My RX8 - Yellow Lightning
 

Car/Audio Show At Tutong Mall, Brunei Darussalam (22nd May 2005)

My Toy Yelllllow 8
 

One more Yellow

Took some photos at sunset last week...

Yellow @ AutoX
 

Here are some pics taken at a recent AutoX practice day.
Mine is #33.
#32 is Speeddemon32 who's posted in this thread a couple of times.

- Cesar -

Thats pretty cool to see not one but TWO 8's on the same course.

All I have to say is YELLOW is not to Mellow!!!!!!!!!!!

Here are a couple of more pics of the the STINGER!

I'm glad to see that another Yellow owner cares about the paint on the front of the 8.
When a Yellow 8 picks up a rock the undercoat is BLACK! whats up with that?
Why didn't mazda use white..

Nice pics

It's the plastic of the front bumper that's black. Pretty sure the undercoat is white or a light grey. If you happen to have a chip on your hood you'll notice it's not black.

And Stinger, great photoshop job with that pic you use for your avatar. It's cool.

Well my hood must have been a black one before. its black under the chips.
And I found out this weekend the Yellow touch up paint fades to a beigeish white.

Hachi: I have taken my yellow on two roadtrips already which unfortunately lead to more debris on the front of the hood. And all the chips on mine are BLACK. None of them are light gray or white. Either the undercoat is black like 09Factor said, or the paint is so friggin weak that rocks and things go straight through to the plastic.

I'm going to have to buy a bra for it next time I head out of town because this is just pathetic.

Here are two pictures for bumper comparison. First one is my yellow's front bumper the day I picked it up, versus a few weeks later after a bunch of shit hit my bumper or something:

https://www.rx8club.com/attachment.p...&stc=1&thumb=1


https://www.rx8club.com/attachment.p...&stc=1&thumb=1


There are even more black chips on my bumper at this point, which really pisses me off, but what can you do.

Well, I can't speak for other yellow cars. But on mine, where I have had chips on the hood and rear side quarter fender (i.e. the metal body parts), the undercoat was a light grey/white color, not black. But many rock chips don't stop at the undercoat, they'll cut right through to the metal or plastic.

I believe the chips on the nose are going right through the paint to the plastic and that's why you see black. Think about it, if Mazda really did use a BLACK undercoat, it would take many layers of paint to create the look of Lightning Yellow. So I really think what you guys are seeing is the bare plastic & metal, not the undercoat paint.

Paint chips is something we all live with, doesn't matter what kind of car or color. Only way to prevent it is to put a bra on like Stinger & 09Factor have done. I don't care for the look of a bra and take my chances. I have been lucky that my car hasn't had many chips. But the paint does seem to flick off of the plastic parts of the car easier than on the metal parts.

I know it is expensive but a clear bra looks great on yellow. No one know I have one on my car, even standing 4 feet away until I point out the seam. I highly recommend it. I have 20,000 on the car and not one chip in the nose. The hood has a few chips and the tuchup paint does not match as well a I would like. Stinger your tinted windows look great what is the %. My car looks the same buy I got the front splash gaurds (they look good to me and they really protect the bottom of the car from stone chips from the front tires)

Go YELLOWS!

Clear bra here also. 2yrs. and no chips. Hood, bumper and aero pack all protected without having to put a hideous black bra on the front of it. Besides stickers and a big bleecher-seat wing, I think a bra is the worst thing you put on this or any car. JMO.

Thanks for the compliments everyone!

As for the tint the doors are done in 25% (State Laws and all) while the visor strip, the wing windows and the rear window are 5%.

I also have to agree with the under coat being black. I ran my 8 for a week or two with out the bra and I have a few chips in the nose/bumper as well as 2 of them on the hood. The under coat is BLACK :mad: :mad: !!!

Painting the hood
 

I have a lightning yellow, and I am thinking about painting the area on the hood that is shaped the the rotary black. What do you think?

OK, not to turn this into the great undercoat debate, but attached is a photo (sorry a bad one) of two nicks on my hood. The one on the far left did not cut all the way through the paint and exposed the white undercoat. The one on the far right did cut past all layers of paint and what you see appears to be black. But that's not the undercoat you guys are seeing, it's the bare plastic or metal. Next time you get a chip on the metal part of your car look really really close at the edges of the paint. It's hard to see the white because it's similar in shade to the yellow, the black on the other hand stands out like a sore thumb.

Anyway, to make up for the boring pic of yellow rectangle, I also include some shots of my car against Hawaii's blue skys and beautiful backgrounds.

^^^ You know thats just not cool. Showing us pics of chips and THEN showing us nice ones of Hawaii. :p
Oh yea the car is cool looking too.

