What color to paint RX-8s

[zoomdoom]

2008 CBM w/ Bronze powdercoated RX8's w/ Falken RT-615 235/40/18

 

[Wurf]

I didnt pick them up. theyre on m3f for 1100 shipped

http://www.mazda3 forums.com/index.php?topic=159866.0

Thanks - those are really nice. Sort of like Oz Ultralegara a little bit.

 

[8.5MS3]

quick update.

found a pic of rx8s with shinka paint heres a side by side. I think im going with this:

 

[tunersteve]

I like the shinkas, should look good on your car.

 

[not yellow]

+1
the shinkas are bad-ass!

 

[Wurf]

Awfully hard to beat those Shinka man. That's the way I would go too.

The OEM silver just looks plain in comparison but they still look nice on the car.

Good choice IMO.

 

[Remspeed3]

Shinka looks the best.

 

[8.5MS3]

Revived.

So i dropped the wheels off at LPC last Friday. Quite the experience. The shop doesnt look like much, actually it looks like a run down barn. But they are in the process of renovating the place. Color i chose was called "ultra black chrome" 3 step process - clear over black over chrome. came out to 105 per wheel.

Some issues i had - caps cant be powdercoated since theyre plastic and would melt in the oven. So i ordered metal caps that i can glue over the OEM caps.

As for the color. If the light hits your eyes direct its almost the same as OEM color. but the shadow effect is magnified 1000x. If theres no light hitting a part of the wheel, it almost looks black. The color also has a nice flake to it. I will take pics once they are on the car. I will be wrapping them in 245/40 direzza starspecs.

He also does airbrushing. heres a pic of a subie intake manifold and air tank for an air ride suspension he was working on.. enjoy.

 

[meicalnissyen]

Revived.

So i dropped the wheels off at LPC last Friday. Quite the experience. The shop doesnt look like much, actually it looks like a run down barn. But they are in the process of renovating the place. Color i chose was called "ultra black chrome" 3 step process - clear over black over chrome. came out to 105 per wheel.

Some issues i had - caps cant be powdercoated since theyre plastic and would melt in the oven. So i ordered metal caps that i can glue over the OEM caps.

As for the color. If the light hits your eyes direct its almost the same as OEM color. but the shadow effect is magnified 1000x. If theres no light hitting a part of the wheel, it almost looks black. The color also has a nice flake to it. I will take pics once they are on the car. I will be wrapping them in 245/40 direzza starspecs.

He also does airbrushing. heres a pic of a subie intake manifold and air tank for an air ride suspension he was working on.. enjoy.

Nice, and decent deal for that much work


you can get these in black diamond ;-)

 

[8.5MS3]

^^^OOOoooOOO^^^ hawtness

 

[Design]

What made you decide black chrome over Shinka?

 

[8.5MS3]

What made you decide black chrome over Shinka?

the black chrome looks like shinka. there is no shinka color in pc

 

[Design]

Cool. Definitely want to see shots in a variety of lighting environments. I might consider going this route with my wheels next year.

 

[Hank3]

Black chrome is essentially a very dark gunmetal/graphite/anthracite. Pretty close to the RX-8 R3 color IMO.

 

[8.5MS3]

Black chrome is essentially a very dark gunmetal/graphite/anthracite. Pretty close to the RX-8 R3 color IMO.

he had some evoX wheels that were being done the same color, so thats what made me pick it. the wheels, indoors are about the same shade as R3, with much more light/shade effect. he rolled the wheel across an open doorway and they popped and went back to dark on the other side of the door. looked really good leaning up against the MGM too....


UPDATE: wheels wont be ready till mid next week

 

[Hank3]

Patience my friend. I waited three months for mine

Here's some examples from another powder coating company of black chrome:

 

[8.5MS3]

^^thats about right indoors. outside they get much lighter^^

Also, thanks a lot hank now im pacing around pissed cuz the tires came in today. im ready to go dammit, sick of winter tires

 

[Radar_This]

i saw some matte finish hyper black...ohhh that looked nice...

 

[8.5MS3]

got a call last night, wheels are ready. picking em up tomorrow

 

[iguanaboy]

Hope you get car back quickly to enjoy them