Mike I really like the new hood. Not so much of a fan of bare carbon fiber but that is hot! Now you have to take a new picture for your avatar

 

I know I need a new avatar badly
here are some more clear pics

 

Looks beautiful man! You have good taste in what a beautiful car should look like. By the way whats the name of the store where you got it?

 

wow that looks cool! im into CF when its done right, but i think you made the right decision by matching everything(going painted) instead of just having CF

the black mesh painting was a big improvement, in fact i was considering that exact hood and i was going to paint it black if i had got it. i plan on importing an odula racing hood instead because it will go w/ my bodykit better

 

damn the little kids in the neighborhood must love ya
btw I cant get over how that house in back of your car must look by looking at the 2 driveways

 

This is the crucial month guys. Take it from Mike's lead. This is the final month before 7stock...get all your mods done now...

 

Holy **** that is clean. I honestly felt you should have left it like it was, but now after seeing the end results there is no doubt in my mind you made the right move. Now I want one....damn you!

 

i was hoping to have my rims by 7stock.. =(

did you get your wheels yet keith?

 

I got the hood from a shop in buena park called island motorsports

they got me lots of stuff for my last car also
they are really efficent

Im still getting uste to the hood being on the car
the vent is right next to the intake so now my intake is twice as loud

 

Mike, this looks very good. It was the right thing to get the hood painted, and the black mesh is cool too.
Honestly, I was not much into an aftermarket hood (didn't really see the point the stock being aluminum), but this one might just change my opinion

 

Looks a little cheesy. The main vents should be farther forward and the little vents should go away completely. Painted looks a little better I guess.

 

Is there a small gap in the front between the hood and the bumper or is it just the pictures playing eye tricks on me?

 

Sorry, one more thing. Anyone has a picture of a Black RX-8 with a unpainted CF hood? Thanks

 

there is no gap in the front

 

Black with CF is a pretty obvious choice for CF hoods... it flows with the colors. If you have other cars, the flashy colors works nicely with CF materials too. It's all a matter of preference. I think Red is one of those colors that would work ok with CF theme... So would Black, Blue, Titn. Grey. If you go with Yellow with CF, hope you have other things around the car that is also CF to blend it in better... it looks out of place otherwise. Silver is a so-so color to leave as CF. White is pretty blah to leave it CF... looks really out of place. Green RX-8... hmmm would work, but most of the owners are in their 40-50s and would looks pretty bad for someone of that age driving around with a CF hood.

 

Good choice painting it red and making the grills black.

 

Now you've done it Mike.... hmmm maybe just one more mod for mine... LOL

Seriously thought, that is spot on! I love it.
So so so so so glad you painted it - I know nobody likes my decals, but I don't like the CF look - each to their own - but yeah, that looks so much better painted - emphasises the vents perfectly.

Love the line running from the side vent pointing at your Gandors.

Another spot on mod Mike

 

thanks orbist
I just think once you have a bodykit,spoiler, mirrors ,etc

I hood is a must

 

The hood looks great both ways! One question though, since it seems you have a red and black theme going would you consider painting the strakes and fuel door black and getting black rims to finish it off? I think it would look hot like that

 

anyone care to photoshop^^^^^^^^

I dont plan on doing that
in that case I could have left the hood, mirrors and spoiler carbon fiber since initally there were carbon

 

Ditto. The stock hood practically weighs ounces. This one looks like it has quite a bit of vents, though.

 

Yes true you could have done that........BUT you have a unique look here ......you would be hard pressed to find someone with that hood painted red with black vents. You would commonly see it CF hood with CF mirrors and wing but Im talking about black, the same black used for the vents, I cant tell if its flat black or glossy but I personally think it would be a couple more unique details for your car, think about it black strakes and fuel door??you never see that.

Hopefully someone will photoshop to see how it looks.

 

are you like aesthetically retarded or something?

a carbon fiber hood on a nordic green would be probably be the nastiest thing in the world. and how would silver be a so-so color with carbon fiber? silver is one of the best cars along with black to have carbon fiber on. and white cars look awesome with carbon fiber and black rims. silver and white contrast great with the dark grey/black look of carbon fiber and paired with a wing or trunklid and gunmetal rims it looks great. and i won't even comment on the yellow/cf theme, its almost as bad as green.

 

bah stick with the clean red look, no need for a two tone

 

stealthfox
have you seen outlaws rx8

its awesome