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Old Jun 27, 2012 | 12:49 AM
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Eric B and Rakim, your ride looks good with sprint springs...nice!
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Old Jun 27, 2012 | 01:05 AM
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Eric B and Rakim, your ride looks good with sprint springs...nice!
thanks monchie!

Is caliper painting ricey? What color should i paint them?
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Old Jun 27, 2012 | 06:30 AM
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[quote=EricB;4294746]!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! i was gonna PD my rims too! damn you stole the thunder from me.

Can you take more pictures of the rims with the car, ya know what i mean? I want to see if its worth my 20 bucks to do my rims.

car looks great, as promised... i took side shots to show my low(2inch drop on sprint springs). One problem with springs is that once you get some low, you always want more low.

Haha sorry for stealing your thunder man, and yeah i can take more pics of it, you shouldnt be the one complaining about blurry pics, i still take my with my iphone lol. The drop looks awesome. And PDin the wheels is def worth is for 20 bucks, IMO plus ive had tons of compliments from my friends and random people. Thanks for YOUR compliment, and Ill get some more pics up on here soon.
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Old Jun 27, 2012 | 06:31 AM
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Originally Posted by EricB
thanks monchie!

Is caliper painting ricey? What color should i paint them?

RED. haha
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Old Jun 27, 2012 | 11:02 AM
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Originally Posted by USAFDefender12
RED. haha
DO NOT PAINT CALIPERS RED. every ricer does that....
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Old Jun 27, 2012 | 11:07 AM
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maybe not even ricers...just every person who paints calipers paints them red. Maybe like a bronze?
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Old Jun 27, 2012 | 11:33 AM
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Originally Posted by 40thanniversaryrx8
DO NOT PAINT CALIPERS RED. every ricer does that....


The best is seeing red painted drums in the rear...
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Old Jun 27, 2012 | 11:49 AM
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Originally Posted by trochoid79
The best is seeing red painted drums in the rear...
god those kill me haha...i just scream WHYYYY???
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Old Jun 27, 2012 | 01:05 PM
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Originally Posted by 40thanniversaryrx8
maybe not even ricers...just every person who paints calipers paints them red. Maybe like a bronze?
i want to stick to G2 caliper paints because they kick ***... here are my choices: http://www.g2usa.com/product/G2.html
Black,Blue,Gold,Green,Pink,Orange,Purple,Red,White ,yellow,silver


Originally Posted by trochoid79
The best is seeing red painted drums in the rear...
Originally Posted by 40thanniversaryrx8
god those kill me haha...i just scream WHYYYY???
+1
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Old Jun 27, 2012 | 01:08 PM
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i painted my calipers, brackets, dust shields dark purple and my rotor hats black. my car is bb anr rotors are slotted/drilled
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Old Jun 27, 2012 | 01:11 PM
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Originally Posted by 200.mph
i painted my calipers, brackets, dust shields dark purple and my rotor hats black. my car is bb anr rotors are slotted/drilled
do you have any pics floating around?

Every color goes with BB, the problem with MGM is that its slightly blue, so mixing a warm color makes it look weird. And then if i chose a cool color, it looks ricey :/
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Old Jun 27, 2012 | 01:17 PM
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do you have any pics floating around?

Every color goes with BB, the problem with MGM is that its slightly blue, so mixing a warm color makes it look weird. And then if i chose a cool color, it looks ricey :/
i thought i might but no. there might be a pic in the dyno day thread at speed one. heeroguys wife took alot of pics
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Old Jun 27, 2012 | 01:21 PM
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i thought i might but no. there might be a pic in the dyno day thread at speed one. heeroguys wife took alot of pics
ill check it out. Thanks.
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Old Jun 27, 2012 | 01:33 PM
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eric if not pm me your cell and i will snap some pics for you
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Old Jun 28, 2012 | 11:50 AM
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oh and check this 40th ae out...

look through his album.

https://www.rx8club.com/album.php?al...=gnr-img-album
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Old Jun 28, 2012 | 10:14 PM
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Originally Posted by 40thanniversaryrx8
DO NOT PAINT CALIPERS RED. every ricer does that....
I agree, I didn't know if you could tell but I was totally joking. But I do agree with bronze, I think that would look pretty good.
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Old Jun 29, 2012 | 06:59 AM
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I painted my calipers black. i wanted the least ricey color. i painted them when i still had the stock 40th wheels, but now with the black rpf1 they look even better. but the paint is fading now so it will probably get redone next spring or this winter.
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Old Jun 29, 2012 | 07:26 AM
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here eric
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Old Jun 30, 2012 | 02:31 AM
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^thats really subtle, i like it

what do you guys think about getting a paint that matches my body color? G2's website said they can supply me with caliper paint thats paint matched and is 99 bucks.
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Old Jul 3, 2012 | 04:09 AM
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so i bought an aem intake instead of spacers... i regretted it at first and im nearly done with the install... BUT

during the install i found out that i actually bought a mazdaspeed intake and that i got a super good deal on a discontinued intake that i will love long time.

heres my thread about it.
https://www.rx8club.com/showthread.p...09#post4299109

next mod is definitely spacers though.

OH and im working on a little mod for my engine bay to "match" the intake... i havnt seen it before, and it will provide some bling if done correctly until i upgrade it.

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Old Jul 5, 2012 | 09:50 AM
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Originally Posted by EricB
^thats really subtle, i like it

what do you guys think about getting a paint that matches my body color? G2's website said they can supply me with caliper paint thats paint matched and is 99 bucks.
I don't think it would look as good. If i ever paint the calipers in my car it would probably be a dark color like black.

Originally Posted by EricB
so i bought an aem intake instead of spacers... i regretted it at first and im nearly done with the install... BUT

during the install i found out that i actually bought a mazdaspeed intake and that i got a super good deal on a discontinued intake that i will love long time.

heres my thread about it.
Did i buy a MS intake? - RX8Club.com

next mod is definitely spacers though.

OH and im working on a little mod for my engine bay to "match" the intake... i havnt seen it before, and it will provide some bling if done correctly until i upgrade it.
I was just looking at that thread. You scored that intake for a good price.
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Old Jul 13, 2012 | 06:44 PM
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///SORRY FOR THE PIC HEAVY POST///

so i forgot about my ps3 in my room, took some photos of some different rims.. which do you guys like the most?

label first second and third choice if you can :D

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Old Jul 13, 2012 | 07:13 PM
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I like the prodrive (but not really the white) and the advan RGII in silver.

PS just ordered clear corners and Tein S-techs. Will post pics when installed.
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Old Jul 13, 2012 | 07:32 PM
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Originally Posted by trochoid79
I like the prodrive (but not really the white) and the advan RGII in silver.

PS just ordered clear corners and Tein S-techs. Will post pics when installed.
i agree, the prodrive are nice but they are like 3k used :/

i think my heart is still set on the 3.3.1's unless i can find something else thats used and authentic for around 1000-1500


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Old Jul 18, 2012 | 05:39 PM
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Clear corners installed:

S-techs have arrived and will install and post pictures whenever I get a free weekend.


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