Bought the car last Jan and love it. First on the list was a HKS Legamax exhaust and Veilside carbon bonnet.
Started like this
10.5j Volks on rear and 9.5j on the front. Havent found any one in UK with wider wheels yet :Giggle
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Then we managed to get hold of an original Veilside D1 GT skirts and rear bumper and so the work began.
Debadge the whole car and a one off paint scheme was on the cards, so off to KN solutions was in order.
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Then we managed to get hold of the front bumper.......but it was the worst fitting bumper we had ever seen
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Stripping began
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Coilovers were ordered and put on and dropped 110mm :mmmm
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Side skirts were trial fitted and all i can say is the fit was perfect and no work was needed on themwhich was a great result
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Because of the wide wheels the arches needed to be stretched by 2 inches :yes:yes
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Now the surprise, being blonde and liking girl things Maz wanted a colour that isnt common and will let people know she is coming. So some House of Kolor Hot pink pearl was ordered. The colour in real life is amazing and is so bright and deep everyone including all the blokes who have seen it have commented how nice the colour is. It gives of a blue/purple flick under a light.
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The car is going two tone pink and black. The black should be going on tomorrow
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The car should hopefully be finished by next week, so when all done pics will be posted. The carbon GT wing will go back on once done so should be finished as show car soon once the turbo kit turns up and the stereo install gets put next week :mmmm
Hi there,from a fellow RX8OC Member:yes
Car looking good:wiggle
love that ,my partner says its good to and for her to get excited over car color its saying some thing when do you think it will be done is it a black ink 3 base coat then 3 pearl 3 lacquer will it turn deeper when the light fades, but looking good all the same:Thumbsup!
The black yes is a ink black and the pink is a 5 base coat over white then 3 lacquer coat. The photos of the pink arent great to be honest as much of it has been flatted down ready for another coat or more lacquer.
We have been workin on it for last couple of weeks for a few hours a day, but the black roof and pillars should be completed tomorrow and then the main pink body will be going on after. So much work doing a complete colour change but should be worth it once done.
The pink will look brighter during day and sunlight then change to a pink/blue/purple once nightfall :)
Can\'t wait to see the finished result - wow WIDE rears! :D
Please don\'t become a subject of barryboys.co.uk with that front-end, though! :eek: ;)
Good to see more RX-8\'s being played with,
Keep the build up pictures coming :Santa
Good work Ash. Going to be a couple of pink and black cars on the scene what with this and Ross\'s next creation :D
Will look very striking along side your FD :D
Adam
Me likey Ash / Mazz - will look awesome when complete / in the flesh #;o)
looking good, will look good when its all done :)
Looks great - as has been said can\'t wait to see the finished result. The colour combination reminds me of Rachel\'s RX-8 front / RX-7 rear.
looks really good, take it you\'ll be sticking with black wheels, cant wait to see it finished.
Looking as though it\'ll be another car that\'ll stand out and should look good when all it\'s finished :) .
Cant wait :) always loved the hot pink pearl, was a last minute mind change to go for that. though the black breaks it up as you will loose all the sexy curves. Stu is doing a brilliant job.
My wheels are Gun Metal but going to get a refurb and middle black
Maz
So the big question now is will it make it\'s debut at Rotorstock ?
should be done within next couple of weeks. Loads more done today, and all I can say is you will need sunglasses lol
Stu has done a brilliant job on the spraying so far, and the House of Kolor paint is well worth paying the extra money for the finish and coverage it gives.
Might need to heighten it a bit as the front is very loooooooooow, but does look really evil.
Thanks for the kind word peeps
More pics to follow shortly :)
Wheels look awful, I\'ll take them off your hands if you want!
Yeah I bet you would lol
roof 90% finished now and all i can say is shiny :mmmm
front bumper almost finished should be going into primer tomorrow
will post pics tomorrow
sorry to be a pain in the rear but any more pic,s yet ashRX or do we wait till R.S i know you would probably be up to your neck in this but please take the thread as interest in the project thanks tony
The mrs has photos at mo so I will get them posted when i see her.
It will be ready for Japshow and hopefully turbo done in time for RS
Hi what turbo have you got for it? a mate installed one in his 8 along with some nitrous.
Look forward to seeing somemore Photos of your Car Project:yes
You giving Agent Orange a run for his Money:Giggle
Its the trust kit so should pump it up over 300bhp. We have a spare 231 engine at our disposal if anything goes wrong. Should be painted this week hopefully
Looking like it should be super tidy once complete ive always liked the VS skirts and the colour is very eyecatching, vibrant and erm ....... girly!
I shall have to make sure mrs bigrx8 doesnt set eyes on it and starts throwing ideas about respraying her Cupra or worse still my Rex!
Look forward to seeing the finished article!
More pics Ash! Turbo will be really nice on the RX-8 too!! :D
As he said above:)
Just quick update, the wheels have been refurbed and colour changed and the car is pained now.
Only thing to do is paint the bumpers and put everything back together. Will get Maz to post pictures today.
flippen eck that was quick :2eek
Any more pics ? - the little of it I\'ve seen looks good so far - I like the non subtle colour !:)
more pics:
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Maz xx
Loving that 2 tone look - excellent.
Cheers.
The photos arent great tbh but the paint is out of this world. Ended up being 8 coats of pink in the end :)
Has a real colour change on it in different lights going from pink - blue - purple
Dont like the refurbed wheels! Remind me of the space savers! :P
Sexy colour :)
Not sure that look\'s gonna work with those li\'l ol yellow multi-spokes, dude:rollin
Just kidding, looks mad! (in a good way :D)
As I said on the RX8OC Forum today,it looks very good :yes
Look forward to seeing your 8 sometime :Thumbsup!
looks very sick mate 5 star love it. t.c
All interior back in, windscreens all bonded in. The back windows have all been tinted.
The base went down last night on the bumpers and sideskirt so they will be ready for pink today :)
Should all be done and out on the road tomorrow fingers crossed. Just need to get it MOT\'d now
Will the colour pass :cool :2eek
just seen some pics stu and ash have been very busy with my barbie car today :)
more pics
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Quote from: essexgirlracer;617886just seen some pics stu and ash have been very busy with my barbie car today :)
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It\'s looking really good - I think you need to see it in the flesh to get a true idea of the colour.
wow looks real good ash
Wow that looks even better than your FD Ash!! ;)
Well it\'s sure is looking pink :Giggle :Laugh .
Hopefully I\'ll get to see it in the flesh sometime soon.
Looking good Ash :2eek :Giggle
Very pink, and nice looking job :D
another pic when it came home, needs a wash and wax
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maz
nice finish... love the colour am guessing everything done now then.
you got any pictures from the front?
Lose the wheels as they just dont compliment the body work, I reckon you need a more JDM looking wheel with maybe a bigger rim size or/and a ride height drop.
As mentioned above would love to see more full 360 shots now its finished or to this point
See this at the essex ,eet a few months ago now and it looked epic then.
And now its for sale.
Will put up link soon
Now sold :)