im thinkin about settin up a cruise. havent figured out a route yet but im thinkin like 50 or 60 miles with lots of backroads and fun twisties.

whos up for this

list of whos coming:
1.me(thejew89)
2.kwarner04
3.wtbrotary
4.rowlettrx8er
5.987hys
6.agcutie03
7.jptalky(maybe)
8.seatownracer(trying to come)
9.
10.

I am in, and new to this forum.


lee

need more details...

I am always up for a drive with some other 8's.......let me know!

I'm in for a drive...I love my car

I'm interested

I'm in!

i think i might have finally figured out a route.

im gonna go run down it one day this week to find out how fun it is. i know that half of it has some high speed corners and a couple low speed ones, ive run that part of it a million times in multiple vehicles. its the second half i added on that i wanna find out if its good or not

heres a link to what i have now, its 70 miles

let me know wht you guys think of it

http://maps.google.com/maps?f=d&saddr=Lake+Ridge+Pkwy&daddr=Copper+Cove+Circle+to:FM-157%2FLone+Star+Rd+to:FM-916+to:FM-916+to:S+I+35+W+to:32.55289,-97.110901&hl=en&geocode=FQIC8gEdGTE3-g%3BFVrM8AEduBE3-g%3BFeBz8AEd4EQ2-g%3BFb3f7AEdWJc3-g%3BFXBv7AEdklw1-g%3BFXZX7wEdltwz-g%3B&mra=dme&mrcr=0&mrsp=6&sz=12&via=1,2,3,4,5&dirflg=ht&sll=32.523947,-97.130127&sspn=0.167897,0.362549&ie=UTF8&ll=32.483701,-97.059402&spn=0.671892,1.450195&t=h&z=10

IMO, 70 miles is a little long. especially since it will be a 25+ mile round trip just to get to your side of town (for me at least). If this route is really that good, you know im down, but keep in mind that this will be a long trip for anyone. Keep up the eagerness and keep me posted...

I would love a tarrant county cruise but I think this one is a bit long. 30-45 miles would be good I think. Maybe start near I-30 and 360 and head south. But i'm down if others are with this route.

What time on the 16th? That's a Friday, so I can probably push my flight home up if it's in the afternoon sometime, but honestly, I think Saturday would be better.

Not trying to create problems, but with work, not sure how many people would be able to make a day cruise on a Friday.

yeah im thinkin it will be a better saturday during the day type of cruise.

how about a 45 mile run

it still gives us lots of twisties and some fun highway stretches for speed

http://maps.google.com/maps?f=d&saddr=Lake+Ridge+Pkwy&daddr=Copper+Cove+Circle+to:FM-157%2FLone+Star+Rd+to:32.430977,-97.104034+to:TX-67+to:S+I+35+W+to:Heritage+Pkwy&hl=en&geocode=FQIC8gEdGTE3-g%3BFVrM8AEduBE3-g%3BFeBz8AEd4EQ2-g%3B%3BFUCi7gEdIqA0-g%3BFXZX7wEdltwz-g%3BFd678AEdvi82-g&mra=dme&mrcr=0&mrsp=3&sz=10&via=1,2,3,4,5&dirflg=ht&sll=32.483701,-97.059402&sspn=0.70084,1.450195&ie=UTF8&t=h&z=10

That run on a Saturday sounds good to me.

Run on Saturday sounds good to me, those roads are going to be busy though. How about NE of the Metromess there are some excellent roads West of 35 north of Alliance Airport up to the Red River.

i dont know any of the roads up around there

ive run the roads on my route on weekends and they arent that busy except around i67.

That's cool, I was just concerned about them being busy in that area.

so does that mean your comin with then

sup?

so does that mean your comin with then

I am trying to get things situated to be there.

