I can actually say I have a piece of the JDM. Very high quality. Courtesy of Ken at protegegarage.com

http://www.altspace.com/rx8/br_bar2.jpg

http://www.altspace.com/rx8/br_bar3.jpg

http://www.altspace.com/rx8/br_bar4.jpg

http://www.altspace.com/rx8/br_bar5.jpg

http://www.altspace.com/rx8/br_bar6.jpg

http://www.altspace.com/rx8/br_bar7.jpg

http://www.altspace.com/rx8/br_bar8.jpg

not bad. looks clean

mad JDM!

Looks good though

looks like the greddy, miNus the blue. looks good though!

Here's the Greddy. Notice the Greddy is a straight bar, is shorter, and looks a bit taller with its location.

http://www.greddy.com/img/PHP/products/jpg/858.jpg

http://www.rx8club.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=39764&d=1106616436

Well, the main question is... does the engine cover still fit over it?

Actually with just a little bit of dremel action I can modify the cutout already there to make it work.

loooks good

I've seen a few of them on ebay lately.....too expensive for my blood. Cant see paying over $200 for a strut bar.

that is some good stuff!

No brace for the Master Cylinder :( How much you pay?

bitchin'

No brace for the Master Cylinder :( How much you pay?

What brace? Purchased from www.protegegarage.com

I've seen a few of them on ebay lately.....too expensive for my blood. Cant see paying over $200 for a strut bar.

Shieet...with all those mods you've got going on you would not spend an extra $50 for a quality piece of hardware that comes direct from Japan for your machine?

Maybe you are right because I can not find a single other RX-8 owner with one.

Cool!

Nice pics. Thanks alot.

I agree the Gredy is taller, but the one you have is nicer.

Depends upon your application as to which bar you choose.

By the way, that looks like the RX7 strut bar.

I ran in RX7 club members and one of them had used an adjustable RX7 bar. It fit perfect on the RX8.

Now.... only to find out what bar that was............

Guess the price? Real inexpensive. Don't let the vendors rake you over the caols because it say... application RX8.

how much does it weigh? could you weigh it and your stock bar so we have a comparison from the same scale?

Don't feel like pulling it off, but I can say that it is much lighter than stock. Especially since it's made of aluminum.

I modified the cover to fit.

http://www.altspace.com/rx8/bar_cover.jpg

By the way, that looks like the RX7 strut bar.

Well, I can say this is a direct RX-8 piece that came straight from Japan. I could not find any applications for the RX-7.

Here's the Japan website. http://item.rakuten.co.jp/laile/c/0000000191/

yeah that bar looks really sweet..

And sorry if it was infact me that put finger prints on it.

Hagar

Wow clean. But I think what devildog1679 was asking was is; is there a brace for the Master Cylinder? like THIS! (http://www.autoexe.com.au/rx8_files/MSE495.jpg)

http://www.rx8club.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=39764&d=1106616436

those painted covers look horrible!

dee i thought that was your engine bay

That bar looks really sweet! Beautiful. What I particularly like about it is the way it moves the bar forward of the strut. It would be a perfect piece to go with a Pettit SC and give plenty of clearance. The Greddy is no comparison in construction or looks, but that only MO..

dee i thought that was your engine bay

negative varney, this is mines

http://i30.photobucket.com/albums/c336/XDEEDUBBX/6.jpg

wow nice.. beatrush make some very nice stuff.

dee i thought that was your engine bay

lol.. ssshhhss, it is his engine bay. ;)

looks like they have a lot of underbody stiffening too...love the gold color...what's the little ring shaped thing? is that for the shifter?

http://item.rakuten.co.jp/laile/s7sc5310/

http://thumbnail.image.rakuten.co.jp/@0_mall/laile/cabinet/00257301/s75310sc-a.jpg?_ex=200x200&s=2&r=1

^ yes

Shieet...with all those mods you've got going on you would not spend an extra $50 for a quality piece of hardware that comes direct from Japan for your machine?

Maybe you are right because I can not find a single other RX-8 owner with one.

Cool!

This is what I'm looking to order soon....next week as a matter of fact. It cost less and looks better in my opinion. Waiting for the company to email me back with the final details....production and average shipping time to US. I will post the info for others once they answer all my questions.

http://www.rx8club.com/showthread.php?t=127819

So what happened? Did you get it?

Link is dead...

Huh....I wonder what he wanted?

I have the Tokico shock set and the adjustment knob is directly under the stock strut tower bar and I need to take it off every time I want to make an adjustment. I am considering the Greddy, JIC and this one. Is there enough room to make adjustments with this strut bar?

It appears that with the Greddy there will be plenty of room for any adjustments I would need to make.

I have the Tokico shock set and the adjustment knob is directly under the stock strut tower bar and I need to take it off every time I want to make an adjustment. I am considering the Greddy, JIC and this one. Is there enough room to make adjustments with this strut bar?

It appears that with the Greddy there will be plenty of room for any adjustments I would need to make.

Why don't you get the Mazdaspeed one? It has room for adjustment and the brake master cylinder brace really works well.

+1 and I bought the Greddy (used for a song).

Recently installed the rear Beatrush strut bar.

http://www.altspace.com/rx8/beatrush_rear.jpg

...and new engine bay pics.

http://www.altspace.com/rx8/vrcaps1.jpg

http://www.altspace.com/rx8/vrcaps2.jpg

http://www.altspace.com/rx8/vrcaps3.jpg

the gold wrapping loox kinda wierd. but engine bay is clean.

is that gold wrapping paper/foil? it does look overdone on the ecu and fuse covers.

it looks better in person