very nice.. Probably the lights..

 

Yeah, it's just the flash from the camera and the garage etc. Bad pics...the molding is chrome, matches the other accents on the car. By the way, thanks to MazdaBob and Brothervoodoo for the idea!!

 

MAZDABOB is the man

 

is there really a v8 under that hood?

 

Lookin good!

 

That's not the car he stripped out and put the V8 in, is it? It the garage light, it just looks normal...

 

hey can you tell me where you bought that?

 

Looks good....I have silver and wondered how it looked! Any tips and info? Thanks for sharing!

 

thats the car he lied about saying he put a v8 in.

 

Jmurph,
I made it using wheel well molding, as originally described by MazdaBob and later done by BrotherVoodoo, MikeA/MikeB and I believe some others. The wheel well molding is available in a roll from Pep Boys and probably other auto parts stores for $10. You cut the pieces to fit, and peel off the backing which exposes sticky tape. Then you just stick em on there where you want...sounds cheap, and is cheap, but it looks good and IMO isn't too ricey...

 

Wendy,
I don't really have any info other than what the other people that have done this said. It's really easy, I can tell you that - just make sure you measure well and get em on there straight. The stuff is pretty pliable and doesn't stick too hard immediately, so if you need to make an adjustment you are able to, before you press really hard. Perhaps the hardest part is cutting the ends at angles to match up well with the body around the grill - not bad though, took me 20 minutes.

 

Very nice looking! Have you considered doing something functional to protect the oil coolers? I just got 5 sample grilles from customcargrills.com and am thinking about protecting the coolers with the hexoganal type. The black diamond sample is real close to the stock RX-8.

 

Thanks MPG. Can you post pics of the grills you're thinking of using? I went to that website and it says they're for domestic cars - can't find the black diamond you're talking about.

 

noah....
I can't find that wheel well molding anywhere??????

 

You looked at Pep Boys? Did you ask anyone there? I haven't heard of anyone having trouble finding it...it comes in a black 1 ft. square cardboard box. If you ask at the store they should at least be able to tell you where you can find it in town.

 

where do you purchase this grill? and how much?

 

10 bucks
any auto store

 

To clarify, it is not a grill that's purchased. You buy wheel well molding ($10) and cut it into strips which you put in the grill to look like that. There are a few other threads on the subject (MazdaBob, BrotherVoodoo, MikeB)

 

Click on the billet grille link located on my sig.

 

Auto Zone has the same molding. I like all the looks. How do you debadge the 8? I'm glueless about this stuff. I'm not clueless about driving the s**t out of the car!!!! Thanks for any help..........

 

Hey noah thanx for your help..i installed my billet grill, looks sweet

 

Taking off the emblems is easy, heat from a hairdryer and dental floss will help you pry them loose from the glue. The next step is finding a body shop that will charge a fair price to fill the holes and repaint.

 

Very nice! Moved to appearance/body kits.

 

Thank you! BTW your car looks great. I better start slow and do the grill first. Alot of great posts that are really helpful to us novices.
:p

 

OK, now that everybody copied my 5 bar grille, I bought an RX-8 logo from Trussville for $15, and redid my grille with 4 bars.