Well here is my newest mod, I have a friend that made these floormats for me, I know him from the Mercury Cougar Club that I was in before I got in the accident and got my new 8. I got these to see if everyone on here likes them. Tell me what you think...

 

Drivers side

 

Next

 

another

 

Passenger side

 

Last one

 

a little too paul walker for my taste.

but im sure you can sell em on ebay for a good price

 

you can do tap dancing in the car!!!

I suggest to get some faint art in it - like either the RX-8 logo or MazdaSpeed logo... I don't mean painting but something like the glossy glass appearance. Don't ask me how to do it though coz I have no idea.

You have to have something RX-8 inorder to sell it good.

Taka

 

do you have a short shifter

 

yea, why's your boot all pulled up like that?

 

looks nice
but I think it would stand out too much

 

I thought of adding some painted logo on there, they looked really good in the cougars and I wasn't sure how they would look in the 8, thats exactly why I didn't buy them just traded for them.

I was just cleaning the car thats why the boot is up like that....

 

wouldnt that slow it down? or are diamond plate steel weightless?

 

Too much for my taste. I don't think it looks all that bad, but it just takes too much away from the styling IMO.

 

I think you need to update your avatar

 

Do they scratch up easy?

 

I will update my avatar when I am ready. You don't have to tell me in every post that I make.

They are pretty much wieghtless and no the don't scratch easy, the point of them is to attracht attention to the car in shows, etc...they aren't really for everyday driving.

 

Yeah, I wouldn't think so because the second you would get in your RX-8 when it is raining out, slip sliding away....slip sliding away...

 

BG,

I think they look good. I've seen them (or something similar) on ebay and considered them. But the driver foot well pad seems to be considerbily smaller coving less area. Is that correct? in any case, they look good.

 

Interesting looking. But they look out of place though, might help with some accent peices, such as the matching door sill trim plates. Or center consol trim peices.
But it does look cool.

 

Shoot! I was going to say that the thing I liked about them is that they'd never "wear out"

The only thing I'd suggest is some kind of edge treatment. As it is the edges seem to look a little raw and it emphasises the thinness of the material.

 

i was in said Mercury cougar club and a few of the cougars had them. i think they go better with the cougar which is more of a "muscle car" than the 8 is. went better in those than the 8 i think. plus the inside of the cougar had some hard metal that it kinda matched...the 8 is all smoother....

but for shows, it attracts a little attention, which never hurts...might get a couple extra points. and for free?? cant beat that


mikeb....who cares what his avatar is?

 

its not very blended into rx8's style. but maybe if yu do some rx8 logos or whatnot onto it and blend it more it would look good.

 

I wouldn't mind having a small patch of diamond plate inlaid into the stock floormat right where my heels are wearing out the carpet... maybe 8" x 6" or so.

 

powder coat them a dark titanium and it may work.