here are a few pics i took at the Austin Auto Show a few weeks ago. they had a Winning Blue on a lift so I took a few pics from underneath.

enjoy!

if anyone wants higher res, let me know. :)

another one...

more...

is that the stock control arm?

back side

last one

- XDEEDUBBX -
this was a car straight off the dealer's lot, so i'd imagine it's bone stock

Looks stock to me.

BTW, nice pics.

stock

EXCEPT for that intercooler in the first PIC

i thought it was the radiator...

Sweet pics!

...that is the radiator. Go peek under your car; there it sits at an angle. very interesting.

I guess I got excited
sorry

Did you notice the lower lip (under the front crest) is painted to match instead of black.

That's because the car has the appearance package.

Thats not the Radiator either.

Its the A/C condensor. The Radiator is hidden behind that.

The A/C condensor is what is getting killed by rocks, your Radiator is well protected behind that.

Hymee has a home made fix for that problem in the Austrailia Forum.


You can even see the A/C refrigerant line in the first pic.

You need to look behind your fan blades in the engine compartment to see the radiator.

....I stand corrected.

:p

I hide in the corner corrected

was there an rx8 at that show to sit in? I don't remember seeing one... Or a vw GTI come to think of it. Hm, that show seems to have sucked. the cars in the convention center garage were pretty sweet though. I saw a lincoln LS with a CF splitter, CF hood, and racing seats that was actually VERY coo. Surprised the hell out of me to say the least...

yeah, there were three 8's at the show. the one in the pictures, one on a roped-off display with the doors open and one on the floor for people to get in. it was definitely one of the most crowd-drawing cars at the show. you had to fight to get near the rx-8.

as for VW being absent, it's because the big austin delalership, maund was boycotting the show for some reason. we had to ask a Saab salesman why there were no VW's there.