Here is a picture stock...I will add more soon, I just have to finish putting the strakes and clear corners on. Any suggesstions??

Id like to see one with the mazdaspeed body kit on it

Phantom pics
 

This is my first post. Great site, lots of useful info.

My Blue RX-8
 

Yep just bought it last week!

^^ Wait a minute, thats not phantom blue!!!

Clear Corners = :rock:
Strakes = :nono:

Congrats on your purchase!

Time

Nice set of pics. One of those colors that just changes depending on lighting. Pretty.

These have got to be some of the best looking pictrues i have seen in this color https://www.rx8club.com/attachment.p...chmentid=80686

i posted some pics of my 8 that i took a few weeks ago in another thread, i'll bring 'em over here later... in the mean time i made a webpage for some pics i took when i first got the car in august. http://home.comcast.net/~brookmarin/rx8/rx8.html i've had a hard time at capturing the color change effect the car has in different lights.. i've seen it at times go from green to blue to purple... it's really an awesome look!

I posted these in the winter thread as well. But I wanted to represent the PB in this thread since there aren't many of us.

I waxed my car last night. It rained this morning...

Just one suggestion--hurry up already! :wavey:

I think phantom blue is one of those colors you have to see in person to appreciate it.

I agree, and in direct sunlight it's amazing. First time I had seen one was at Zoom Zoom Live when the color was introduced. I said, "Woah! That's a new color." Then I walked around it and noticed the changing colors in the metallic flek.

YUP beats the hell outta the boring red and black

Phantom blue.......werd.......reminds me of montego blue rx-7s

My new rims & brakes...

omg the paint in this photo

https://www.rx8club.com/attachment.p...chmentid=92729

hawttt

Here's some more in the sunlight....
edit: and some with my new evo-r eyelids ;)

Looking good! Color match !

I picked up my 2007 Phantom Blue about ten days ago. I drove all over the DC area looking, only to have Browns Fairfax drive one in overnite straight from the docks in Baltimore. :cool:

Once I saw it in perso, I was sold. Half blue, half green with a lot of gold flake thrown in for good measure. You simply MUST see it in person. I was always a fan of the Montego blue FD's, and this is the closest thing yet. :) She has spent a lot of time under my OEM car cover, but once winter fades a bit (its only Feb 1st?!?!) I will get some nice pictures for this thread. :D

Here's some pics, courtesy of SlipNslide1.3, of the Weekly "Master Bay 8's" Meet in Union City, Ca.:
https://www.rx8club.com/attachment.p...chmentid=93760
https://www.rx8club.com/attachment.p...chmentid=93759
https://www.rx8club.com/attachment.p...chmentid=93758

See how our color (PB) can turn dayemn near purple'ish in some lighting conditions...
Note the difference between the PB and WB.

The night shots do look sweet 'Menace...

funny thing is I've never seen the PB look the color it shows on the madza site! That must be the worst representation of actual color they've done

Thanks man. You're right, the Mazda website's a rip. When I was looking to "build" my 8 on their site, I skipped PB as soon as i saw it. Then I saw it at the dealership at dusk. *gasp*

I have SlipNside1.3 to thank for the pics. He's got a fancy-ass camera and he knows how to use it...

I am, however, kind of glad that it looks so awful in the website. It makes this one of the most rare-er colors for an 8. I'd say PB and LY. Makes me feel special. But not "little-bus" special...

I agree one hundred percent. This color is just phenomenal. I scoured half a dozen local dealers to see one, but the closest I got was PB on a Mazada6 five door. It looked terrible, but the color wasn't the problem. :p The dealer I purchased from ended up going out of their way to bring one in for me to see. I was sold on the spot. It just defies description with how well this paint is matched to the car. It is very close to the FD/Montego blue combo of my youthful dreams. :)

night version loool

PB is my favorite color. They so should have done the Shinka package with PB, I'd have it right now if they did.

I almost bought a shinka because my alma matar is purple and gold. :hawt:

Umm, that PB really looks intersting. But it looks pale in bright sunlight. Sharp at night.

