Has anyone tried having stripes on their 8? I'm considering trying red stripes on a black 8. Something sort of like this Black mustang. What are your thoughts on it?

http://www.larryhendrick.com/weblog/wp-content/uploads/2007/04/red-stripped-mustang.jpg

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do it.... and die. :tank:

oh, wow...it seems i'm the only one who actually thinks it'll look cool...

Here's a link to some pics with stripes. http://www.rx8club.com/showthread.php?t=69339&highlight=rx-8+with+racing+stripes
I think I did that right lol....^

Anyway, there was this guy who had a winning blue with white stripes; it looked pretty good. Although, I couldn't find the thread.

lol everyone hates racing stripes that much huh. I've always liked the racing stripes on the lotus elises and exiges. I understand that those are lotuses and we're talking about an rx8, but I dont get why it would look so bad on the 8. But i guess everyone has their own opinion on it lol.


http://robson.m3rlin.org/cars/wp-content/uploads/2007/11/2006-lotus-exige-gt3-fa-1920x1440-copy.jpg

if i were to do it, i'd opt for a single stripe down the center, or something, more european than american, since the twin stripe thingy belongs on vipers n mustangs

Some people fill in the triangle in the hood, over the roof and down the back. I don't care for it though. Maybe get someone who is good at photoshop to play around with options.

I HIGHLY recommend getting/borrowing an Xbox 360 and a copy of Forza 2. In that game you can custom paint anything you want on a Mazdaspeed RX-8 and look at it from any angle. Way easier to get right at any angle than Photoshop, and you can try a million combinations of stripes if you like.

[QUOTE=souljamcdiddy;2443886]it will look like
dude, what the fuck?

http://www.vorsicht.org.hk/photos/data/665/medium/RX-8_002_800x600_.jpg
http://www.vorsicht.org.hk/photos/data/665/medium/RX-8_006_800x600_.jpg

that looks badfuckingass. wow thats sick

not bad

that looks badfuckingass. wow thats sick

100% correct

His link to the photoalbum of it is dead though :'(

Just showing stripes aren't necessarily stupid...

Wow that looks really nice on that white 8. Do you know if its painted or if its a vinyl? Anyone wanna do a photoshop of it in black with red stripes? lol

so my friend tried to photoshop the pics above and this is how it turned out:
http://i306.photobucket.com/albums/nn243/viperz2k5/RX-8_002_800x600_.jpg
http://i306.photobucket.com/albums/nn243/viperz2k5/RX-8_006_800x600_copy.jpg
lol i guess he kinda accidently made it matte black but u get the picture.

souljamcdiddy i'm with alz0rz, pls remove those image.. too much to post it here :spank:

now that i see the blue stripes on the white car, it actually looks pretty sick. I thought it'd look dumb as hell but now that I see it, I like it. No reason for those nasty pictures either. :puke:

satin black looks badass

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thanx man i started to hate posting on my own thread cause of those pics! haha

IMO ...racing stripes and japanese sport cars don't go well together. I'd leave RS for american muscle cars. :)

i mean i am not a fan of racing stripes but it mite look good. tell us when you get it done ,good luck

Was looking around ebay and saw this
http://www.epaymotorsinc.com/images/329/EBay.jpg
Link (http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&category=84160&viewitem=&item=110252864870&_trksid=p3907.m29) to auction for more pics.

racing stripes are for American muscle IMO

So I was driving home on my way from work this afternoon in the Pensacola, Florida area... and I saw a VR 8 with white racing stripes about 10 inches wide with a 2-3 inch space up the center...


It was the most god awful hideous thing I have ever seen. I wanted to gouge my eyes out.

ok well after thinking about it ill prolly skip the whole racing strips idea and just leave it for the mustangs and vipers to do. I have a new idea in mind. I was thinking maybe accents of red around the car. I got the idea from the Koeniggsegg CCX-R and I thought it was a cool idea.

http://blog.tmcnet.com/blog/tom-keating/images/koenigsegg-ccxr-special-edition-front.jpg
http://blog.tmcnet.com/blog/tom-keating/images/koenigsegg-ccxr-special-edition.jpg
http://blog.tmcnet.com/blog/tom-keating/images/koenigsegg-ccxr-special-edition-rear.jpg

this guy also did a similar style on a white 8:
http://www.rx8club.com/showthread.php?t=115172&highlight=kevko

:Eyecrazy: ^^^^yeah that's my fav right now. wish I had the 20k and lived in cali so I could go pick it up.

I found that yellow one with black stripes as well a few nights ago. I think it looks good. Might try to pick it up if my dealer doesnt give me the deal I'm looking for.

i like the new idea better, make sure you keep ur stripes(accents) with the curves of the car and it should look good. do you have a body kit?

^+1 . Just don't over do it. Too much red might ruin the style..:D

yea like it cool when you change the color of the lip or something like grey or something,that white with black is nice ay, it all way good to add somethinking to brake the color

i like the new idea better, make sure you keep ur stripes(accents) with the curves of the car and it should look good. do you have a body kit?

Im not gonna do too much im gonna keep it simple if i do it. At the moment no i don't have a bodykit but im planning on getting one very soon. Im definitely planning to get vertex lang front bumper. The sides and rear im considering r magic but im not too sure yet. Any ideas?

screw the 8. get a Koeniggsegg CCX-R

screw the 8. get a Koeniggsegg CCX-R

sure you wanna pay for it? hahaha

P.S. whats the update on those tenzos? Did you get em on yet?

how much is the ccx-r ?? in us dollor

sure you wanna pay for it? hahaha

P.S. whats the update on those tenzos? Did you get em on yet?

yeah ill give you mine. just give me your
http://www.caradvice.com.au/wp-content/uploads/2007/12/mazdafuraiconceptmazdafurai04500img.thumbnail.jpg

tenzos are still in box. maximum time frame is early next week. hopefully something can be done about that by tomorrow/friday/saturday.

how much is the ccx-r ?? in us dollor

like $2569837420. hahah i have no idea but i do know its 100,000 more than the ccx.

how much is the ccx-r ?? in us dollor


starts at $810,708.10..........but at least it has a 5 year warranty :)

The Koenigsegg is still using the reverse lights/rear reflectors right off the FD, that makes it the RX-8 second cousin twice removed or something.

This is my Rx8 05 s spec so far........

Not my thing but if you like it then that is all that matters.

I have mixed feelings about stripes on rx8.... from one side it looks pretty sweet but at the same it looks lame viper wanna be...

Almost done! - Still need to do the pin stripes on the rear

Getting lowered 2 inch next week as well

I actually really like your stripes...

If it was me, and i was forced to keep the stripes, i would have at least took the stripes to the top of the grill and left it there. Looks weird having it stop at the grill and then finish at the bottom of the grill.

Haha, at least lose the transformers reference. Thats only for ricers and idiots in my opinion. Also I dont think stripes really belong on this car at all.