THANKS! :D

Got it ordered...

 

I never knew it was available. Anyone have them on their ride yet? I would be curious to see them as I had wanted splash guards but was told they weren't available.

If anyone has them post a pic!

Also, is there any chance of working out a group buy for them? that would be cool!

 

I'll try to post more later.

 

Zuhalter
see the pic below....per your request



:D

 

Awesome...thank you for the update. Looks like I will have to order these. They do increase the HP by 10-15 right?

 

thanks for all the info. dayum it is great to be part of a site that doesnt jump down ur throat with every question asked.

 

MOST DEF!!! :D
cant ya tell by looking??? :D

 

Well upon first look I thought as much as 40hp...but then I realized I was wrong and that they actually added a bit of drag. I factored in the drag to HP ratio-MPG and came up with that figure. Glad my equation was right. As soon as I get these I will post a new big of my super HP beast!

 

I found the addtion of the wing and air dam compensated for that drag
also if you keep the moonroof in the up position???? :D

 

I wanted to see what everyone thought of the new '06"Shinka" and the '06 RX-8 in general. Still glad you got your Shinka when you did?

 

where can ya see the 06 shinka?
I looked on the Mazdausa website and didnt see it?

 

Well I haven't found a pic. This is the "Spec" sheet. https://www.rx8club.com/attachment.p...chmentid=56087

Also the Shinka has Copper Red as a color choice. Not my kinda color but whatever. "Shinka" is now a package like the GT. Definatly check out the 2006 Model Year Thread in the RX-8 Discussion section.

I am glad I got the limited color while I did. I love the car, people say it's purple on the forum but I like the rich blacks and the subtle browns and reds it puts out!.
I also feel like Nav is a tool for people who are lost or aren't paying attention cause they are on a phone or something :D I love to drive, not be distracted.

 

Do you know the difference between Purple and pink?................the grip

 

New Shinka owner here! Just picked mine up last night. It is incredible. Appearance pkg, moon roof deflector and spoiler. Already making a list of all the modifications I want to do after reading about the cool things the rest of you have done!!!! My car is #1022. It was pretty funny I had done so much research on this website I knew things about the car that the salesman didn't know!!!

 

Welcome to the shinka "sub-forum" :D

You may safely ask away if you have any noobie questions, we're here to help our fellow shinkanites :p

Now dust off the ol' digicam an' post a pic here.

 

How do you know?

Bummer to see 2006 shinka's, or is this because they were not able to product the 2150 in 2005 due to the fire?

 

Get your VIN number and check out this link:


http://www.mazdausa.com/MusaWeb/pdf...ion_Numbers.pdf

 

Here's a noobie question. I finally downloaded the pics of my Shinka from my camera. However when I try using "manage attachments" there is a 100k limit (my pic is 650k). I used the "compress" option on MS Office to get it down, but clarity is "off". How do you guys post those large shots here?

This is my 5 year old son in his Batman costume next to the new Batmobile (wife's nickname for the Shinka).

 

Sorry, link is not working properly. Check out post #198 in this thread.

 

Other than uploading your pictures onto a web server such as imageshack, you will need to make the size smaller to be able to upload directly to your posting. Just do it my way. The fast and dirty way is to open the picture using MS Paint. Click IMAGE, go down and choose STRETCH/SKEW, and then adjust the STRETCH horizontal/vertical percentage values. I usually use ~30% for both... Then, save the pic on your desktop or pic folder (whichever one you choose). Find it and rightclick-properties to see how big the file you have. You may have to experiment a little to get it as close to 100k but once you got it its very easy to repeat next time.

Doing it this way will preserve the resolution and will show up fairly large and clear (check mine on previous posts)... at least this is how I got around that st#pid limit. Hope it helps!

 

Paint Shop works wonders too! I just resize in there and it's done. Sometimes your camera will have an option to take smaller pictures too....might want to check that out.

 

So the guys who post the pictures in with the text are using imageshack. Otherwise, you get the thumbnails and working into that 100k limit. I'll have to check that out.

Looks like with appropriate manipulation I can get just under 100k with this version.

Thanks for the help wedge!

 

If you have Adobe Photoshop (I'm using 7.0.1), there is a 'Save for Web...' option that lets you compress down to a target size. You can play around with the original size also, and publish as a .JPG, .PNG, etc.

 

Yandrs, Just be ready for the flood of "get clear corners" :D it will happen

 

Yeah, I've seen those threads and I do agree the clear corners look better. HOWEVER, I'm remodeling my basement and I won't have any time to do car mods for a while. The Wardon (aka my wife) isn't letting anything get in the way of completing that project. :o

I just finished conduit/pulling wire. Now I get to play with the main panel! After a few HVAC quick changes, I can hang drywall (will bid that out, I HATE taping/mudding). I promised it would be done before the holidays and I only work on it over weekends.

I like the fender strikes too, but read on a thread they have a tendancy to corrode. Anyone in snowy climates had issues with that? Apparently there's a guy in the UK who does stanless steel versions.