I know. I keep saying that it makes me feel like I own 3-4 different 8's! I do, however, have trouble in parking lots. If I go to the mall or something during the daytime and leave at dusk--my car goes from a bright (almost winning blue'ish color) to a deep green (almost Nordic Green'ish) color. Then in the evening--its almost stormy blue'ish.

i don't have trouble in parking lots... i just walk to the furthest parking spot and my PB is right there!

here is my phanton blue, i had to dig up the pics..

http://i21.photobucket.com/albums/b2...es/rx-8014.jpg

http://i21.photobucket.com/albums/b2...es/rx-8012.jpg

http://i21.photobucket.com/albums/b2...es/rx-8011.jpg

http://i21.photobucket.com/albums/b2...es/rx-8010.jpg

http://i21.photobucket.com/albums/b2...es/rx-8009.jpg

http://i21.photobucket.com/albums/b2...es/rx-8008.jpg

http://i21.photobucket.com/albums/b2...es/rx-8007.jpg

http://i21.photobucket.com/albums/b2...es/rx-8015.jpg

Now at night

http://i21.photobucket.com/albums/b2...res/Rotard.jpg

http://i21.photobucket.com/albums/b2...es/rotard2.jpg

http://i21.photobucket.com/albums/b2...es/Rotard3.jpg

i hate that color, it reminds me of the montego blue of the rx-7. fugly.....
sorry guys, no hate on nobody, i just hate it big time.

I think the color makes your 8 look rare. I rarely see that color on a RX-8.

"hate" and "montego blue" ??


Then I looked over saw, Location: NJ, and it made sense. :p

I really like the phantom blue, gives off a very unique color (in the sun and shade) which really sets it apart. I like it, but this seems to be a color people either love or hate.

Ja the problem is half the time it's ugly green when sitting. Looks pretty good when moving but then your inside the car. :(

psh... i havn't met a girl who hasn't like the color yet... so as a young single college grad, i'm lovin' every minute of it... i took some more pics last weekend w/ my new cam i'll post later

I think it also depends on your monitor and the camera taking the pics as well because I have seen the color many times in person without any green hue to it. I have a great Samsung Monitor at Home and a shitty dell at work and ther is a big difference when looking at these pics.

Some pics after a fresh wash...salt free. :D


http://66.7.202.25/~cpyproip/Pictures/DSC00602.JPG

http://66.7.202.25/~cpyproip/Pictures/DSC00604.JPG

http://66.7.202.25/~cpyproip/Pictures/DSC00605.JPG

http://66.7.202.25/~cpyproip/Pictures/DSC00606.JPG

http://66.7.202.25/~cpyproip/Pictures/DSC00607.JPG

Is it me or does it have the look of when you look at it sometimes it is green but a different angle it is blue?

i used to have a haro bicycle that did that. it always amazed my friends. but it's too much green for my taste on the 8. I can see the appeal though.

Already on the site elsewhere, just adding them here.

https://www.rx8club.com/attachment.p...chmentid=95220
https://www.rx8club.com/attachment.p...chmentid=95221
https://www.rx8club.com/attachment.p...chmentid=95223

YES, you are RIGHT. Online photos of Phantom Blue will never do it justice. You need to see it in natural lighting. Bright blue at times, vibrant, chronic green at others. With lots of gold flake upon closer inspection.

My two favorite cars on this site are;

1. Mine (hey gotta respect myself :cool:)
2. Kanes (for OBVIOUS reasons)

Phantom blue > all 8 colors :0

Hey Thanks Tim!

Yours looks great as well. Looks cold in VA..... Boooooooo! That is the other place we divers can get sent... I am not looking forward to it. PS. Did they put your state insp sticker on crooked?

The PM color in pictures is about 1/10th as good as it looks in real life. There is just no good way to capture how it actually looks. I thought it looked good, and when I saw it in real life I almost sh*t myself.

Yah, I bought it in January after it was 50 F every day after Christmas. Then bam, 6 straight weeks of snow and ice. :owned: VA isn't so bad, and the change of seasons is actually pretty nice here. Dunno where you'd be diving, but I assume down VA.Beach way, which generally stays warmer. Personally, I wouldn't want to go from HI to VA either haha. And yes, my dealership did put it on a bit crooked. :/ BUT, Va just eliminated County Stickers in most places, so we've got that going for us now. If I hadn't used up all my "get out of court free" cards I would go back to no front plate.

Its nice out now, I need to get some more pics in here.

stock phantom pics after a nice little wash:

http://blogphotohost.com/imgt/32eFaa...SbbYe39533.jpg
http://blogphotohost.com/imgt/248abF...S29eG54c66.jpg
http://blogphotohost.com/imgt/b024cF...0cZ254ca5d.jpg
http://blogphotohost.com/imgt/F562e6...4283T322ec.jpg

Just finished Zaino-ing.

https://farm1.static.flickr.com/253/...7339db77_b.jpg

Good reflective shot

https://farm1.static.flickr.com/188/...ab5c4f05_b.jpg

Any PB's have black rims on them or black mirrors? Just wanna know what it'll look like.

I hate the way they show PB on tirerack!!

i wanna see PB in person..