View Full Version : XMen Spoiler and Rear Billette


Slims8
02-08-2005, 02:30 PM
Just getting started real good. I just added the spoiler last night (in the dark). I guess I need to start working on the front!
http://memimage.cardomain.net/member_images/2/web/770000-770999/770157_8_full.jpg
http://memimage.cardomain.net/member_images/2/web/770000-770999/770157_2_full.jpg

aggietiff28
02-08-2005, 02:40 PM
I love that spoiler Slim. Someday....LONG, LONG from now when my 8 is paid off...I will have one!!!

Looks awesome!! :D

dazygirl415
02-08-2005, 02:45 PM
Nice Slim, am I sensing some competition among the FW reds? Bad news for you: did my taxes yesterday and my 8 is benefitting from the refund.

PS: what did we tell you about that front license plate!

Gambit
02-08-2005, 02:47 PM
^ You can get that spoiler from thespoilerfactory for like 250 painted...very cheap I'm gonna get it this spring

Slims8
02-08-2005, 02:53 PM
Yeah, I know... I gotta lose the front plate. I just know I will get stopped as soon as I do. I still have my 2 Mazda payments waiting to be spent. I guess 1 will go toward a deductible to pay for my key marks down the side. I haven't decided what to do with the front. I really wanted the Front Mask, but everyone is voting against it. What does everyone think?
http://www.trussvillemazda.com/partsstore/images/parts/71.jpg

dazygirl415
02-08-2005, 03:01 PM
no

Slims8
02-08-2005, 03:03 PM
Wow... I guess one word says it all. I like it. Oh well, I guess I'll find something else for the front.

dazygirl415
02-08-2005, 03:31 PM
don't let me decide for you, but you did ask for my opinion. :)

i can elaborate if you'd like.

Gambit
02-08-2005, 03:31 PM
X-men it!

http://www.wickedbodies.net/03-On-Mazda-RX8-Body-Kits.htm

Slims8
02-08-2005, 03:47 PM
Hmmm, that's decent... I think. Maybe not. I don't want a full kit, and I don't want a front spoiler that is anylower than I need to go. I thought about going with a CF hood, but I don't think I like that either.

Dazy, go ahead and elaborate!

enmiiknee2mk
02-08-2005, 03:49 PM
i like that billette, where did u buy it?

dazygirl415
02-08-2005, 03:51 PM
takes away from the curves of the front and that's what makes the car so hot. as joseph says, "everytime i see your car i think, man that's sexy!" fog lamps and rotary accent look lost in the dark. i get compliments ALL THE TIME on the color alone, even fellow 8 owners say that red looks best. why take away from that with a big black mask?

Slims8
02-08-2005, 03:59 PM
takes away from the curves of the front and that's what makes the car so hot. as joseph says, "everytime i see your car i think, man that's sexy!" fog lamps and rotary accent look lost in the dark. i get compliments ALL THE TIME on the color alone, even fellow 8 owners say that red looks best. why take away from that with a big black mask?
I guess my thought was not to take away from the red, but accent the rest of the car. I need to just get the factory air dam I guess... or find one that isn't too big.

I did the Billet myself... there is a DIY on here somewhere.

Hard 8
02-08-2005, 04:14 PM
Mask = ruined paint.

Gambit
02-08-2005, 04:18 PM
I thought the mask's purpose was to protect it from rock chips and such

Slims8
02-08-2005, 04:24 PM
I thought the mask's purpose was to protect it from rock chips and such
It is... but it tends to flap around unless it is real right. Then it wears the paint out around the edges. I had a Bikini on a ranger of mine. I loved the way it looked, but it took the paint off.

Gambit
02-08-2005, 04:28 PM
That's crap...now I know never to get one of those

Coop '04
02-08-2005, 04:50 PM
Also you can't let it stay on while it is wet it will discolor the paint. So to take it off every storm and to wash the car = pain in the @$$ as well.

Slims8
02-08-2005, 04:56 PM
Back to the drawing board...

BlueEyes
02-08-2005, 05:09 PM
Is that spoiler on backwards? it kinda looks like it is tilted backwards, maybe it's the picture.

Gambit
02-08-2005, 05:16 PM
No, the wing is on right...it leans back a little bit

Gambit
02-08-2005, 05:19 PM
Slim...

Where did you get the wing?
Did you get it prepainted?
If so, is the paint a perfect match?

sorry to be all inquisitive but I've wanted one for a while

Slims8
02-08-2005, 05:29 PM
I got it from Ebay, yes it was prepainted, and yes it is most definitely a perfect match.

Mr. Ed's rx-8
02-08-2005, 08:09 PM
i have the same spoiler...perfect paint match from the guys at the spoiler factory.

BlueEyes
02-08-2005, 08:15 PM
No, the wing is on right...it leans back a little bit
hmmm, weird, that doesn't seem very wing like. More parachute like :confused:

mat4419
03-01-2005, 12:02 AM
i just bought a rx8 and i want to fix and x2 wing on it. I looked at yours, slims8, and I really like it. But, i wonder if the wing move a lot when you push down the wing at the extremity.(meaning if it`s too flexible) :confused:
Because it seems that there is less space between the legs then the X2 wing in the movie(the blue one)?

Sorry, for my english, this isn't my first language! :o

thanks

Gambit
03-01-2005, 08:53 AM
No, it doesn't look exactly the same, I still like it though

This one looks a little closer
http://www.wickedbodies.net/Wings-03-On-Mazda-RX8.htm

Nick
03-01-2005, 12:29 PM
Did anyone notice the RX-8 logo on the back of the X2 car has a more prominent "X" - does anyone have a better close-up of that or a better rear shot?

markd
03-01-2005, 12:54 PM
Slims--Wash that car and polish those chrome tips!