the title says it all.



why does mazda have to use holes for everything?

 

wow you got ripped off,,,,

 

1200 seems high even if they're painting the nose and the trunk instead of blending

 

nose is not an issue. this is trunk only. this is to remove my spoiler and the mazda, rx8, and mazda logo. you have to fill the holes and then repaint&blend the trunk.

this is a top-notch body shop. i've seen their work, you cannot tell what they fix. it looks completely factory. im not a complete noob when it comes to body work either.

im not getting it done, i'll just swap trunks with someone that doesnt have a spoiler, then paint the emblems with touchup paint.

 

would you come up north if i could get it done for a fraction of that cost at a shop that has been specializing on 8's?

 

Did mine w/touch up paint and it came out well. But once winter set in it didn't do so well. I'm not sure if that was b/c I didn't do a good enough job sanding it, or b/c it was auto paint on plastic, or a combination of the 2.

I pulled the rx-8 (no holes under it) and left the M badge. But mine is black, which was much easier to match when I repainted it this year w/gloss black plastic spray paint & spray clear coat.

Sometimes you can't even see the damn thing, which is entirely the point, right? lol.

http://i140.photobucket.com/albums/r...CapeRun049.jpg

http://i140.photobucket.com/albums/r...CapeRun031.jpg

 

thats pretty steep. i got mine done when i got rear ended.

 

anyone know a place that will give a deal for lets say 5 people who want to be de-badged?

 

dude my bad didnt even see that you were from MD... My body shop guy is in Bel Air on RT1,, PJ's paint and body..... Ijust got the GTO wing painted, the third brake light removed and filled, the factory wing holes welded and blended and the Mazda badge and the RX8 badge removed for $460,,, cal, talk to Jerry say Greg told you to go there....I bet he'll do it for around $300 here it is in Calling all Titanium Grays,,,, there are three post of mine with pics of the trunk and wing..

https://www.rx8club.com/rx-8-multimedia-photo-gallery-6/calling-all-titanium-grays-39366/page14/

 

speak to kenny over at east side collision tell him chris n jeff sent you he'll figure soemthing ou for ya'll

Kenny
East Side Collision
68 roosevelt ave
belleille, nj 07109
973-751-5997

 

wouldn't it be cheaper to order a new OEM trunk from mazda and just get it painted?

 

probably, because then you could sell the existing hood.

 

no, that's not too high - i just got a quote for $500-700 but i know the guy. he called around and got estimates from $1100-1500. i mean, it's not worth paying, but it's not "high". the key difference is just debadging vs debadging AND removing the spoiler and filling those holes too. they're about 3 or 4 times the size of the badge holes, and they're are six of them, plus the possible scrapes from the stock spoiler. i'm looking into getting some plugs and getting the scrapes buffed out to save the money for a cf trunk in the future...

 

why not do it yourself?