T-ReX-8

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You aren't seeing the top of the tire, its the size of the wheel well, mixed with the tallness of the tire and the stretch.. Not talking about width because that's redundant.

The car has like 1" clearance as it is. The 19s completely tuck. There is no fun trying to tuck a low profile tire, thats easy.

I know the car isn't slammed, you can't race a slammed car lol.

You own the car, you should know better. You can't compare our wheel wells to any of those other cars because unlike those cars our cars can accept a 20" wheel no problem and on top of that they are flared. The car will never looked slammed like that unless I go back to 19s or a lower profile. But that would defeat the purpose of looking different haha.

lepichichi

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^^ nice ride

tiltmode43

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Lol. I just don't get why you're bragging about hardly tucking a 45, albeit on a 17" wheel; furthermore, a wheel/tire combo that you simply bought from another rx8. Wider can be fit...

Made me lol too, I believe the term is "vented"

Congrats on any sponsors you've snagged though and good luck showing

T-ReX-8

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Whurrs my picz0rz I was gunna do hmmm..


In response to above said comment, once again it wasn't "bragging" It was stating how happy I was of it because regardless of what "Can" be done, no one else has done it. Period. End of story. I don't care if you can stick 12" wide 22s with 335/65s under there. I'm waiting for someone with a dramatically lowered 8 with a similar combo to chime in, rather than people who haven't the slightest idea what they are talking about.

So yes, wider could be done if you do even more modification to your fenders, or you don't wanna race it, or drive over anything with more than a 10% incline. I have coils so I could easily go lower, its just not possible. I've snagged reflectors on the highway. No bueno.

Where the tires/rims came from doesn't matter either lol. Whats the difference buying from a member and buying from a store??



Your lol'ing made me lol too. I'm glad you know the "term," this compliments my choice of words that made it to easy for you so figure out.


Thanks. So far so good. Got quite a few so far, the most notable one to RX8 owners would be Fluid MotorSports. New look hopefully coming in the summer unless I drop all the money in the DSMs (show/drag) and my 65 C-10. (show/cruise) I'll be installing my Roll bar and the CF aero kit this weekend. Fun fun.


Again thanks to all for the support. More pics coming soon. Teh interwebz is surrious biznas!

Race Roots

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Looking Good, would like to see those cf pieces on the car

T-ReX-8

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The CF pieces I'd like to see on the car are the CF MS diffuser, CF MS sides and CF INGs+ wing.

Hit me up with a quote Brice.

tiltmode43

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I hate to say but it did come off as bragging, regardless of whether or not thats how you meant it. In keeping tune with that sentiment, bragging about the uniqueness of something you simply purchased from another person would be a little asinine. A huge portion of the car show scene is being unique, sticking out from the pack, and doing so in an extreme manner.

Curious, what coilovers are you running?

I was laughing because the phrase "functional cooling properties" sounds quite scientific when in fact, the hood is simply vented.

...Teh interwebz is indeed very cereal.




BTW: More aggressive wheels & "dramatically lowered" is out there, trust me. Oh wait, I don't know what I'm talking about apparently...

tiltmode43

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Its just "race slammed," right? Did you have to post in the Honda-Tech slammed car thread before you realized this? lol

In all seriousness though, I, like you, am not slammed. Though capable, I value the handling performance a bit too much to bring myself to do it.

T-ReX-8

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Considering the car was built for track first and is only shown because people pulled me into it, my focus is on function over form. And uniqueness is a term miss used all the time. Its one thing to go out and buy wheels someone else already has "flooding" the scene so to speak. (its like inflation). By purchasing the wheels from said member, there is no increase in the amount of cars with the setup. So if it was unique then, its unique now. (He had the wheels for such a small period of time, people remember his car with the staggered Volks more than the Zigens. Now what is not unique is black faced rims, 19s with big lips, low profile tires, chrome lips, etc etc, stuff that EVERYONE has (I did the whole 19s thing too). This style isn't new, miata and rx7 guys have been doing this forever. Its just newer to the RX8 crowd and dd street cars.

So yeah, you can go through the list of RX8s in the gallery and mine will stick out more than most except for maybe 2 other guys I can think of off the top of my head, both with custom paint schemes. Goto any show, and ALL the RWD imports are sitting on nasty blinged out wheels..

Switched from Teins to Hipermaxs to KW IIIs.


