i was refering to work trucks, a.k.a. the ambulances i drive at work. but yes, i do have a truck to drive in the winter and the 8 will not be touching snow. i'll load the crappy pictures now taken from my blackberry.

 

hood.





in the last picture you can see my gas guzzler winter vehicle in the background. it's a 1990 F150 with a 351 it gets about 11 mpg but the friggen thing runs like a dream and wont die so i can't justify getting rid of it.

 

it looks good bro ... quick question is it just me or is the rear bumper paint different?

 

in person it looks exactly the same unless your right up next to it looking down, but when you squat down and look straight on it looks identical. i think it's the way the sun is hitting it and of course the meatball who owned it before deffinately had it painted proffesionally but didn't opt for any reworking of the kit so it has it's flaws that are clear in person but she photographs really well. i'm going to be fixing the major stuff as i can but the vents in the rear bumper look like crap.they look like they were cut out with a sawzall and the kid/guy who had it painted never sanded out the rough spots so it looks like sawzall then paint = bad choice.

 

I dont know what type of style you prefer but i think its missing a spoiler and the gold was hideous haha, his friends must have made a bet when he was drunk...

 

i know it's missing a spoiler and the gold was gone like i said before i even walked in the door bringing it home. i'm a huge fan of the mazdaspeed rear wing but at around $1,000. i don't think so. i'll take the replica for $300 Alex.
big fan of fog lights too. i live near the ocean and there is actually a river next to my driveway so fog rolls in pretty quick and on a regular basis.

Feel free to check out the webshots of my tacoma as well, just had toyota buy it back from me but i was the First one on the east coast with a solid axle tacoma with coilovers. and the first in the country to build one that i daily drove as well. 12" of suspension travel front and rear. that was an eye catcher. i didn't want to deal with a rotten frame though, i'll deffinately buy another one when the Ford dies and build it up almost exactly like the last one.

 

haha i have fog lights and i barely notice a difference when its foggy wheather they are on or off... however looks wise they are sweet at night.
edit: i didnt read all the posts did anyone mention clear corners yet?

 

yeah thats on the list as well

 

Ok, I'm drawing a blank. What is the piece called that sits under the engine bay, connects to the front bumper and blocks wind from turbulating under the car? Plastic, flat thing?

Does anyone know the closest color matching spray paint for the TIgrey? I want to paint the eyebrows to match and see if I want to keep them, they are black right now and I don't like it that way.

 

You should be able to get Factory paint from one of our vendors or through mazda themselves.

Using other paint out there is very hard to actually match the factory paint and it would look a little off.

 

Anyone, flat plastic thing under engine? What's it called?

 

welcome to the addiction!

 

undertray

 

Cool...another RX8 ambulance guy...

 

lol is it dropped?

 

is the car lower? no. the suspension is stock according to the dealer. they sell alot of specialty vehicles, tricked out yukon's, navigators, escalades, infiniti's, corvette's. he was actually pretty knowledgeable when i asked him about the car and he said the suspension has remained untouched. god i'm loving this car more and more everytime i get in it although i'm coming from a 6.5 ton ambulance to a 1.5ton car. of course that wheight was a guess i have no idea what the 8 wheighs.

 

basic or medic? anytime you want to run down weight based dosages or trauma protocal let me know. ha ha ha