My RX-4 that I wanted since I was a kid and why !.

[clive]

Thinks, enviously: *sigh* ......"rust free"..... "sigh*  :-(

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[Brett]

Martin - it\'s not rust, its the MazdaSpeed lightweight bodywork program in action :Giggle

[iaint]

I know what you mean, in it\'s last guise of ownership my FD had 19" and 18" wheels which I thought looked good but boy did it screw the ride and handling

Always thought you were a "style over substance" type chap :Giggle

Looks great, even in yellow...

[Archbish]

TAKE THAT BACK! WE ALL KNOW CLIVE HAS NO STYLE!!!
 



...oh, hang on...  *blush*

[MikeLMR]

looking good! will be looking forward to seeing it sometime next year all finished?

That Rx-8 yellow is very similar to the yellow that was originally available from Mazda in the 70\'s (well on some models it was) so not at all out of keeping with the age of the car. My 323 will be painted in John deere Yellow lol only because the paint is good quality and very cheap

I think wheels are a personal choice and really like some of the Aussie style modern wheel old car combo\'s but also love the period look as well. I think both can be made to work equally well.

[travellinbob]

Hows about osme lovely 13 by 7 watanabe\'s ? nothing tougher on an old jap rocket than them!!  Or some 15 by 7inch superlites?
  cheers, michael.

[mr.bishi]

Back to the wheels,

I toyed with Minilites but then every body ends up with "period" Minilites so discounted them.

Until I get the car back and on the way to being reassembled I have no idea if the RX-8 wheels with adapters made up will fit, and whilst I am a subscriber to "no such word as can\'t", like I said, this is a car that I won\'t cut the shell about to make things fit so if I cant get steering with very few mods I will have to reconsider.

The other thing about big diamiter wheels is that I have a set of RX-8 Disc brakes laying around that I would like to fit to go on, and you ain\'t going to get 15" wheels over those monstrous 322 and 302mm Disc\'s!.

If the brakes are one of the issues for you,i have a ta22 celica with 282mm discs and konig rewind 15" wheels and i could have gone another 10mm disc radius with it easily....They are with wilwood calipers though if that makes a difference.They come in 16\'s too.



Altough i\'m sure it\'ll still look great with rx8 18\'s.:cool

[clive]

I will say if the "big" wheels are real greif then Superlites like these will probably become the chosen wheel that\'s unless I can win the lottery and get some Boyds on board :King .

I will confess that I have a bid in on a set of Chrome RX-8 wheels ATM

[Bramble]

The RX4 is such a cool looking car. I got to say though dont screw it up with big rims, it really doesnt look right on old cars, small deep dishes and flaired arches are the way forward imho.

[Archbish]

for a resto, sure...  but an update (or "recreation" apparently), then contemporary style should be applied, imho

[mr.bishi]

I disagree......just because it\'s contemporary on the underside,doesn\'t mean you have to fit big wheels and just because wheels are big,it doesn\'t automatically mean they\'re contemporary either....those konig rewinds i posted are a contemporary take on an old design.

Hell,you wouldn\'t start adding aluminium wings and plastic bumpers would you just because it\'s an update would you? It\'s all about keeping things in proportion imo....too big wheels remind me of the Maccy d\'s crew rollin on 19\'s on a Corsa.

(BTW Clive,i\'m not likening putting rx8 wheels on your car to a corsa on 19\'s nor am i trying to tell you what to do....i wouldn\'t be so presumptuous ,i\'m just sharing an opinion with the archbish :Thumbs-up )

The great thing about wheels is you can change them so easily,so if you don\'t like a look then you can change it.....you can even have 2 sets for 2 looks.

[Archbish]

Go on then, show me a current production car you lust after with less than 18" wheels on.:King

[mr.bishi]

I\'m talking old school cars....current cars are designed from scratch to wear big rims,the proportions are aesthetically correct.Also by the same token,small wheels on large cars look silly.It\'s all about getting a balance imo

But, when it comes modifying cars there are no hard and fast rules,but some things just work better than others.

[mr.bishi]

ps...

I don\'t lust after many modern cars lol

[Moonwrap]

Lovely car Clive  I was lucky enough to have a good look at it on it\'s maiden outing to Santa Pod - what a find! I remember all of the plastic door protectors being on the door liners etc...amazing!:god

The whole futuristic, reliability and features not as extra\'s thing is why my Dad got into Mazda\'s himself in the 70\'s.  Mind you he started with an 818 - which didn\'t look anywhere as futuristic as your car!

You always hear people saying that the Japanese copied Euro cars for their designs. What I wonder did they copy for this?

So glad you\'ve got some paint on at last and it\'s impressive the lengths you have gone to to preserve this beauty (giving it personality whilst not compromising it\'s return to standard at a future date)!

Can\'t wait to see it when it\'s all back together!