The photos aren't the greatest I've taken. I had a lot of trouble with lighting and photo exposure due to the bright, direct overhead sun, but you can still get an idea how well the bronze color matches the Sparkling Black Mica paint job on the car (black with heavy gold flake). The Axis Circuits are made by Rays Engineering and are forged. They're 18x8.5" and weigh 16.7 lbs. each and have a 45 mm offset.

And yes, the car will be getting lowered a bit eventually, and when the narrow (P225) OEM tires wear out, I'll be putting P255 tires on.

 

those look good now drop it ...

 

Very Nice!!!! It will look hard with a drop and some 245's or 265's.

 

looking good now drop it like is HOT!

 

haha, all the last three comments basically say the same thing

i can dig it

 

Like the color combo
If I had that car I would paint my emblems, and the chrome accent on the fog light housing to match the wheels,,, nice and subtle,,,

 

I've thought of that, too. Not sure how easy or expensive it would be.

 

Looks good. it will look pretty sick when you drop it.

 

I did mine black (emblems and fog light things) and it looks great. Sparkling black mica is a great color.

 

How did you do that? It occurred to me later than doing them in a "black chrome" kind of color would look great. What paint did you use? How easy is it to take all of the plastic chrome bits off for painting?

And speaking of the Sparkling Black Mica color, I get compliments on it quite a bit. A few days ago a guy in a beat up old pickup truck next to me at an intersection was staring at my car with a stunned look on his face. He finally asked me if it was a factory paint job. I said yes, and then he really looked dumbfounded. It is quite stunning in the sun.

 

If you want the black chrome look, I suggest using VHT spray tint. It is called VHT Nite-Shade and it is meant for clear taillight lenses. I personally don't like the looks of painted badges so I did some research and saw a few examples of VHT spray tinted badges. It is pretty much like gunmetal but still has that gloss so it won't look like a piece of cheap plastic.

 

I just painted them with matte black spray paint but I'm going to get them done professionally eventually. I made a DIY for the front badge and foglight accents
https://www.rx8club.com/series-ii-diy-161/diy-removing-chrome-front-foglight-accents-mazda-badge-177106/

 

Those rims are sick, how much did they cost?

 

looks great!

You should really drop it, I cant believe no one has mentioned that yet.

 

Dont forget the tint =]

 

weak offset

 

^+1....love the color scheme though

 

I think you can find them for $400 each online, but I bought them from the local Discount Tire for $420 each. To me that's a raging bargain for Rays forged wheels.

 

just realise the stock facelifted tips look bigger than previous RX8.. anyway the wheels looks great +1 with drop

 

I woulda gone with a +25 offset or something but it still looks good!

 

These wheels only come in this one size and offset. 25 mm would have been way more far out than I was looking for. I would have liked another 5 to 7 mm, though.

 

$420 a wheel are you serious? Please return them now. They usually go for around $300 a wheel, and I told you the price I could get them for you, which was well under $420 a wheel...

 

gota love bronze

 

dam i hope 420 was with tires ... thats way high if its rims only

 

^^ +1. Its looks great thou. Along with the other suggestions posted, I would suggest painting those calipers and hubs (Black) while there still fresh. That will make the wheel pop.