Josh's NB8B

RawSouth · Postby **RawSouth** » Mon Mar 02, 2009 9:35 am

Hi Guys,

I thought I might finally post a piccy of my car.

I've had her for nealy a year now, she's stock as a rock, except for a BD bar and SE wheels.

This is just a quick photo from the phone, but ill post better pix soon

If you see me around be sure to wave!

Josh

Hammer · Postby **Hammer** » Mon Mar 02, 2009 10:01 am

Welcome to the forum and the 5 family.

honki3rider · Postby **honki3rider** » Mon Mar 02, 2009 10:20 am

Needs some low now, Josh. :wink:

RawSouth · Postby **RawSouth** » Tue Mar 03, 2009 8:30 am

Thanks Hammer

haha Kev, I know... just need to save some money for some Tein SS

sliq · Postby **sliq** » Tue Mar 03, 2009 11:44 am

has the optional factory air dam on the front with the side skirts too.. :mrgreen:

nice work.

best colour option imho

RawSouth · Postby **RawSouth** » Thu Mar 05, 2009 7:54 am

thanks Sliq

I was parked out the front of a cafe the other day, when some kids walked past the car... I saw them point and say "OOOOh look! An RX7!"

Made me chuckle lol, at least they got the Mazda bit right

RG.net · Postby **RG.net** » Thu Mar 05, 2009 4:35 pm

looks good! what are the future plans?

Craig · Postby **Craig** » Fri Mar 06, 2009 2:26 pm

So you located a spare SE wheel then!

Looks pretty darn good! :mrgreen:

blackster · Postby **blackster** » Fri Mar 06, 2009 4:25 pm

Look's nice, the SE wheels on it look silver as opposed to OEM shadow chrome.

RawSouth · Postby **RawSouth** » Mon Mar 09, 2009 7:58 am

Thanks guys!

MXHEVN:
Somewhere in the future Im looking at putting in a LSD, swaybars and upgrade the suspension, maybe do the IHE if I have some spare money too.

At least Ill start there lol Im hoping these will be a nice middleground for track/street driving.

Craig: Yeah I managed to complete the set! (Big thanks to youself and Fuzzlet), and thanks for the kind words

(If im honest, Im still having SE withdrawal symptoms tho

)

Blackster: Very well spotted! I had to have all 4 wheels repaired / resprayed by a local wheel shop. So I decided to go with silver

I must say, Im pretty impressed at the RE001s. The wet grip is alot better then i was expecting.

Fuzzlet · Postby **Fuzzlet** » Mon Mar 09, 2009 12:28 pm

No worries bout the wheel haha. How much did it cost to get them repaired though? I thought about getting it repainted though, but when told the shadow chrome is a multiple layer paint I figured it would of been way too hard to get it to match the other wheels

RawSouth · Postby **RawSouth** » Tue Mar 10, 2009 7:59 am

I paid $400 to have all 4 wheels repaired and resprayed, and to have the warp removed from one wheel.

The quality of the work was excellent too.

From what I could find, this was a pretty competitive price... (I got quoted up to $280 for removing the warp alone).

Craig · Postby **Craig** » Tue Mar 10, 2009 1:55 pm

RawSouth wrote:If im honest, Im still having SE withdrawal symptoms tho

That's easily rectified...just buy one! :twisted:

sliq · Postby **sliq** » Tue Mar 10, 2009 8:50 pm

RawSouth wrote:I paid $400 to have all 4 wheels repaired and resprayed, and to have the warp removed from one wheel.

The quality of the work was excellent too.

From what I could find, this was a pretty competitive price... (I got quoted up to $280 for removing the warp alone).

wow, that's cheap!

which shop was this, if you don't mind me asking?