So today, Gundarx wanted to install his new Chargespeed kit and his new lip spoiler, so he came all the way out here to have it done lol. His car still isn't finished yet because he has some more goodies going on within the next 2 weeks. So here are some pics of the new kit!

Before new wheels:









....and I thought this one was funny



With new wheels:














New wheels are AME Tracer FS-01, 18x9.0 +31mm offset in Hyper Silver and the tires are Goodyear F1 Asymmetric, 245/40/R18

 

nice nice... now if only jake would bring the car out...

 

he said he was going to be there on tuesday

 

Haha.. major props go to Ray for basically doing all the work, especially with the drilling and pulling off a great job! I'm very happy with how everything came out

BTW, Abdul, I may show up on Tuesday for a bit.. not sure yet.. a bit busy, hehe.

 

Some of my pics

 

FINALLY, jeez. i remember you telling me about doing this like 6 months ago

 

wow thats a nice little kit...subtle and sexy

 

nice subtle add-ons.

 

I like the look of the front lip alot, but for some reason the side skirts look a bit odd.

 

^^^ I aggree about the front and the sides,,, the front is simple and clean,,, So this attatches underneath the oe spliiter trim???...

 

i like those splitters on the rear bumper... nice

 

Its nice, but I think they would look even better if painted body color.

 

dude nice kit its more subtle than the appereance package , how much you pay

 

Tasteful mods. Kudos. Where did you get the lip spoiler?

 

Damn I love that lip kit - saving madly to get one!

 

niiice, looks goood!

btw i too want to know what spoiler that is.

 

You guys really think that looks good? Wow. Looks interesting. Too much carbon imo. Great choice in car though

 

omg....its not stock!......looks good jake

 

did jake just mod the car???

 

Thanks everyone .. I know everyone has their own taste.. nothing has appealed to me outside of the stock 8 than this one. Everyone who knows me knows how crazy I was for keeping everything stock.. or close to it And for the longest time I've wanted to get this.

The rear lip spoiler is the Mazda JDM rear lip spoiler (found on the Prestige models.. similar to the Shinka). It should be the same as the Mazda Euro lip spoiler.

All the parts were ordered through Japanparts. I had requested GW for a price on the Chargespeed Bottomline kit and the thread in the Japanparts forum was put up right after he uploaded the products for me.

As far as paint goes, at first I wanted a sort of gunmetal color but later, especially with some of the latest cars like the GT-R, the carbon look grew on me. The CF kit came up to almost double the price of the FRP one, but I didn't want to have to deal with painting it.. that plus it's incredibly light. I've never had anything CF before and was amazed at how light it was. I think so much so that 2 sideskirts held on one hand was actually lighter than the 1 Mazda lip spoiler on the other hand.

More pics of the kit.. and a tease for the wheels that will complete the package.. points to anyone who guesses what they are :

 

oh oh, ame tracers, do I win?

 

Yup, the front actually needed no drilling or tape.. came with no bolts/screws for this piece too. Just took out the bolts from the factory splitter for a bit, took out the mudguards, put the front piece in place, and bolted everything back.. the bumper didn't have to be removed at all.

I was also surprised at how well the kit was made. There were zero fitment issues; no modifications were needed at all for all the pieces to mount right, and they were also pre-drilled/holed for the bolts. We had thought the sideskirts would have been tricky to position for the drill.. we didn't even have to use a pencil to mark the points and it was spot on. The body molding rubber thing that we had to take out to install the sideskirts also fit and snapped on right after the skirts were in place. Ray can speak more about this as he was handling most of the installation The only piece that made it very hard to install was believe-it-or-not.. the Mazda lip spoiler.. came with no instructions, needed drilling at certain points.. we had Ray, his dad (who was very cool and helpful all day), and neighbors helping out

 

The CF kit is listed for about $1650~ on Japanparts now, which should be the same price as when I ordered it at the end of May. The lip spoiler added to the total; so did shipping; and foreign currency charges from my CC. So it came out to about $2600~?

 

looks good, and it's expensive......wow, i will see you on tuesday..i like the lips front, side, and rear....i wish i can make it as lips of my MS...
steven

 

ughhh...that spoiler was a major PITA!...but it looks soooo nice!