You'd paint the "mesh" red. that'd look ok-ish. The rear under bumper is the crappiest part of the car - it's gotta go! If something aftermarket doesn't come out, I'll have to brave it myself!

 

aftermarket can replace it
but the bodykits are very expensive right now
rotaryextreme is making a copy of ms kit and will sell for 1/2 price

 

Close Ups

 

Looks great. For a second I thought I was looking at my own car. Nicely done and not so hard huh? I think this should be an evening project for all. -Greg

 

Could you post a full-car shot of the blue RX-8 with the painted mesh? I'd like to see how the new "grill" looks with perspective to the entire rear shot.

 

Sorry Camera isnt the geatest ...... Even the color of the car changed in this one ..... LOL

 

Sorry Camera isnt the geatest

 

Sorry Camera isnt the geatest

 

Well done guys I think the results look really good.

Right I need some silver paint, a very narrow brush, a not so narrow brush, a nice comfy mat, some nice weather & I'm sorted.

All i need now is the bloody car!!!!!!!!

 

Paint for mesh used:

#6 or #4 Artist Brush Square Short Cut Tip. .99 Cent.

1 bottle of Testors Silver Enamel Model Paint $1.19.

1 Bottle of Testors Black Model Paint $1.19.

Need Black to cover up the mistakes. But, if your hand is real steady you won't need the Black Paint.

Good Luck!!

 

note to self


no coffee before start of project

 

Anyone seen or tried this on a tit gray 8?

I have the rotary accents (which are very nice) but I'm wondering if there would be enough contrast between the silver mesh and gray color... anyone wanna be my guinea pig and try it out on their gray? :p

 

I've seen red, blue , black


IMO the gray would look good too

 

Guys this looks like agreat idea but I am concernedthat after a few weeks the paintwill fade and look shitty as the car gets dirty. It sounds like apain in the *** to paint the mesh and I would rather just spend $100 once to have two permanent chrome accents than to have to repaint again and again every month. Will the mesh and the accents need to be repainted frequently or will it last for a while?

 

Nice job guys. All of you decided to paint the mesh inside the rotary symbol, I would have opted not too. Doesn't matter it looks good either way.

 

I painted the Volkswagen logo of my mum's Corrado gold to match the wheels, with ordinary gold spray paint. I did this almost 1 year ago and it still looks great. If the cheap spary paint I used still looks good, touch up paint will for sure stay looking good. Ill post a picture if anyone would like to see.

 

It's been over a month and no change yet...

 

so i saw this pic of a Ferrari 360 from the Ferrari Challenge series, and it made me think that maybe silver touch up paint isn't the only color that might look good. when i get some time, i'll photoshop this kind of red mesh onto an 8.

could fit really well with the red/black leather and an overall red/black theme.

 

its not hard making a ferrari look good

 

Outstanding work guys! It seems a bit tedious to me, and like Visa I want to see it on a Titanium model before I try my own, but I appreciate the sharing you've done.

 

no, i was saying that the red mesh might look good on an 8, like it does on the Ferrari

 

here's what i was thinking...

i made this VERY crudely in photoshop, so you'll have to use your imagination a little bit, but i think it could look cool if it was done well. also some red painted calipers would go well with this...

 

looks odd to me

 

Greg Ithink I am goingto paint my accents this weekend. Ijust wanted to know if the paint on your accents is still holding up or if you hadto repaint it again.