Where'd those come from?
06-20-2004, 08:27 PM
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[QUOTE]Originally posted by JasonHamilton
[B]The Strakes are ~$200 from truss or rosen.
I bought them and installed myself, took about 20 mins from start to finish.
They look great on my silver.
Darn right they look good on Silver, Silver rules, gotta order me some of those soon.
[B]The Strakes are ~$200 from truss or rosen.
I bought them and installed myself, took about 20 mins from start to finish.
They look great on my silver.
Darn right they look good on Silver, Silver rules, gotta order me some of those soon.
06-20-2004, 11:57 PM
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ive been working on some home made cast aluminum strakes. Well not home made, i used a foundary in my school, but regardless. ITs a freaking LOOOONG process, and the grinding and polishing is taking forever. I think for one it has taken me maybe a total of 24 hrs of grinding down. I'll post some pics soon. It really sucks because I want to put the real strakes i bought on, but cant until I peferct the ones I made. So not worth it to make it out of metal unless you can do it fast and cheap. The 200$ is justified I say (i am sure mazda or whomever actually makes them pumps them out fast and easy, but regardless, its a pain in the *** to make one out of metal).
06-20-2004, 11:58 PM
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Originally posted by Atacdad
We need some machined titanium ones for the Ti cars!
yah right, at $1000 a side
We need some machined titanium ones for the Ti cars!
yah right, at $1000 a side
My friend works with titanium metal, maybe I can steal some from her and try to use that to make strakes:-d
06-21-2004, 10:41 AM
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Originally posted by alphapenguin
My friend works with titanium metal, maybe I can steal some from her and try to use that to make strakes:-d
My friend works with titanium metal, maybe I can steal some from her and try to use that to make strakes:-d
A Driver of a Titanium Colored Rx8 collided with a Semi/Deisel this afternoon just south of main street, the driver is safe, however the car was smashed to pieces, the only remaining parts that survived and could be Identified were the Titanium Strakes on the fender of the car.
Actual real Titanium Strakes, You folks make me laugh.
06-21-2004, 12:21 PM
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Originally posted by alphapenguin
My friend works with titanium metal, maybe I can steal some from her and try to use that to make strakes:-d
My friend works with titanium metal, maybe I can steal some from her and try to use that to make strakes:-d
holy crap.. you know how hard it is to work with Titanium?
its worse than steel and Aluminum.. Especially in a milling machine as it grabs and pulls the bit. and grinding and buffing.. good luck...
Just get some nice and relatively soft 6061-T6 Al and use that.. you can then anodize it any color you want or plate it if you really are up for the bling bling.
06-21-2004, 04:54 PM
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Originally posted by EatMyBanana
Can they be painted? I think black on my yellow would look good? not sure about silver on yellow , havent seen any good pics of yellow with starkes
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Can they be painted? I think black on my yellow would look good? not sure about silver on yellow , havent seen any good pics of yellow with starkes
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