Soon to be mazda RX-8 owner....THUG VERSION :P
 

okay so i've looked at cars for so very long, and test drove wrx's speed3's and the rx8 kills them all.

im not the richest guy in the world, but i recently lent my dad money, and by my birthday he will pay me back with interest :P i've talked to him about it, and he's all down for a down payment on an rx8

to the point:
08 black rx-8, gt, manual (of course), with red and black interior. (have the order form in hand, just waiting for my birthday jan.2)

what do you guys thing of ^ that rx-8 with a matching mazdaspeed front bumper(with fogs), 5% tint all way around (cept windshield). sand blasted and powder coated gold stock rims, clear corners. rp supercat.
i was going for a very subtle, but mean look and sound.

i need opinions!!!!! :P

oh and i just have to say, i've only very recently registered, but ive been gazing at rx8club forums for a while, and the help people recieve is just amazing. and i've never seen more of a club from any car (compared to wrx and speed3 forums) this place is practically a cult!....(or is it?!?! what's my initiation?):lol2:

oh and is a clear bra worth investing in?

everyone has their own theme for their car. I believe if you do yours right then it will come out looking good. As for the clear bra, it may be a worthy investment if you dont like rock chips. Welcome to the addiction and happy modding.

whatever floats your boat

how old are you?

ah thank you very much! i dont have much experience with car bras, and just wanted to knoow, cause they are expensive.
im turning 18 soon, and this summer will be enrolling in driving school. i want to keep it decently stock for hp mods, cause i want to stay in a certain class for when i start racing. will be my first rotary so i'm doing a lot of research

oh and xdeedubbx, thanks. i now dont want side strakes :P

Um, racing? What kind of racing are you planning to get into when you get out of driving school?

oh and is there like a list i of things i shouldn't get or things i shouldn't do?

i mean i've looked up basically everything on here. premix, turbo, breaking in, maintainence.

im still looking into it, on how i can get on a track and all of that, but for now enroll in a school, once i do all my paperwork, they will help me out with the rest (getting onto a track)

for now, i just want to do showroom stock racing or something of the sort. when i get a few spare tires, i'll get more into drifting, see if i have a talent for it.

clearbra is definitely worth it.

get the $25 ebay one though. it works just as well.

THUG VERSION - I don't have the slightest what that means.

thug version ftw... i meant for the what? lol

a clear bra is a good idea. worth every penny.

i knew i should have waited for the 08' thug models...:uhh:

p.s.- don't be an idiot and try n' race on the street and talk about it here - at that time you won't have to worry about your intiation...

The initiation?
Glad you asked.

Who wants to inform him of our initiation process?

I like Kane's proposal -

"Go outside and practice falling down....I'll be there shortly."


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Would Hydrolics be standard on the Thug Version? I still don't get it.

it also comes with 22's and curb feelers

yeah Im gonna do a thug version conversion kit on mine (just need to know what is so "thug" about it) oh and for your questions SEARCH you already know about the search button so it seems just hit it and go............

P.S. Welcome to the addiction/cult......uh I mean addiction!!!!!

WTF is a thug Version?! Does it have Tupac decals on it?
if so, that would be the SHIZZZZ, Yo!



http://i32.photobucket.com/albums/d3...c/thuglife.jpg

Instead of trying to sort out 100k other posts, START HERE. You wont find better info in a more consolidated place to answer all your questions about do's, don'ts, shoulds, shouldn'ts, etc.

Gold rims... well, if that's what you're up for, sure i guess so. The only time i ever saw gold rims look good on a car was a custom painted late model trans am... whatever the final year it was they came out. Anywho, the car was a deep brick red color and had burnished gold rims. looked good but as i said, that had to be the only time i ever saw gold rims and thought it looked good. But hey, maybe you'll pull it off and it'll look great! Pics or BAN!!!

Taj knows a lot about painting cars gold and how awesome it looks.

My personal opinion is that you should save your money for gas. When the dollar becomes worth less then the paper it's printed on in a few months, you'll need several million dollars to fill your tank.

lol thug was a joke.
the rx8, imo looks like a baby fish, its actually kind of cute.
i wanted it to look a bit mean, and thank you for telling me to get the ebay 1, way to save me 300 dollars :P

as for random racing on the streets, im not in some street racing gang, or ever plan to be in one. i do every now and then like to put a loud civic in its place.

^^^ please refrain from 'putting a loud civic in it's place'

please see this thread: https://www.rx8club.com/lounge-4/street-racing-kills-151603/

Please don't race on the street. You don't need to prove that your car is better than a riced-out Civic.

I've known two people who have been killed by street racing. One was a driver and the other an innocent pedestrian (two separate incidents). And I'm not talking about "racing gangs," I'm talking about teenagers trying to show how fast their cars are.

from those stories, these seem like actually street races, not just straight line runs to 60 for fun.
but thank you very much for not being rude about this, i definitely will hold back on illegal street racing.

dude paul walker street races.

why dont u?

No tint, no gold, no clear corners. Everything else is ok.

It's impossible to have "mean look" for rx8, and none of those 3 things does any "mean look" anyway.

Have you looked at the Dodge Charger in the movie Street Kings? Car like that, has a "mean look" already builded in. And would look good with tint, gold, and "clear corner".