I finally got the MS Kit installed so now after a few months of waiting, here are some quick pics i took today. After i get the wing on i plan on getting some professional pics done.

Thanks for all the comments in the other thread, and i'm sorry it took so long.

-hS

 

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Look sweet man. Good job.

 

2 more pics of the wheels.
1 to show how well the Mazdaspeed front bumper fits over the Greddy Intercooler.

 

These last 2 pics are from the night before. You can see how much different the rims look at night, versus the day. They go from a bright silver to an almost gun metal shade.
BTW, the rims are actually the Brushed Silver Finish.

 

NIGHT:


DAY:


-hS

 

sweet !

How much and where are the wheels from ?

They seem to be a dead on color match to the bottom portions of the MS kit.

 

Thanks!
I got them from discount tire. They're the only authorized dealer for the G-Games line in the US (at that time at least). I PM'd you the price.

 

Are they a pretty close color match to the bottom portion of the MS kit ?

 

That wasnt my intention when i bought them... but yeah, they are.

 

A few questions:

Are those 18s or 19s?
What are the offsets?

Thank you. Looks kick *** btw.

 

Those wheels are AMAZING love them :D

 

Thanks,
(Front) - 19 X 8.5 +40mm
(Rear) - 19 X 9.5 +40mm (~20lbs, see post #35)

-hS

 

Those are some nice wheels. I'm about to purchase the same ones because those do look sweet on the winning blue rx8. Well, i'm wondering if the TMPS is compatible on these wheels. Also, can you PM me the price cause i would like to know how much i'm gonna spend on this. Haha, thanks bro.

- Jon

EDIT: Nevermind, found out the answer to if the TMPS fits with it. But i would still like the price you spent on it. Thanks! And i love these rims!

 

very nice bigO. finally. it looks clean mang. congrats. nice set up. u should take the mesh off the front to show off the intercoolerrrrr haha

 

So, do TPMS fit ?

 

The kit looks great.

I notice your old pic shows you had the side aero flares. Do you still have them? Are you planning on selling them. If so, I'm interested...

 

Yeah, TMPS fits on to these rims. I did some reserach and found the answer. Thats another plus for these rims. Right now, i cant find any negatives for these rims. I'm about to purchase the gunmetal ones.

 

Not to mention that they are relatively light, well at least it was Big O's impression.

Beautifully done! You realize you've just started a craze with these wheels, right!

 

sexy sexy. i want to dry hump it.

 

PM Sent. Oh and in the PM I meant for the subject line to read "price of wheels" and not "price of white". It's really late. LOL!
They're already sold.
Rays Engineering owes me big time. I'll take a set of 17" racing rims as compensation. Thank you very much
Umm, eww?

 

i don't think i can do full Mazdaspeed kit anymore. shortcrackr and bigO both have winning blue kitted with the Mazdaspeed kit. they both also have RAYS wheels. looks like i have to change up my game plan. still looks sexy bigO...keep up the good work! GO WINNING BLUE!!!11!!!1!

 

Haha, i'm thinking the same thing! But hey, different states! We got to represent the MS kitted rx8 winning blue 8 with rays wheels in every state! One in MD, one in TX and for me, i'll be the one in CA Haha, then one day, we'll hae a meet and gather somewhere neutrual like canada. Haha, i'm thinking too far ahead!

 

Oh yeah! I sent you another PM big O and i figured that mistake you made on the title after 5 minutes of looking at it. Haha

 

Heres the answer to your PM. I'm putting them in the thread because i'm sure other people are wondering as well...

Q1 - When you get your tires rotated, you know how the tires in the back are larger, how does the tire rotations happen when itll be larger in the front than the back?
A1 - They rotate the tires left to right, like swap out the back right for back left, and same for the front. Since they are directional tires (tread points in one direction), they have to dismount the tires from the wheels, and put them on the other side.

Q2 - Also, do larger tires do anyything with performance (i.e. lowers or highers performance)?
A2 - Wider tires increase performance signifcantly. Larger wheels decrease the performance slightly.

Q3 - Lastly, if i get the gunmetal wheels, do you know if the lug nuts are gonna be gunmetal too?
A3 - The wheels do not come with lugs/locks, so i had to buy a set seperate from the wheels. The ones i bought were silver as thats what i wanted, but i'm sure they have gunmetal (or black) ones available.

-hS