Calling All Brilliant Blacks
My 8
Here's mine with some new wheels - BBS RKs. They weight around 18.2 lbs. each so I dropped about 7 lbs. with the switch.
I think I need red calipers now.
I think I need red calipers now.
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That's the full INGS N-Spec kit: front bumper, side skirts, rear mud guards (that's being applied to the stock rear bumper; i had full rear bumper from another vendor, but then looking at those INGS addons, and how well they were looking on the stock bumper, i've dediced for those. Our stock rear bumper is so cool as is.. matching the height from its sides, and there you go!).
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Offset.. u mean on the wheels? Unfortunately where i live they are very restrictive, that's the max (35 on 235 tires) i can obtain to not face problems. :\
Sorry man but I have to admit that I like your black enkei look 100x better 
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PDX- your new paint on the wheels makes the lip BOOM. Nice!
TopG- Everyone I have showed your car to when i was thinking about getting the Black Enkeis a while back were like "wait, go back to that one picture with the Black RX8 and the Black wheels"....
I was Lol'ing.
TopG- Everyone I have showed your car to when i was thinking about getting the Black Enkeis a while back were like "wait, go back to that one picture with the Black RX8 and the Black wheels"....
I was Lol'ing.
Thanks guys
I wanted the wheels to be the same color as the R3 wheels but NOBODY had the paint code. I contacted BBS, Mazda, 8club Vendors, and a couple of dealerships looking for the paint code. Lucky for me my painter does a lot of work with the local Mazda dealership and they let him take a R3 from the lot to his shop. They kept mixing paint until they came up with a mix they liked. The color is not 100% like the R3 but it is damn close. Yesterday I was at a meet and parked next to a R3, 8club member MysticOS, and I was surprised at how close the paint matched up.
I wanted the wheels to be the same color as the R3 wheels but NOBODY had the paint code. I contacted BBS, Mazda, 8club Vendors, and a couple of dealerships looking for the paint code. Lucky for me my painter does a lot of work with the local Mazda dealership and they let him take a R3 from the lot to his shop. They kept mixing paint until they came up with a mix they liked. The color is not 100% like the R3 but it is damn close. Yesterday I was at a meet and parked next to a R3, 8club member MysticOS, and I was surprised at how close the paint matched up.
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Nice pic and car pdxhak , for that colour code, why do you need when you can "read" it from an original R3 rim. One shop here has a machine that reads the colour, and automatically mix's it. For e.g., they take off the fuel door (cap), the machine scan's it, and the colour is ready in one minute
, for that colour code, why do you need when you can "read" it from an original R3 rim. One shop here has a machine that reads the colour, and automatically mix's it. For e.g., they take off the fuel door (cap), the machine scan's it, and the colour is ready in one minute
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You *can* paint it OEM anytime without trouble (that's my original idea..), but again it would be a waste of money to buy a CF hood and then paint it (my idea comes from the fact that i didn't found any good hood if not in CF).
So my suggest is: try it before painting, and you may change your mind... CF on black is not bad as you may imagine.
Lol didn't mean to start a fire! I do like carbon fiber but on a gloss black like BB it just turns me off u guys cars look great though!!
Artic that's what I wanted to know, wasn't sure if u could paint CF thanx for the help
I'll give carbon a try if then!!
Artic that's what I wanted to know, wasn't sure if u could paint CF thanx for the help
I'll give carbon a try if then!!
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Nice pic and car pdxhak , for that colour code, why do you need when you can "read" it from an original R3 rim. One shop here has a machine that reads the colour, and automatically mix's it. For e.g., they take off the fuel door (cap), the machine scan's it, and the colour is ready in one minute
, for that colour code, why do you need when you can "read" it from an original R3 rim. One shop here has a machine that reads the colour, and automatically mix's it. For e.g., they take off the fuel door (cap), the machine scan's it, and the colour is ready in one minute