Pics Of My Lowered Blue 8 w/19's
 

I decided to post some pics of my 8 with the new 19" alloys and lowering done over the past week.

Sorry for the poor photo quality, the weather's crap here today.

Let me know what you guys think.

looks very sharp

what type of rims are those?

nice "two thumbs up"

They're 19x8" HP Design "Onyx".
http://www.hpdesignwheels.com/

I'm still unsure whether they suit the 8, but I got them quite cheap so I guess I can't complain. :p

Looks great! What lowering springs did you use? And did you just replace the springs...or shocks as well?

Nojooc.. your car is the ricest car I have ever seen...

oops :p it is a typo,,, I mean the "nicest" car I have ever seen :p

I've only replaced the standard springs with H&R springs which supposedly is meant to give it a 1.0" inch drop all around, but it seems the front has dropped lower than the rear. :eek:

The ride is beautifully smooth considering I'm still on the standard shocks.
The car is a little firmer and sits flatter around corners when pushed hard but is quite liveable on a daily basis.

I can't wait until they settle in.

Highly recommended.

Wait till I stick on a fully sick Veilside kit and huge carbon fibre GT wing.......NOT! :)

Mate...this is high praise coming from me, I dislike most of the aftermarket wheels I've seen on an 8....but I think that looks really smooth. I'd love to see a close-up shot of the wheel?

Gomez.

Thanks mate, glad you like them Gomez. :)

They're actually a shadow chrome finish though in the photos they look polished.

Here's a close up of the rim for you.

Haha! Nojooc, your car looks amazing...I'm considering similar upgrades as yours. Here's what your car looked like before..... ;)

Thanks for the pic.....the issue now is, what big brake kit to buy to fill the hole! Pity the RX-8 has such good brakes to start with.....!

Gomez.

Very nice Rims..What about the exhaust???
Keep going beautiful 8

I think the 8 stops well enough standard, but somewhere along the line I plan on upgrading the rotors to a crossed drilled type and fitting new pads.

I've got a HKS Legamax system.
Sorry I don't have any underbody shots, but here's a pic I took earlier of the backview:

Autoexe sounds like what you are thinking mate... this is not the drilled typed though :o

I just know of a guy in HK distributing it. So I am looking at the Autoexe products right now.
I will come up with something when I go back to Hong Kong in Feb.

Autoexe website

Im sorry but I'm not digging the wheels at all.

Okay...Back to base you go!

Gomez.

I did that once, and cracked them on a hi-perf course track day. I religiously cooled them after every second lap too......

DBA have since changed the design of their drilled and slotted rotors, the holes are now smaller. Just something to be aware of before you step in.....

Regards, Gomez.

Funny, I had DBA cross drilled and slotted rotors on my S14 200SX and never had any problems running them with the standard calipers fitted with Metal compound pads.

Then again, I never took the car around a track, only down straight lines. :)

Very nice....the car has a great stance (looks like it's ready to pounce to some unsuspecting prey :D )

I'm glad to hear the the springs work well with the stock shocks. This is my biggest fear in lowering the car- the springs and stock shocks won't like each other.

Nice job!

That drop looks perfect, but I can't believe that's only an inch in the front. I was considering a inch in the back, and a 1 1/2 drop in the front. Did you cut the bump stops? Looks great. :)

nojooc...

Nice!!! I've said it before and I'll say it again.....perfect

- Irish :cool:

those rims go well with the strakes.....

Nice choice, how much do the rims weigh?

Very nice. Makes me think again between the black, blue, and silver. Can't decide. It might have been asked already, but is that a dent above the rear tire? :eek:

you mean 240sx right?
BTW ...clean car...love your exhaust...

No it's not a dent, it must be the lighting playing tricks.

No, the Australian market car is called the 200sx since it is a 2.0L turbo 4 cylinder just like the JDM Silvia.

I believe the US gets a 2.4L NA 4cyl and that is why it is called a 240sx.

BTW, thankyou to everyone that has posted positive comments on my car...... I aim to please :)

Great looking car...well done.

skc

That drop looks very smooth. Let us know how they settle in over time. From what I hear, the rear ends up settling more than the front. In your case i guess that means they will settle evenly, cool.

I sure hope so!
I love the front but the back looks like it could do with another 0.5" taken out of it.

I'm still curious why the front's ended up lower, even though H&R quote 1.0" all around. :confused: :confused: :confused:

I hope this is only temporary and it'll level out once it settles.

Sorry. The car looks great. Where did you purchase the rims

:) Dude...That's cool color!...I'm getting mines in Titanium gray!

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how much did it set u back? n where u got it installed?

I am definitely in the small minority on this one, I don't like those rims. The drop looks nice and agressive though, well done!

Paul,

the wheels look schmick.....good form son :)

are they much heavier or even slightly heavier....can u notice any sort of weight difference....?

Daz

Here in Sydney, Australia.

It set me back $2200AUD shipped.
I installed it myself.

I didn't weigh them versus the stock rims, but by picking them up, they feel about the same.

Steering didn't seem any heavier until I lowered it.

That's cool.

Each to their own I suppose.

I wasn't even sure I liked them when I first got them, but they've grown on me. ;)

19" is too large. Looks gaudy. Like an SUV or something.

The off center slots look bad.

The over all appearance from a distance looks good.

:confused: :confused: :confused:
Mazda should have released the car in the first place with 19's.
I would agree that 22's are too large and belong on a SUV.
19's are a perfect size for a 8. :D
The original RX Evolve concept car had 20" rims but unfortunately they didn't make it to production. :mad:

http://www.21stcentury.co.uk/cars/mazda_rxevolve.asp

As for the off center slots, well.....at least it's different from all the other wheels out there with center slots. :)

Can't please everyone it seems. :cool:

The Pics Are Gone! I Wanna See!!

yeah whats the deal

I just had a look and I don't know what happened to them guys. :confused:
They've disappeared off the face of the earth.
Will try and re upload them again when I get a chance.

Here you go guys..... let's see how long these stay on this time.

nice...no spoiler?

wheres the pics?

No, I prefer the clean look...... to the point where I actually removed the rear spoiler off my previous ride, DC5 TypeR.



:confused: :confused: :confused: Look three posts above this one. :)