EAST MOON

Many Japanese RX-8's owners are feeling the same thing.
The rear plastic bumper of RX-8 is cheap.
now, they performed such a work.
Someone hollowed out Meshes of the net of the imitation made from a plastic,
and other guy painted Silver.

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I am the same feeling as him, but maybe I will take other way.
BTW: This Lower plastic bumper and. upper body clor bumper is "the set" in Japanese Mazda dealer.
That price is 60.000 Yen...around 500 USD.
We cannot buy only the Lower plastic bumper in my dealer.

thanks
EAST MOON

TJRX8

I like them both! Thanks East Moon for the great pics and ideas.

dcfc3s

East Moon, 60,000 yen is about $500 to $550 US dollars.

I like your idea! Thanks for the pics!

Dale

EAST MOON

dcfc3s Thank you for your help!

It was my "usual" mistake.
I corrected it.

thanks
EAST MOON

Spin9k

Can you please give a little more detail of how this was all done? I looked at your pictures, looked at my car, and it certainly does look like a cheap fake plastic replica of a screen for sure.

Sorry if this is a stupid question, but how does someone:

1. cut each little piece of plastic (maybe 200 pieces?) out of the bumper down there?

or

2. paint each little raised area around the little fake pieces with silver paint (little brush while standing on your head, perhaps?)

Cetainly looks cool, but hopefully an easy solution is available that is not obvous??

Also, do you think or know if the 'cut out' version would reduce the heat in the trunk from the muffler being 'right there' underneath it??

Thanks!

TreknMazda

East Moon, I noticed in the top picture the rotor shape around the rear fog light appears to be painted 'silver'. Is that correct?
Does this confirm that the rear rotor accent piece and rear fog light can not be used together?

EAST MOON

>>1. cut each little piece of plastic (maybe 200 pieces?) out of the bumper down there?

Yes
His hand made by the hand Router.

>>2. paint each little raised area around the little fake pieces with silver paint (little brush while standing on your head, perhaps?)

Yes ...but maybe The brush which he has bought in the store. .:D

>>Also, do you think or know if the 'cut out' version would reduce the heat in the trunk from the muffler being 'right there' underneath it??

I think so...but "little"
and I think that the intensity of a bumper is spoiled.

thanks
EAST MOON

EAST MOON

>>I noticed in the top picture the rotor shape around the rear fog light appears to be painted 'silver'. Is that correct?

Yes He painted it.

>>Does this confirm that the rear rotor accent piece and rear fog light can not be used together?

Uh---mmmmm...sorry I don't know about it.
I will try, ask him on the Japanese site.

thanks
EAST MOON

tribal azn2

i was going to start a thread about how i absolutly HATE the FAKE rear mesh and if there were any solutions to solve that problem. then i saw this thread. i really like the cutout, looks gorgous. how exactly do u do the cut outs? does the mesh part come out? what do u cut it with? someone help me!!

Kuf

Looking good! I'll have to think hard about doing this one.....

TJRX8

A Dremel tool and lots of patience.

I think the cutout version would look great if painted silver.

tribal azn2

that looks way too difficult and time consumering. 4 cuts per box, around 200 boxes, thats 800 little cuts that have to be straight. i dont have that kind of patience or the tools. are there any type of stores/shops that would do this kind of work?


or i was thinking just to cut the whole mesh out all together. that might not look too bad. can someone please photoshop that

TJRX8

Might not be a bad idea if it will still be structurally sound. Then you could put a real piece of mesh/screen in the cut-out...hmmm

EAST MOON

He did the work using these tools for cut out.

EAST MOON has attached this image:

...step by step. :D

EAST MOON

TJRX8

Geez..how 'bout that?! :D

MaRX8

Hmm, I think a Testors silver enamel paint marker would work pretty good for painting the plastic. As long as it's enamel it should last quite awhile, and easy to touch up with..

Just make sure you get the enamel and not the acrylic ones.

Testors Silver Paint Marker

nhuhta

Anybody else notice that the Rear Fog lights look different in all three pictures. The top picture looks like the factory Rear Fog light. In the other two pictures it looks more like a reflector.

I'm still trying to figure out how to get the Rear Fog light for my U.S. model.

OmegaBob

As a cheaper option, I think a reflector would be kewl, instead of a rear fog light.

Doctorr

Bought some real black diamond pattern steel mesh for the rear, 2 pieces 4"x19" each, no problem - but on checking what is behind the fake plastic, I find that most of the supoports attach to the back of the 'fake' bits......cutting and replacing them will be a major pain, have to arrange some supports elsewhere.

Doh!.....no pictures tonight!
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tribal azn2

how do u take the mesh part off

Doctorr

My plan WAS to just cut 'em out and replace with steel, but with all those supports on it I am having to come up with a plan 'B'.
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tribal azn2

no i mean how do u take off the whole thing. u need to be able to take it off to cut it and what not. u can see the 2 cracks on the inside of both the exhuast pipes, so it clearly can be taken off. just a question of how

mikeb

I was wanting to customize the front grill in the middle right below the mazda badge. Anybody got any ideas on that

mikeb

anyone

Spin9k

Liked what EAST MOON showed us, so here's my result. I used (from the local craft store) 'Plaid' brand 'Paint Plastic Primer' (clear) and 'Paint Plastic Siver', followed by 'Paint Plastic Sealer' (clear). Application took about 10 min per coat using a 1" foam brush. Not really hard at all.

Total cost $2 + $2 + $2 + $.50 (brush).

What do you think? Seems to add a lot to the from-the-rear view to my eye. After all, the grill was there, just with no paint for some reason?