Hello!

Just bought a 06 snowflake white shinka...

I'm excited as its my first RWD. Coming from turbo cars, i'm missing the power, but love the way this car handles.

Anyway...just saying hi.

 

welcome to the club !

 

Welcome to the club. Just bought my 2006 Copper Red Shinka on 5/29/09. Found out thru some searching only 1500 Shinkas were made, 375 split between 4 colors. Mine is production #890 made on 3/20/06.

 

Congrats on the Shinka and welcome. This is a great place to learn all the cool stuff about your 8.
Picture when you can. We love pictures.

 

where are the pics?!

Welcome to the club

 

Welcome.

 

Welcome to the addiction! I looked at a white Shinka the day I bought mine but it was AT, and w/o a spoiler, so I bought this:

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Fixed....Mooz-mooz-I think I may have posted what you are referring too. IIRC, I don't believe I was positive about the actual color numbers. Just want our new comer to start on the right foot.

BTW......Thank you for searching, seriously. Most dont.

 

Here are some photos...

Its all stock for now, and probably will be for most of the summer...

My first mod will add 105 hp(95 Corolla as the winter beater)

 

Your car is apparently 2 days younger than mine...I'm apparently #806 made on 3/18/06.

 

NICE! i think white looks really good on rx8s

 

^ Congrats, and I agree; white looks great on an RX-8. You rarely see them, the color shows off the car's lines, and really makes the 8 look like an expensive, exotic car.

 

Thanks for the welcome...

Its hard not to start modding, especially with the availability of parts. I'm sure I'll get started soon.

 

Thanks for the pics. Are those blue lug nuts?

 

They might be. I got them with a set of work wheels. They have wheel locks.

They also make the car faster as they weigh ounces less than factory lugs.

 

If it were only so easy in the 8....

So what do you have planned for your baby?

 

Oh I don't know for sure yet.

I guess the plan would be a part time track car that is a dd 8 months out of the year. I'm thinking about just driving it until this winter, and then maybe starting with a few bolt ons and suspension.

Its funny how difficult it is for me to pick an exhaust considering it doesn't do much

 

Hey, was wondering where you identified the production # and date manufactured. Bought my '06 Brilliant black SHINKA by chance when I was shopping for '8's and it had just been dropped off. The first and last SHINKA my dealership has ever seen. Will have pic's soon.

 

I searched...

https://www.rx8club.com/rx-8-discussion-3/production-serial-number-listing-06-shinkas-here-124394/

Its an adobe file and you can't search so I had to scroll through a few pages.

 

looks like a sharp car! any interior pics?

 

I snapped a few today...

Not that exciting as I'm no photographer.