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Old 10-22-2004, 07:30 PM
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Best looking bodykit for RX8

What is your opinion? Please post pics of the best looking kit you think is .
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The one in your sig

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mazdaspeed and ings!
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MazdaSpeed period. Once it become an accessory in Oz line up

No other choice - could go for .... RE Amemiya or Autoexe.
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Ings or Buddy Club IMO.
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still undecided :p
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still undecided :p
I guess my choice will be based on which one you get for me first Ezzy.
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INGS +1 is my favorite but the HS Carbon lip kit is sexy too
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Nojooc Ings is such as rice car look... But I agree if Ings+1 has to be put into a colour - it has to be winning blue.
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RE for sure.
but check this kit out!
http://www.varis.co.jp/rx8.html
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i rekon VeilSide is hot too
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Originally Posted by takahashi
Nojooc Ings is such as rice car look... But I agree if Ings+1 has to be put into a colour - it has to be winning blue.

Sorry, but I think all body kits have a ricey look to them
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Originally Posted by AMG
Sorry, but I think all body kits have a ricey look to them
so would you call most factory options ricey, items like, aluminium fule lid/b-pillar cover/rotart crests/sunroof/floor matts/aluminium sill plates...etc?

most well know/popular brand jap designed and manufactured kits have increased air flow/down force of the vehicle at high speed.... so i consider that as increase in handeling/performance :D therefore, i would call it ricey.... meh... each to their own

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Originally Posted by EZZY

most well know/popular brand jap designed and manufactured kits have increased air flow/down force of the vehicle at high speed.... so i consider that as increase in handeling/performance :D
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just to do 60km/hr????

ezzy, the exmaples you listed as factory options are not exactly the bolt on bolt on plastics that this thread is talking about.
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Originally Posted by AMG
just to do 60km/hr????

ezzy, the exmaples you listed as factory options are not exactly the bolt on bolt on plastics that this thread is talking about.
:p in sydney we have freeway/motorway that allows you to do 110 + 10% :D

yeah i know, but i was referring to your "ricey" comment :o

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Originally Posted by EZZY
so would you call most factory options ricey, items like, aluminium fuel lid/b-pillar cover/rotary crests/sunroof/floor mats/aluminium sill plates...etc?
Fuel lid, B pillar, and aluminium sills.....I'd throw them in the rice category.

I'm with AMG (gag), I don't like any of the kits, including the std Mazda one. I do have a soft spot for the MS front bumper and Euro boot lip spoiler though...

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Ok ezzy, I'll rephrase.....downforce at 110km/fr (+10%) ??????? WTF?????

I still maintain that bodykits are ricey.
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Originally Posted by Gomez
Fuel lid, B pillar, and aluminium sills.....I'd throw them in the rice category.

I'm with AMG (gag)

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Hey Mez, very soon you'll be changing your footy allegiances LOL!
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Hey Mez, very soon you'll be changing your footy allegiances LOL!
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Japan BestMotoring refer the MazdaSpeed as function and helped when tilting the MazdaSpeed wing upward for better stability underbraking. Extra Downforce :thumbsup: :D
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Originally Posted by takahashi
Japan BestMotoring refer the MazdaSpeed as function and helped when tilting the MazdaSpeed wing upward for better stability underbraking. Extra Downforce :thumbsup: :D
Taka, but at what speed???
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last corner of Tsukuba, so about 3rd gear high end... I guess about 130-140.

I will try at Turn 1 Sandown and see.
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Originally Posted by takahashi
last corner of Tsukuba, so about 3rd gear high end... I guess about 130-140.

I will try at Turn 1 Sandown and see.
I'd guess 130km/hr the down force produced will be negligible.
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Bodykits and other cosmetic enhancements considered rice?

I guess it depends on what one's interpretation of "rice" is.

Bodykits, aluminium fuel lids, alloy side sills, etc are not considered "rice" in my book.

They are cosmetic enhancements which allow an owner to customise their vehicle and differentiate it from the crowd.

If it is perceived as "rice", then HSV, FPV, AMG, M-Motorsport, etc, are responsible for an awful amount of rice over the past years.

So much so, that I would say between all these "tuning houses", their annual output of "rice" production would be higher than a small Asian country. :D
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Why do you think the Porsche open their wings at over 80km/h then?

There must be something at 190kmh right?

BTW: What do you think of the air vent in the stock front bumper. The oil cooler side is ok I guess - as the whole surface is exposed.

How about the radiator side? Will the aftermarket front spoiler do better on this aspect? A wire guard is inculded too!

I guess unless it is doing 200kmh+ the side and rear diffuser is for looks only - but boy it looks like 30ps gain when having it on

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