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Old Aug 17, 2008 | 09:35 PM
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Hopefully this spoiler won't look too terrible

So I finally sold my other car today and ordered some additional toys for the Rx8 with the proceeds. I finally ordered the Seibon CF TSII hood I've wanted for a while and decided I would get a spoiler while I was at it. The only problem is, the spoiler I really wanted was a carbon fiber Mazdaspeed spoiler and the only vendor that makes one these days is apparently terrible. I'm going for an unpainted carbon fiber accent look to my Shinka so I decided to toss down the 400-500 bucks on the Seibon AE spoiler. Unfortunately I haven't seen -any- pictures online of what it looks like actually on an Rx8.

Does anybody have a picture with this spoiler on the car? Does it look hideous? Good? One of the only pics I could find at all was the spoiler itself:



I think it looks alright by itself... but hard to say.
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Old Aug 17, 2008 | 09:42 PM
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I don't want to make you feel bad or get your hopes up, but it's going to look awkwardly big / weird. The looks going to be wacky.
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Old Aug 17, 2008 | 09:59 PM
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I'm not worried about it being a little bit big... because I'm going for a pretty aggressive look I guess. As long as it doesn't look like a giant shopping cart ricemobile I'll be fine. I've seen a few other Rx8s with large wings that looked very nice, just not this specific one. Oh well, shot in the dark, at least its only a few hundred bucks.

Edit: Hmm, here is a Shinka owned by m4f1050 with a spoiler that looks very similar... its painted so its hard to tell. I think it looks amazing though.








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Old Aug 17, 2008 | 10:02 PM
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I can't tell how long the wing span is, as long as the length isn't more than the car itself, you should be fine.. Also the width of the spoiler itself, it seems to be 2 times the height, so it just makes me think its going to be ridiculously huge.
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Old Aug 17, 2008 | 11:06 PM
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I think it will look BAD..............................*** that is. I think carbon fiber parts look great on the shinka colors.
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Old Aug 17, 2008 | 11:11 PM
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I think it will look good. Is it a universal spoiler or is it specifically for the 8?
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Old Aug 17, 2008 | 11:18 PM
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Too extreme for the 8. Gives it more of a ricy look instead of a classy, sports car look. But if that's what your going for...then more power to ya man.
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Old Aug 17, 2008 | 11:21 PM
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you will NEED a body kit. If you rock it without a body kit... then it's overboard to rice.
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Old Aug 17, 2008 | 11:26 PM
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you will NEED a body kit. If you rock it without a body kit... then it's overboard to rice.
With the hood he said he was getting it should be good. I'm assuming that his shinka at least has the factory body accessories. If not than a kit is a MUST ASAP.
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Old Aug 17, 2008 | 11:32 PM
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deffinitly body kit and paint the spoiler.

another great car with a large spoiler is photomonkey (for reference).
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Old Aug 18, 2008 | 02:38 AM
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have pics of your car now?
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Old Aug 18, 2008 | 02:44 AM
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oh yea and aggressive rims would help it too.
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Old Aug 18, 2008 | 05:04 AM
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btw , does anyone know what rims the red shinka is running on ?
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Old Aug 18, 2008 | 06:18 AM
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Old Aug 18, 2008 | 08:15 AM
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I don't have pics of my Shinka atm, but here are a few generic Shinka pics... I have clear corners, no front license plate and all Shinka's have the appearance package.





I just think the Shinka without a spoiler looks... unfinished. Its like car car car...hey wait, where did it go? I will have someone hold the spoiler onto it and see what I think before I install it... but I think it will look alright.

As far as body kits, I really like the stock Shinka rear, I don't think I'm going to change that. I haven't seen a body kit that I prefer to the stock rear. The front I definitely want to change, but I'm not sure if I'm going to go for a carbon fiber lip or a kit front. Mazdaspeed is nice enough looking but EVERYONE has one. Also it makes the car seem kind of flat. I like the Vertex Lang front a lot because it stretches the car out a bit.
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Old Aug 18, 2008 | 08:19 AM
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Originally Posted by 05rex8
I think it will look good. Is it a universal spoiler or is it specifically for the 8?
Forgot to respond to this, its specifically for the 8. Also, Seibon makes quality stuff, so *shrug*.
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Old Aug 18, 2008 | 09:09 AM
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Originally Posted by blackenedwings
all Shinka's have the appearance package.
not true...it was an option
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Old Aug 18, 2008 | 12:39 PM
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Originally Posted by chrism
not true...it was an option
Hmm, I had heard somewhere all the 2005 Shinka's had the appearance package. Well, mine does either way, so hopefully the hood/spoiler will match up alright. Eventually I'm planning to get carbon fiber side view mirrors and front splitter. We'll see once the hood etc is actually installed, but thats my current idea.
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Old Aug 18, 2008 | 07:03 PM
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sure looks like a replica of Autoexe CF wing
on one of my frens car
looks sharp
here u go
https://www.rx8club.com/rx-8-multimedia-photo-gallery-6/my-fujita-rx8-144668/
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Old Aug 18, 2008 | 07:20 PM
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my8 thanks so much for posting that... that spoiler looks amazing. That is exactly the look I am going for, so hopefully that will look as good on mine.
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Old Aug 19, 2008 | 12:51 AM
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i love how he said all shinka's have the appearance package and posted a shinka without it.

epic fail.
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Old Aug 19, 2008 | 01:56 AM
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Originally Posted by kersh4w
i love how he said all shinka's have the appearance package and posted a shinka without it.

epic fail.
*shrug* Someone had told me once they all had the appearance package, and I quickly linked a car off Google Images so that people could get an idea what the stock car looks like before I went to bed. If that is your definition of "epic fail" then you must have unimaginably low standards.
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Old Aug 19, 2008 | 03:43 AM
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Originally Posted by blackenedwings
my8 thanks so much for posting that... that spoiler looks amazing. That is exactly the look I am going for, so hopefully that will look as good on mine.

no worries
glad i could help
it was on my car b4 i sold to him
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Old Sep 2, 2008 | 10:50 PM
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Here are some pics of the spoiler on my car + the new hood etc...

https://www.rx8club.com/rx-8-multimedia-photo-gallery-6/my-2005-shinka-w-carbon-fiber-155510/

I am really happy with how it turned out. The spoiler was exactly the look I was going for and actually provides a lot of stabilization at high speed.

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Old Sep 3, 2008 | 05:35 PM
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Ithink it looks great cant go wrong with the Seibon replica of the AutoExe
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