Just lie you stating the comment I made about he wheels was "bragging" its simply your opinion on the matter. A lot of comprehension and purpose can be missed through the internet and ones vernacular can be misinterpreted. at the end of the day, it wasn't meant as bragging and the above comment wasn't meant to over complicate the hoods function. The point is most vented styled hoods don't do squat as far as cooling, and we all know the CF hoods don't offer weight saving from the stock hood, so it needed justification.

I've been lookin for some. Havent found them. A few Cali guys are tucking some bigger wheels pretty nicely, work meisters etc, but then again it is what it is. At the end of the day I'm not trying to find someone with a lower car, cause if its lower it can barely be driven. I tuck my 19s below the rim. Tucking larger wheels and lower profiles is cake.

T-ReX-8

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Race slammed ftw. I was a genius for that term. We were laughing our asses off on how butt hurt those guys were getting. Funny thing is my car is just as low as a few of those CA guys that were posting in the thread so to see them running their mouths knowing I'd call them out at the next car show/meet we went to they all shut up.

its one thing to say dumb stuff to someone on the other side of the country, but when you are local its pointless.

Rotr8

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Not saying this all doesnt make sense but you have alot of contradictions in this statement.
If you are truley concerned over funcition over form you probably wouldnt hae half this stuff on your car,,, CF fuel door, completely useless, and instead of getting a lip spoiler in the front you should get a full aftermarket bumper, our oe bumpers are attroscious when it comes to high speed aero... ad you would probably have full sideskirts, instaed of overlaying half skirts... and the CF mud gaurds arent functional either...paint schemes are only usefull on the track to help determine the amount of roll ones car has on any given Suspension setup, and that case being the sideskirts having brightly colored strips on them so teams can photo document a cars pitch and angle in any given turn for comparison...
The whole uniqeness thing has nothing to do with what works on the track...
If it works then people use it and its not really all that unique, its just functional
Just say you built a car that has alot of show and go, and I dont think youd have tiltmode trying to find flaws in your pretty reasonable logic...

T-ReX-8

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It wasn't contradictory...

The fact is the car was being built for track first. Regardless of what extra I did to it like having parts overlayed etc etc. That is just for customization. If the car CAME with a majority of the parts you mentioned (lid, aero kit etc) then that would have nothing to do with "building".. It came that way, I simply changed how it looked.

Its not me trying to find an angle to make logic its people trying to find an angle to make pointless comments with over exaggerated arguments that they themselves most of the time don't even conform to. lol.

Car was built for track, I added goodies to it to make it purdiful and stand out. Thats fact. There is no logic to be found out, no hidden menacing, no reason for anyone to lose sleep at night why anything on the car is the way it is. Pretty much the car is what it is, that is, until I change it again lol. I got a quote from Brice and the make over is definitely a go for the end of this year/ next season. (DSM/C-10>RX8 thus DSM/C-10 must be finished first)

Its all gravy boys, lol just let the car be who he is. Its not rocket science just simple automotive mechanics and modification.

Rotr8

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oooo , Im guessing rear CF MS skirt, and CF MS wing ???...

tiltmode43

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As much as I wanted to rip on your posts for being ridiculous (like your posts on HT), you don't seem to be entirely thick headed:

BTW, I stated my opinion on the matter, and clarified by stating that it came off as such. How can you call that lying? If that is how you defy a "lie," you are full of them! A simple comment on how you were coming off - if humble, wouldn't it have been wiser to simply say "Oh, thats really not what I meant," rather than coming back 'defending' why you aren't lower. Explaining 'why' you aren't lower or wider simply comes off as if you wish'd you were. If you didn't care, why would you explain to me why you aren't lower/wider? Again, just opinion from observation...

Seems you took offense to my comments, I didn't intend it really. I agree, rx8s are typically not known for this style of modification therefore ones that are done so will get extra attention/stand out. Sadly, more and more seem to be showing up, still a bit different from the crowd though

rotr8, if you've seen any of his posts on Honda Tech, you don't really have to "find" any flaws, they sort of jump right out

Anyways, OP - you've got a nice car and seem very confident in its award winning abilities. I wish you luck on the circuits, both show and track, apparently. Also, its nice to see quality shots of an rx8. If you shot any of those, kudos to you I agree with your last comment entirely; in the end, its just car talk :D

Rotr8

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yup and thats why we're all here...