kwescott

I wanted to do something new for the upcoming Sevenstock-9 event at Mazda HQ next weekend. I purchased the "red-out" kit off of ebay and have covered my taillights, as well as front corner lenses. The material is exterior grade vinyl, and is rather difficult to use on the contours of our rear lenses. The side markers were very simple. Here's some pics of what they look like, with the lights turned to accessory/parking lamp...as well as another pic of the car parked with lights off. One draw back is the reverse light, which is now covered with red film. This is definately not DOT legal and is something I could get a ticket for...as well as the red film on the amber front corners...again, not street legal.

I will be at Sevenstock...and hopefully my car will be worthy enough to be in the show lot area. So, come by and take a peak at the lenses in person. They look great, but up close, you'll notice how hard the material is to work with on our rear lenses.

Jedi54

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Looking good Keith.

mikeb

i like the tails alot

NgoRX8

iTrader: (1)

gotta check that out in person.

SoFL_RX8

Looks nice, wish I could check it out in person. I was gunna use film to smoke my head and tail lights, but I ended up painting them which was very easy and looks perfect. The only drawback I suffer though is its permanate, yours isnt.
Nice job, I like the red/black sceme.

Gambit

that looks really good

is the front legal like that?

kwescott

California requirements is that a amber reflector be on the side of the car, near the front bumper (some cars have reflectors built into the headlight/facing the side of the car...rather than having a separate reflector like our cars)....so having red, no, not legal.

RENESIS_NEENJA

Apparently not.

SiLVeRE8

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how does it look when you use your signals and reverse? just wondering...

lesper4

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i like the look i hope you are the only 8 there with this look. another side note on the material, it blends perferctly with VR

XDEEDUBBX

gotta see this in person as well

chrism

do it so i can see how it looks on a vr!

XDEEDUBBX

will do..everyones secret mods will be exposed on saturday morning...hahah

kwescott

Yeah, I was thinking of keeping it a secret, but then thought...if I don't say anything, no one will go to check it out...or even notice. Small mods like changes to the lights, or audio setups just dont get noticed with all the things happening at SS9. There will be many who check out the 8's in the vendor sections...but the small details often get missed. This is why I posted pics now, so that you guys have a chance to see it in person if this was something you were considering...plus, it's a way for me to keep my car, just a little different from the pack of MS-kitted 8's.

I've tried to take pics of the lights at night, but what happens, is the flash just highlights the lenses behind the film, and you can't see what it truely looks like. This is the same for pics of the front corners at night, they just end up looking amber as the flash highlights the stock corners behind the red film.

I have red LED's for turn signals. So, no problem with light quality or color. The white backup lights are no longer white, but not as bright red as the brake or turn signal.

MisplacedRotors

i can actually say without checking out this thread first. the small changes were noticable....granted i do think your spot might have had a lot to do with it. deffinitely dug the look.

XDEEDUBBX

i don't know about them..not to my liking. doesnt flow with the car very well, but congrats anyway.

kwescott

here's some more day pics...close ups.

kwescott

Some of a green with yellow headlight film.

kwescott

here's some more ideas....smoked headlights, yellow fogs.

kwescott

these were a set of painted rear lights.

presequel

eww, the green with yellow is ugly.

and the red with yellow fogs doesnt look right, same with headlights. doesn't flow with the rest of the car at all.

RX-XSIV

IMO..i think it does flow... contrasting colors.. they go together.. blue and yellow goes too im guessin right?

REV_ME_62

Those are good looking light tints there. It suits their flavor for their 8. I likes!

Mazdaspeed RX8 ver2

the red film is not my cup of tea but it does look unique and awesome.

XDEEDUBBX

the smoked headlights match my hood and make the appearance of the headlights darker, my foglight bulbs are yellow btw, the yellow film on them accent it and give off a rich deep gold hue. so explain to me why it doesn't flow again??