You can bite me about the black bra statement ! I'm kidding, I don't like it either.:mad:
I just don't have the extra funds for a clear bra or else it would be on there already. It comes off every freaking weekend, it's shook outand vaccumed. Every 6 mos it gets washed. Woolite dark seams to work well.
The Hood, fenders, and nose get washed, meguires #85, for really bad bug splats, polish to clean the clear and Techwax as a final coat.

It takes some time and work but beats out having crapped up paint.

From Switzerland
 

Hello I Come From Switzerland ( Excuse Me For My English !!) I Speak French Only , I Send The Picture From My Rx-8 :)

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Best Regards :)

Great lookin 8. Love the color scheme !

Very nice!

Looks like it came right out of the NFSU2 video game.

So thats what the INGS kit looks like on an 8. Pretty awesome. just need eyelids to give it that "squinty mean" look.
Rock On!

It looks like it already has eyelids. Oh, and Daddy likey.

cool mirrors, here's a link to another thread I started with big arse pics of my new rims :)

https://www.rx8club.com/series-i-wheels-tires-brakes-suspension-55/kazera-kz-pics-ginormous-pics-56k-no-no-73489/

I got a question for you yellow folk...how often do you wax?

About every two months. Sometimes more often, just because I feel like it, it doesn't really need it. Yellow is pretty low maintenance IMO, just like white. On the other hand, it doesn't get a deep radiant shine like black or red when waxed.

welcome from SWITZERLAND..


http://www.rx8france.com/forum/sutra56932.php#56932



pagassi :) :)

no set schedule here, just every now and then when the paint starts to feel "dry", or when I'm getting ti ready for a show/gathering I try to spruce it up pretty good inside and out. :)

Yeah, I do my waxing about once every other month. Don't really drive that much, the car is a garage queen, but it's true the color doesn't get as much shine as a black car would.

Nice! Those are better pictures. I actually like the way your car looks better with the yellow R-magic rear wing in these pictures than the big black GT style wing you first showed us.

That car is a bad boy

Not popular? Obviously you haven't been RX-8 watching in Vegas Baby. I was so proud to have one of the first Lightning Yellow's off the lot...Now they are EVERYWHERE! I mean all over...I had to get a "Vanity Plate" just so my friends could stop waving and honking at every yellow one they saw! Funny how location has everything to do with the brightest color Mazda offered!

definitely not common here, seems the duller colors are more popular here for all cars, not just the 8. I see vettes around that are silver, red, dark blue, same with mustangs, 350z, g35, etc. the brighter colors are very rare around Austin ;)

Do they have those in blue? If so, where'd you get them?

http://www.ggbailey.com/

You can order just about any color combo you want.

Ok..how does the clear bra stay on? I don't get it? I mean I understand the purpose, but I can't see it in any pics. It seems to good to be true. And BTW, what is the manufacturer that you guys used and how much $...not that $ matters at this point after filling in 12 chips after hubby does 128mph on the freeway last week. The parts guy at my Mazda has an 8 too and says fill in the chips using a toothpick or a needle...any other suggestions? Leather needle is working great but...man it takes 4EVER!
Also, anyone have custom leather yellow/black covers made? Regrets? I'm not sure I want to spend the $ to have the custom seats made.

http://www.xpel.com/products/paint.asp has plenty of info and is what is on my 8. I would post a photo but you can't see it in photo's. You only notice the seems when your about a foot from th car. This is not a DIY and will cost a couple hundred FYI.

To see what the bra looks like, check out the clear material down on the front of the rear fenders.

Filling the chips with something small like a toothpick keeps it from running over or building up too high. Just do it bit by bit.

I love the yellow & black leather seats - absolutely no regrets. Better leather than stock and I like the leather much more than the stock cloth I had.

sam pics from a clients project we have made.

http://img374.imageshack.us/img374/6...agen0377ek.jpg

http://img374.imageshack.us/img374/6...agen0310vz.jpg

http://img374.imageshack.us/img374/464/imagen0287nq.jpg

just a couple pics with new wheels on old yeller

Iv'e seen yellow before, even drove one.

But that interior is gross.

the only pic is on my profile.. how do i post up pics or host them??

When you post a reply, use the "go advanced" option, scroll down to "additional options" and click on the "manage attachments" button to upload from your computer. If the pics are hosted elsewhere on the net, use the "insert image" button https://www.rx8club.com/oivar/editor/insertimage.gif to link to the image.

here's some pics of my yellr8
 

these are just rough pics. i'll get the 8 out on a nice snowy day for a photo shoot.

something different than from the typical sunny pics hehe. stay tuned

I love yellow
 

I posted a few pages back, but here are some newer pics.

the 3rd pivture is the most recent, with the MS wing.

what drop is that? Looks waaaaaaaaaaay tooooooo low for normal driving, but looks good :)

Sprint Springs. 1.8" drop. I love them. it is low enough that i have to be very carefull pulling out of driveways, and speedbumps. but I have had pretty good luck. I am a firly carefull and aware driver.