Hey guys I am new to the forums here and to the RX8 world and just wanted to show you some pics of the car. I got it in a pretty sad state and proceeded to pretty much redo the entire car. I swapped out the front bumper and headlights, new springs and shocks all the way around, new brake rotors, new wheels and tires, made the bumper and skirts fit, fixed a ton of dents and then this is what we have now!

I am not done yet though...Coming soon comes some porting, headers, flywheel and I might swap the wheels out for something a bit more radical. At any rate I will keep you all posted!

Hope you like!

http://i26.photobucket.com/albums/c119/remerson1/DSC01114.jpg

http://i26.photobucket.com/albums/c119/remerson1/DSC01116.jpg

http://i26.photobucket.com/albums/c119/remerson1/DSC01117.jpg

http://i26.photobucket.com/albums/c119/remerson1/DSC01115.jpg

nice job. time for some clear corners too.

Looks good, I don't usually like all black rims but those show well! :)

Good stuff. Get the MS front.

not bad

Interested in the wheels if you part them out :)

Thanks guys for the props. It has a replica Speed bumper on the front and it fit like *(@*&. I ditched it for the stock setup. If anything I will get the FEED bumper or just the more aggressive lip on it. As for the clears it had them on and they didnt fit well either. I went to stock and love them. I will keep you posted on the wheels. Dont know yet but will decide next month once I get performance where it needs to be...

I think it looks pretty sexy man, has a very aggressive look to it. Do you still have the stock exhaust? If so, i would get one with bigger tips... Maybe Borla or Racing Beat. To make your car sound better, and fill in the holes in the back a bit better.

I Love Your Wheels!!!!

ride looks sweet. i like it... i like it a lot

Badass.
What wheels are those?
I think it looks fine as is.

nice :) just wonder about the straight hole at ur rear left fender? hmm..

that is a HOT car. love the wheels

nice :) just wonder about the straight hole at ur rear left fender? hmm..

It's a vent. Those come with the Mazdaspeed replica rear bumper.

Thanks guys for the props. Yeah the skirts and the bumper are replica Mazdaspeed. They were on the car when I bought them. One of these days I might go authentic but we will see. I got them to work pretty well after a pretty good battle.

The wheels I brought in a set of 3 complete sets from an importer. I operate a fab shop just outside of SLC, utah and we thought about bringing them in. I think they turned out ok but my favorite wheels are the ones we put on a mustang we did last year. Check them out here...MRR makes them. We might still bring ina few more sets to see if there is any interest. We had them powdercoated locally after we got them.

I am dying to see a set of these on an 8.

http://i26.photobucket.com/albums/c119/remerson1/mini-IMG_3323.jpg

Those wheels on that Mustang are sick! I'm dying to see those on my 8! :D:

looks like it took you ahwile to get th rear to fit nice=)

Those wheels on that Mustang are sick! I'm dying to see those on my 8! :D:

here we go.... PM me and I'll give you an address to send those wheels to... :lol:
http://www.rx8club.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=122754&d=1214280573

Here are some more...Yeah I totally love the MRR wheels.

http://i26.photobucket.com/albums/c119/remerson1/mini-IMG_3324-1.jpg

http://i26.photobucket.com/albums/c119/remerson1/mini-IMG_3321.jpg

My brother owned my car before I bought it and he actually ran those wheels from the Mustang for a few weeks before I needed them back. Here are some crappy pics of a not finished 8 but enough to get an idea of what they would look like on a finished one w/a nice Mazdaspeed body kit.

http://i26.photobucket.com/albums/c119/remerson1/jeddspics369.jpg

http://i26.photobucket.com/albums/c119/remerson1/jeddspics372.jpg

^I actually like your current wheels alot better than the MMR's.

One last time, I don't want to jack your thread, but those wheels got me going for a bit. Here's wheels with custom paint... I think with MS front would look killer. Sorry again to go off in a different direction.
http://www.rx8club.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=122760&d=1214284844

^That car not only has custom paint, but it has a new headlight mod that allows you to wink at people. ;)

nice and clean, and i do have to add another vote for your current wheels

looking good. like others have said.. time for some CCs

What size are those wheels and tires? I have a stock suspension and my rear wheels have almost no gap. Maybe you are just parked on uneven pavement. The sideskirts definitely don't line up with the bottom of the door. You might have to look into filling/molding that sometime.

The car actually sits nice...A combination of not a lot of room in the parking lot and camera angles w/possibly some uneven pavement. The car sits on Tein springs and the wheels are a staggered 19x9.5 and 19.8.5

I actually might be selling the wheels if anyone is interested PM me. They are about a month old is all.

One last time, I don't want to jack your thread, but those wheels got me going for a bit. Here's wheels with custom paint... I think with MS front would look killer. Sorry again to go off in a different direction.
http://www.rx8club.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=122760&d=1214284844

dayummmmmmmm, love that paintjob.. that someone on here?

thats photoshop.

dont get clearcorners! just tint them!

One last time, I don't want to jack your thread, but those wheels got me going for a bit. Here's wheels with custom paint... I think with MS front would look killer. Sorry again to go off in a different direction.
http://www.rx8club.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=122760&d=1214284844

just curious, how did you do that? did you select all the paint, desaturate, lighten, then color burn it? Did you use photoshop? that photochop paint job looks great!

just curious, how did you do that? did you select all the paint, desaturate, lighten, then color burn it? Did you use photoshop? that photochop paint job looks great!

I put up a little tutorial image on here somewhere, but I can't even find it now, lol. I'll try to remember to post it when I'm back at work, I think it's on that computer.
-Erich

EDIT: I found it, in this thread: http://www.rx8club.com/showthread.php?p=2475720#post2475720