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Old 03-21-2006, 09:03 PM
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Taka, you post up some great shots. I know you're not taking them, because you're the one inside the car enjoying what most of us can only dream of doing. The red lugs looks awsome at those speeds.


Here's me, leading one of our groups through the canyons in Malibu, getting some love from the Lambo website. Thought it was cool they took a pic of me, and posted it on their site. They were parked along the side of the road to take a picture of their 13 lambos...all the same model (which I don't know which one)...but it was an amazing site.
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Originally Posted by kwescott
Taka, you post up some great shots. I know you're not taking them, because you're the one inside the car enjoying what most of us can only dream of doing. The red lugs looks awsome at those speeds.


Here's me, leading one of our groups through the canyons in Malibu, getting some love from the Lambo website. Thought it was cool they took a pic of me, and posted it on their site.
That looks cool. Were they moving when they had their doors open?
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they're parked on the side of the road
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they're parked on the side of the road
Oh, I thought that he said something about acknowledging them or something. Oh well, it's still pretty cool.
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kwescott, that pic there is freakin' pimp/funny
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yeah, it was my wallpaper on my work computer forever....now I've replaced it with our calendar pics.
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Originally Posted by kwescott
yeah, it was my wallpaper on my work computer forever....now I've replaced it with our calendar pics.
would you mind posting some more pics with those wheels?
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Originally Posted by muya
would you mind posting some more pics with those wheels?
Dont know whether you ment the Volks or the Axis wheels. Since I will assume you meant the Volks...here's a couple. Let me know if these wet your whistle or if you need a different angle.
Now, if you were referring to the Axis wheels, you would have to see what Xrider01 has.
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Originally Posted by kwescott
Dont know whether you ment the Volks or the Axis wheels. Since I will assume you meant the Volks...here's a couple. Let me know if these wet your whistle or if you need a different angle.
Now, if you were referring to the Axis wheels, you would have to see what Xrider01 has.
cool, thanks. i like those. trying to figure out between black wheels or gold wheels.
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nice pix . there were a few there i hadn't seen before too
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The majority of owners don't go w/ chrome because most are tuners and don't want the bling bling look. Also at a performance stand point they are really heavy, and cost much more money as opposed to alloy wheels. Nice pics 9kRPM, the clear corners are looking mighty sexy on your car.
those rims are great man! it was the ones i liked more, but i wanted to reduce the unsprung weight...
that is the lightest variant of the amazing gt-n
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Once you go black you never go back, statment from Sweden!!
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i like those 18" Enkei RPM2
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Originally Posted by RX8 Zoom Zoom
WOW! How did you get those action ones on the highway? Pretty cool...
Hi it was done on the race track... all of them.

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Ahhhhhhh! I just noticed... where did you get those black wheel centers? I want some just like that! The black with the chrome Mazda symbol on them.
RX8 ZOOM ZOOM,

They are not special orders. I simply got bored one night and took out the centre caps and mask the mazda logo - and then spray paint them. They are actually red

Originally Posted by kwescott
Taka, you post up some great shots. I know you're not taking them, because you're the one inside the car enjoying what most of us can only dream of doing. The red lugs looks awsome at those speeds.
No need to dream tracking your car - just DO IT!

If you were in Melbourne Australia ... you will be in the track by now. I set up a group of trackie anonymous - and we have session meetings - on the race track

More pics coming... when my server start functioning normally
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Here they are




















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^Nice
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It is done by this guy www.peterkotsa.com in Melbourne Australia.
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I came very close to ordering a Brilliant Black. I was wavering until the last minute. In the end I chose Sunlight Silver.

My first Miata, 1998 (model year 1999) was Brilliant Black. Four years I loved that colour, but it was SO... MUCH... WORK... Swirls appeared with a vengeance despite tremendous care and careful dry cloth selection. The car looked old before its time.

I'm 35. My enthusiasm for endless cleaning and polishing has waned.
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Great looking pictures Taka!
haha, your car looks SO much like mine...if it weren't RHD, I could probably convince people that was me driving.
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^^ that and he's got european style plates
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Originally Posted by Jedi54
Great looking pictures Taka!
haha, your car looks SO much like mine...if it weren't RHD, I could probably convince people that was me driving.
Just invert the picture horizontally.

Yeah euro plate. There is a custom real euro style for A$600. No way I would do it. Although the queen came to Melbourne last month for the Commonwealth games did boost the sale a bit.

I was bored and made a wall paper for myself. Not as good as the last person made for me 2 years ago... but I guess time for a change.
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You have the best pictures on this website if you ask me. Or maybe it's because you have the best color... I don't know, probably both. What do you use to get your car looking that good?
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Thanks.
It is certainly not my car but my photographer.
https://www.rx8club.com/showpost.php...&postcount=368 - in this link - this is his work - after taken the photo, the pic has gone through some artisitic touch up to make it look good. It is a combination of levels adjustments, burn and dodge tool.

Look at www.rx-8.mazda.co.jp. Look at their flash site - and concentrate on photo only. If you take those in real life they will never comes out like so - there is a lot of levels, sharp tool, and even repaint to make it that good.

If you see my car in real life - you will see a lot of stone clips from all the track days I have been to.
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