valpac

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one word. awful. How come people ****-up a perfectly good car?

Tigerfootball

i must say, i like the head unit and how it is mounted in there, but all the CF and neons got to go. The body kit is cool, the wing and rims are fugly IMO. and i agree, this kid needs to get to English class in a hurry.

shorty911

i wanted to give him the credit cuz his car is still nice even with the gay spoiler / rims THEN AFTER ALL THAT I SAW THAT IT WAS AN AUTOMATIC I MEAN I WANNA SLAP THE HELL OUTTA THIS GUY.

RotaryManiac

Doesnt look too bad, but that wing needs to go. RIGHT NOW.

N8theGr8

DA AUTO TRANS NEEDS ALL DA THINGS IN DA ENGINE. I'LL HOOK UP A NEW ONE AFTA IT BLOWS IN A WEEK. I'LL SHOW YOU A LIL SUTTIN SUTTIN.


I like how those rims go with the fender strakes and the paint of the car. Other then that.......

That was a good one with the shiftknob, Outlaw

MTC

Da car would not be bad if it had da 6 speed...automatics should be outlawed in RX-8's

BlueFrenzy

Are you kidding? Sure the auto has potential for HP gains but I doubt they sell well in Japan (I believe that autos make up a very small market share). My cousins and friends in Asia laugh at the fact that majority of our cars are autos. Pretty much all vehicles there are standard.

Man when I saw the pic with the caption about his shift **** ... I thought he WAS saying that he's the only AUTO 8 with it. Ha ha.

mirricleboy

I have an auto, wich is the 1 reason im not to keen on getting a kit etc.

I drive mine round in the tiptronic setting all the time anyways. I cant swap it for a manual i would feel rude considering my mum braught it for me as a pressie.

I have to say it is a damn good change way better then a BMW M3 and other mercs i have driven wich cost a **** load more i may ad.

Nice looking motor but i dont like the fashion victim lamo doors.

shakRpahX8

I think both Red and Black cars are beautifully modded as the owner's taste.
I think it's just another way of their expression of love towards their Rx8.
=] I'm happy for them

Oh again, they all looked fine to me, until I saw the automatic shift....
Why didn't he get manual with all those money, I think he still could have made it "good looking".

Outlaws eXtreme

Actually most of the cars in Japan are Autos. At least most of the cars I've been in. In the same article that mentioned why the AT got the Turbo first, it's because most of the market there have AT RX-8s.

https://www.rx8club.com/showthread.p...ght=sold+japan

Go to Message #21.

With the congestion in the bigger cities in Japan, I doubt it would be wise to even have a MT.

StealthFox

im going to go against the general concensus here, i think the car is pretty good. it may not be your tastes but its to be expected when you get into the import car scene/sport compact scene, if you look at the company cars of the products you are buying in japan, their cars suprisingly enough look like this. you all sound like a bunch of goddamn rednecks with domestics bitching, he has more performance aftermaket than a lot of you guys. so what he's enjoying being part of modern pop culture talking "street" and whatnot, he can be a sheep/dumbass if he wants to, its not hurting me. also, all of his work was done right, everything was installed professionally. there are many things that i dont prefer here, but it was all done right so i give him my respect. his rims may be "ricey" in your opinion, but its made by probably the least ricey wheel brand in japan, RAYS wheel companys (who make wheels for JGTC, mazdaspeed, nismo, etc to give you a few) line of g games wheels. the only thing that i i think is flat out rice is the vents on his fenders, the rest of the stuff is fine. he obviously loves his car alot and has put a lot of time and money into it and he's enjoying his car, just because its not suited to your 40 year old conservative tastes shouldn't mean you flat out say he's retarded or his car is ugly, i doubt you guys could say theres not at least *one* mod he did that you wouldnt mind. he has a pretty good amount of suspension work, that makes up for the GT wing and lambo doors alone for me.

IZoomZoomI

well if it wasn't for his comments following his pictures the car wouldn't be so bad. The rims are horrific, and he mentioned his bodykit being one of a kind when it isn't. Kinda posing if you ask me. Don't get me wrong like i said in the beginning there are things that I do like, vertical doors fine...but it always have to be someone that likes that dam wing...

Hung_horse31

It looks pretty good, a little too flashy for me. Got to the last page and its a auto!? Hmm.. may me dislike the car. Like everyone said, all that show,and auto?? Those performance mods wont help..
I wonder if the car belongs to anyone in here...

Frostee

it was cool, til i saw the auto, then i laughed and woke people up because i laughed too loud...

seriously, if youre going to put that kind of money into a car, get a CAR, one that you actually DRIVE, not some stupid automatic (i still say mazda should not have made auto an option on this car, as a lot of other manufacturers dont on their sports cars)

Razz1

I saw those Patrick rims and thought... where the Hell is Sponge Bob?

Then I clicked on the rims and I wanted to ralph. What black spkes too!

Don't like the spoiler and that fake vent on the side sucks. I'm not too much a fan of the hood either as it doesn't blend in with lines of the 8.

What about that shifter. Looks real sick now I have to go Ralph again.

The rectangle billet brake doesn't match the roundness of the interior.

I think the red one is better, but don't like the advertising. The wing is better but I don't think I like it.

I wonder if that chick wants to go out with a real man.......

StealthFox

mazda is trying to mass sell the rx-8, its supposed to be the average joe's sports car, so thats why there's an auto.

rx8spiritR

but my girl friend always blame why Honda doesn't make automatic for the S2000. so having a auto as a option is not so bad. i like automatic cars, left foot could rest all the time.

rx8spiritR

also i said " i think " , so i don't need anyone to judge.
I can't wait to post pics of my car too but god damn it i'm still waiting for my 4th wheel to arrive...................the car is done, but i can't drive it, you feel me?

valpac

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You're right. The clear corners look good.

-40 yo, conservative, redneck.

Frostee

i still dont think it shoulda been done. but thats me, i like driving, rather then putting it in drive and just pushing a pedal...

therm8

who says you have to "put it in drive and just [push] a pedal" ?

124Spider

Ignoring the very heresy of this suggestion, the answer is simple--Honda created the package, essentially with no options, to celebrate their 50th anniversary. They wanted to market an elemental sports car which would appeal to enthusiasts. That would not include an automatic, or many other creature comforts available in the RX-8. Mazde went another route, and sells a lot more RX-8s than Honda sells S2000s, but Honda apparently doesn't much care about sales of the S2000 as much as it cares about what the motoring press says about it as a pure performance car.

canaryrx8

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oh good lord the car's ugly auto or not, those wheels are ***, and his trunk is hideous. so f-in sick of the auto bashing, let it go already

DreamWarrior

I don't understand how someone with the English skills of a third grader can actually afford to both buy and upgrade this car.

Ahhh...land of the free, home of the mentally retarded.

Ajax

I realize this guy has his own taste in modifications and people would like to comment on it, however bashing autos and auto owners is still unneccessary and not tolerated.
This thread is over.