Yellow rx8s

[Secla]

Don’t see many around ! Was it a limited edition colour/only available for a short time or just not popular ?

[Nickp47]

Launch colour along with Nordic Green so only available for a short time, would love a really clean yellow S1 personally

[warpc0il]

Mazda only offered Yellow the first year of any new sports model, so the only Lightning Yellow RX-8s you will see are either '03-'04 registrations or repainted.

[Secla]

Yeh there’s an 03 near me for sale. Has the optional Mazda spats and lip but it looks a bit tatty
Guess a 15 year old car is never going to be mint

[Nickp47]

Is it the one that has a Rotary Motion rebuild?

[Secla]

Nope don’t think it’s had a rebuild

[warpc0il]

An 03 is now (coming up to) 17 years old

[GreySilver Beast]

A slight correction there Dave, I could of ordered a Brand New Yellow RX-8 in 192ps (UK spec), 210ps (JDM Auto) or 231ps (UK spec) from the factory in 2005 but would of been Special Order with Mazda UK though

[Nickp47]

Nope don’t think it’s had a rebuild

There is a chap who has a nice looking one (which now I think about it was an 04) with the spats etc and RM rebuild , was tempted but I felt he wanted too much money so regrettably passed. Thought I’d mention just in case you particularly want to find a yella!

[GreySilver Beast]

A slight correction there Dave, I could of ordered a Brand New Yellow RX-8 in 192ps (UK spec), 210ps (JDM Auto) or 231ps (UK spec) from the factory in 2005 but would of been Special Order with Mazda UK though

That wasn't a Mazda UK special order, it was T W Whites bringing cars in directly from Japan, including unsold stock which they converted to UK-spec.

[Lucky 8 Racing]

A slight correction there Dave, I could of ordered a Brand New Yellow RX-8 in 192ps (UK spec), 210ps (JDM Auto) or 231ps (UK spec) from the factory in 2005 but would of been Special Order with Mazda UK though

That wasn't a Mazda UK special order, it was T W Whites bringing cars in directly from Japan, including unsold stock which they converted to UK-spec.

Good old TW whites
There are still a few yellow ones kicking about. I’d say they are one of the rare colour but not that hard to come by if you have the cash and are prepared to wait for the right one. Most are quite rusty, mainly due to the fact they are the older models.

[Markl17]

Hi
Did all the yellow ones come with the yellow and black leather as standard?

[Lucky 8 Racing]

Hi
Did all the yellow ones come with the yellow and black leather as standard?

Nope, I think I have seen that once before but I can’t remember if it was an optional extra or just custom work

[GreySilver Beast]

It was available as an Option up to the end of 2003 I think, but Dave may know more seeing he was working for Ford back then

[GreySilver Beast]

It was originally a one-off produced for Mazda North American Operations, for publicity shots, that later got replicated by others.

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[Markl17]

The only yellow one I have seem had that trim I did not know it was so rare.it does look cool though.

[warpc0il]

I saw a yellow/black leather trimmed car for sale with a blown engine years ago and seriously considered buying it to fit the seats in mine, despite my loathing of leather seat in cars.

The owner would only sell the car complete and we went and looked at it (180+ mile round trip), when we still lived in Essex.
On close inspection you could see that this had originally been a black and tan interior, which was an option, and the tan sections had been painted. Proper leather paint but still...

There were/are some real black & yellow interiors, there was one for sale in NI a couple of years ago, which I believe was from a JDM car.

[Lucky 8 Racing]

I saw a yellow/black leather trimmed car for sale with a blown engine years ago and seriously considered buying it to fit the seats in mine, despite my loathing of leather seat in cars.

The owner would only sell the car complete and we went and looked at it (180+ mile round trip), when we still lived in Essex.
On close inspection you could see that this had originally been a black and tan interior, which was an option, and the tan sections had been painted. Proper leather paint but still...

There were/are some real black & yellow interiors, there was one for sale in NI a couple of years ago, which I believe was from a JDM car.

The Essex one was the one I was thinking of aha

[Harrizone]

There was one in Esex that I saw in the latter part of 03 that had been professionally trimmed with yellow leather and from the same dealer that Ploz (Richard, another founder member) and seen at about the same time as he picked his up and so probably November 03 approx.

[BigPete]

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This was my lads yellow 8 this had yellow/black interior.

[Nickp47]

I’m guessing you are talking about this car Secla?
How tatty is it?

https://rover.ebay.com/rover/0/0/0?mpre ... 4187716103

Edit - Just read MOT history , corrosion seems to be the order of the day

[Secla]

Yeh that’s the one but was advertised locally not eBay
Doesn’t look bad in the pictures but history of corrosion on previous mots and rusty front wings !

I was going to take a look as it’s only 10 miles from me but the lack of current mot put me off

[Nickp47]

Likewise, quite fancied it but I get the feeling the seller is being somewhat economical with the description for a reason.

[warpc0il]

S100 LPH - MOT.pdf

MOT just Expired, a few advisories last time, and more than a few fails in its history, plus outstanding recalls

[Essex2Visuvesi]

Adam and I looked at this one.... Much as I want a yellow one I really don't want to spend the time chasing rust