Finally finished with my wheel and brake refurbishment and am TOTALY chuffed with the results! After trying to do the wheels myself and *@+!ing them up, decided to find a local paintshop to do them properly, best €160 i've ever spent!

First pic with them on the car, brakes still rusty from sitting for nearly two weeks so had a short drive before doing some proper pics,

Now that looks goooooood!


Red brakes and white RX-8 lettering finish them off perfectly,

Just come back from a drive to town (and a bit of beeping on the main road!) and was aware of many admiring glances as I drove through including a group of boys who pointed at the car and gave me a thumbs up!! What a great feeling.

 

Good job. I'm not a huge fan of black wheels but you did a good job pulling it together. Nice work. 👍

 

looks shiny +1

 

Looks like a good paint job! I can't decide if I like the center caps chrome or not. I would like to black my center caps out and paint the M red, but that would take some precision painting.

 

As my car is silver, I think they look ok. However, I have ordered a can of Plastidip to do my bodywork badges and am thinking about experimenting with it on the center caps. Either blacking out just the logo or reversing it so the logo stays silver.

 

Looks good simon...

 

now drop the car!

 

Ain't going to happen. Just not practical where I live. Speedhumps like mountains and carpark entrances that can only have been designed by someone who owns a 4x4. I sometimes scrape it with the level its at now!

 

Looks good! But I agree drop it. We all have terrible roads where we live. I live in Toronto and its pothole city but I still take the risk

 

Ok, looks like i'm going to have to eat my words! After getting many comments on here about ride height and discussing it at length on the UK forum, i've gone and ordered these -

TEIN S.TECH & HIGH TECH LOWERING SPRING KITS - Tein S-Tech Spring Kit - Mazda RX8 1.3B 2.6 Rotary FE/SB 2003 Onwards &pound117.49 Mazda RX8 Coupe - Service Parts, Tuning Spares & Accessories Mazda RX8 1.3i Coupe - Suspension - Spring Kits

HAPPY NOW??

 

^

 

I have an S-tech set up on my car as well, and it helps the look tremendously. I live in downtown Saint Louis which is pothole and parking garage central. You get used to driving with it lowered and it gets better! Either you stop scraping as much or you just stop caring...

 

Thanks for the reasuring words!