Lightning Yellow
Well, I finally got to see the Lightning Yellow today, when the two touring RX-8's came through Austin. The yellow was my second choice, but yellow can be such a subjective color - it doesn't take much to go from gorgeous to gross.
Anyway, I'm here to tell you that the Lightning Yellow looks great! It's a little lighter than the Vivid Yellow of the P5 (and my wife's '02 Miata), but it didn't seem as pale as the Lexus 300. I took several photos which I'll upload when I get home tonight. Unfortunately I was unable to get it alongside a Vivid Yellow for comparison purposes, and it was parked in the shade, but hopefully they'll help folks who are unsure of the color. Those that have chosen Lightning Yellow will not be disappointed! |
By the way, eccles, thanks for your great pictures of the Winning Blue from the Houston Rev-It Up. Those are the best pictures of the blue 8 I've seen anywhere. I chopped up and zoomed in on the one with the front angle sitting in front of the silver Mazda pickup, and have used it as my wallpaper at home & work for the last few months. Great pictures!
What model of digital camera did you use for those? |
Originally posted by javahut By the way, eccles, thanks for your great pictures of the Winning Blue from the Houston Rev-It Up. What model of digital camera did you use for those? |
Re: Lightning Yellow
Originally posted by eccles Those that have chosen Lightning Yellow will not be disappointed! |
Car in Austin? Can I see?
Hi there,
I've got a lighting yellow car on order at Beasley North. I see that there are some Yellow cars in town today? Any way I can get a peek at them? I'd like to see what I bought :-) Heck, maybe one is my car?? (dreaming) it was built on 6/13 but with the backlog, I have no idea if it made it or not. (VIN JM1FE173840103657) |
Re: Car in Austin? Can I see?
Originally posted by joelsrx8 I see that there are some Yellow cars in town today? Any way I can get a peek at them? |
Photos are up
The shots I took this morning are now posted. The color balance was a little off because it was parked in the shade, so I've adjusted it a tad to bring the yellow back to how I remember it. (I took out 6% blue and 4% green, if anyone feels the need to adjust them back to the original.)
Enjoy! |
Thanks for the info...but I yellow has always been my first choice!!
Hope i get my car next week!! |
thanks lone ranger
thanks for the yellow shots they look great.
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It amazes me how clean that car is for the amount of miles that have been put in on it. Just incredible!!!!
-H |
Originally posted by Haze It amazes me how clean that car is for the amount of miles that have been put in on it. |
Re: Lightning Yellow
Originally posted by eccles ... The yellow was my second choice, but yellow can be such a subjective color - it doesn't take much to go from gorgeous to gross. Anyway, I'm here to tell you that the Lightning Yellow looks great! It's a little lighter than the Vivid Yellow of the P5 (and my wife's '02 Miata), but it didn't seem as pale as the Lexus 300. ... I ordered the Titanium gray and about two months later I saw the awesome pics on the mazda.co.jp sight. Is this how it looked?: http://special.rx-8.mazda.co.jp/gall...g/rx8q_8x6.jpg If so I'm going to be :(. I love yellow but only "pure" yellows like the picture above. Looks like I jumped the gun with my color choice of titanium. Now, compare that to the yellow in "color selector" on the Mazdausa site: http://www.mazdausa.com/MusaWeb/rx8/...s_col_car4.jpg That's the yellow I didn't want. It was enough to scare me off. I'm going to be disappointed if I can't somehow get the yellow now. Anyone want to trade Yell for Tit? -Mr. Wigggles |
Re: Re: Lightning Yellow
Originally posted by MrWigggles Is this how it looked? |
For me, it was yellow or titanium... in the end I went for the more subtle color.
I'm guessing that I would get more tickets in a conspicuous yellow car.:p |
Good news,
I searched my dealer's inventory and I pulled up a yellow car that had almost exactly the same features as mine from the third allocation. (thanks RX-nut) I then gave the number to Ifubar2000 and it showed that it was finished on Wednesday in Japan. So I would lose about a month if I switched, but no big deal. (thanks Ifubar2000) I called my salesmanager and made his life real easy. I said, "You have a yellow car coming in about a month or so with vin number ending in XXXX. I would like to switch to it if possible." Jeff said, "no one has it reserved. Its yours." (thanks Jeff) So with some first hand experience from other forum members and their willingest to share the info. I am going to get the birght yellow that I always wanted in the first place. (thanks eccles) Thanks forum, -Mr. Wigggles Ps. eccles, you better be right about the color. :) |
Originally posted by MrWigggles Ps. eccles, you better be right about the color. :) Seriously though, congratulations, and I'm sure you won't be disappointed. |
i think you made the right choice also. i am very pleased with all the talk i have heard about the yellow.
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so have we figured out if the yellow is clear coated yet?
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Originally posted by Edge so have we figured out if the yellow is clear coated yet? |
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