except over here it would be a Kiwi . Bloody things are always running around in the middle of the road !

 

you think the 8 has a smile lol, it looks to happy to me

 

until some company is dumb enough to let me design a car, there will always be something i'll want to change on it (both performance and looks). i like 95% of the 8 stock but there are some minor changes to make it feel like it was really made for me.

 

If it was up to me i would change the bumpers but its ok for now

 

both say applique' so Im thinking its $130 extra cause mazda made them?

I was gonna get some but then i noticed the window trim and mirror mounts are matte black and pick up the pillars, if they were piano they would pick up the gloss from the window edges so I dont know. The factory appearance lip I may get but it takes away the "tucked under" bevelled lines of the stock bumper which match the thick sill-less sides along the door bottoms, I dont like the half side sill from the factory appearance pkg b/c it interrupts the bold lines the sheet metal makes. Not a fan of the mud flaps behind the wheels either.

 

really.. never heard anyone say the factory app pack interrupt the lines of the 8

 

Agree with this somewhat although I think the appearance lip and mudflap goes great with the full side skirts - so that is the way I will go ...