, word for word.

IMO, if I wanted a spoiler like that, I'd buy a plane.

There's a lot more to be said to having a bigger bite than bark.

i am not here to start a flame war, so to be modest, i like to have my rx8 in its original, simple, clean beautiful form
connie

ohh well, i still like it :D

Originally posted by RX - 8
ohh well, i still like it :D

Yeah me too, do you have a link to that Rx7forum thread about this rx-8 with that kit?

Originally posted by RX - 8
thats what i was thinking..and that would almost eliminate the rice factor totally
That's funny, because I was thinking "pass the soy sauce". :D I see a big honkin' wing and a highly stylized air dam, and I think "rice". Sorry. :)

What is ricey about the RX-8 at the auto shows that there is a "rice factor" to be eliminated?

No thanks to this stuff or anything like it coming standard. This car needs to target the masses, not the performance freaks. Of course if you want this stuff on your car, there is always the aftermarket. ;)

i think that it gives the rx8 a nice aggressive stance, something that the imports need. 99% of imports dont look mean at all, mostly because they arent..but the rx8 on the other hand is going to be an extremly mean car..and i think that it should be shown

Originally posted by RX - 8
i think that it gives the rx8 a nice aggressive stance, something that the imports need. 99% of imports dont look mean at all, mostly because they arent..but the rx8 on the other hand is going to be an extremly mean car..and i think that it should be shown

you can always get firebird

;-)

BWA-Hahahaaahaahaaa!! >Coke spurting out of nose<

:D

Originally posted by spwolf


you can always get firebird

;-)

firebird??...trans am looks much more aggresive...but i dont like either...the rx-8 plus an agressive stance = perfect

Actually this picture makes me think twice about buying an rx8... I have always wanted an rx7 but with the reliability issues, its not worth it IMO. So i was thinking about heading to the Honda Dealership for an s2000 when suddenly I heard about rx8 and the 350z.. its hard to choose, but with this showing what can be done with an rx8, I'll probably be the proud owner of an rx8 when they come out..

Please...save the fried rice for the Honda's

:rolleyes:

Body kits are not rice :mad:

But that big friggin' wing is, and the fact that it looks slammed with a highly stylized air dam, AND has the spider web wheels. Mainly the wing, but when you add it all up, it makes my want a side of egg rolls. ;)

The picture makes the ground effects look chromed. I'm sure that was not intended, but it also lends a few sprouts to the already abundant fried rice ingredients. :D

I'm talking about body kits in general, they are not rice! that Rx-8 pic was photoshopped i'm sure a "real Rx-8" body kit will look alot better, but whoever photoshopped that Rx-8 its not all that bad but i'm not saying its good either, but IMO i like the idea

No arguement there. :) I like body kits too. But some, incombination with certain other "mods" can make a car look ricey. Obviously it's photoshopped. The picture is old news... ;)

Yeah i agree with you on the incombinations, i know EXACTLY what your talking about obviously there's alot of kits around that are horridious looking and are very ricey looking especially on a car with no mods whatsoever, oh well we're beating on a dead dog i'm tired of that Rx-8, i'm done posting on this thread :D

with all the new members on the board, i just thought we could see what they think about this pic

I actually like, but it does look kinda rice. I'm not really sure the wing spoiler goes with the underbody too.

Does any onw know if Mazda will offer a body kit or a Wing Spoiler as an accessory? I personally think the RX8 looks pretty good without them, but I'm still curious.

That look is starting to age now. The stock RX-8 is the kind of look we will all be more comfortable with in 2004.

It's a bit much for me. I like body kits that add to the look of the car, not completely change it. Why spend the money on a car then spend even more on completely changing how it looks?

Well I’m new here and the kit looks ricy however it could be the Photoshop job. It does help with imagining it with a good kit. What I’m going to do is put all the cash under the hood:)

And a rather poor photoshop job too...