I'm over in Abilene. If I get my body panels in before then, I wouldn't mind making the trip over there to join in. We have a company fleet card for gas, so that's a non-issue.

man ill be in killeen tx the 10th thru prolly 20th i think its about a 2 hour drive from there?

something between 2 hours and 3 hours depending on how fast you drive

and to let everyone know i ran the route on saturday night with a few of my friends and they all loved it. some spots along the roads are a little rough but for the most parts its pretty smooth

Sounds like a great time. What time on Saturday? Are we meeting somewhere specific? Having lunch or something half way through?

im not sure on a time yet but meeting up and having lunch then goin on the cruise sounds like a good idea

I might be interested

so how does meeting up at buffalo wild wings on 30 and collins around 12 on saturday sound for everyone. we can get some lunch and then take off on the cruise

the address for buffalo wild wings is
1301 N. Collins
Arlington, Tx 76011

Sounds good. See you Saturday.

That works for me. See everyone Saturday!

sweet now i just hope i get my coilovers this week and get them installed on friday. or you will all get the watch the baack end of my car bounce around like a rubber bouncy ball lol.

it bites big time with blown rear struts

hmm... sounds tempting to go... How many people do we have currently going, i might consider going :D

not sure

i would like to know who all is coming too so i know how big of a table ill need to get when i get there

not sure

i would like to know who all is coming too so i know how big of a table ill need to get when i get there

You might want to consider editing your first post in this thread to include all important info and a list of who's coming, like they do with most of the weekly meet threads. Just makes it easier for everyone to see all the important stuff.

And you can count me in.

i mean if im not going to Possum Kingdon ill try to make it, so if its me and jew thats 2 EDIT: and now KWarner04, besides i need to meet you anyways if your gonna be helping me out a tad ehh??? too bad you love in mansfield... thats a tad far away from DFW correct?

firs post edited with a list of who will be there

mansfield is just south of arlington.
im about 30 minutes from dallas and 35 minutes from fort worth so not that far away.

im not really worried about drivin to help anyone.

what part of the area do you live in

Grapevine, I can use my phone's Nav and it should work :D, but if you would like to swing by before i wouldnt mind lol, granted if you did it would make me feel very very.... very young... heh i think id be able to find my way... i hope :D

to get to mansfield from grapevine you just gotta get to 360 and head south it takes about 40 minutes max drivin the speed limit

sounds chill, well at this moment im going so add me to the list my friend...

I will be there

I should be there...

might be there.

I am planning on going.......trying to find out if Riley is going as well.

My plans were changed for me. I will have to miss this one. Maybe the next time

My plans were changed for me. I will have to miss this one. Maybe the next time

Dude you always bail on stuff. Waits for Scott to drop out....

Edit: will be there as well.

FIRST! DAMN TOYOTA's

Heh meh it was still fun

I'll post some more pictures later, but wanted to share this one. It's a panoramic shot of all the cars there. It's 4 shots stitched together in photoshop.

http://images.kyleinprogress.com/RX-8/rx8-pano.jpg

The original picture size is 7911 x 3147 pixels (25.38 x 7.95 in @ 300dpi for the photo nerds) If anyone wants the full size picture, let me know and I'll post a link where you can find it.

lol i want the original picture size, post a link :D, BTW guys i had a great time and we should do it again some time, btw Brian how many miles were on your used Tein S.Techs??? 20,000 right?

yeah 20k on them and the damn toyotas got in front of us on our way back to 360 too. i now officially hate all toyota camrys.

It was a good time, despite the Camry. Thanks for planning it!

Few more pics..

Dude you always bail on stuff. Waits for Scott to drop out....

Edit: will be there as well.

Dood - I'm sorry - I know you were extremely disappointed I wasn't there, but life sometimes gets in the way and I am not always in charge of that.

Hope you had a good time anyways :lol:

damn't!! missed out on another good one!! Sigh...

For those of you who didn't make it out, you missed a good cruise. here are a few pics, enjoy...

http://i214.photobucket.com/albums/cc220/grx8scott/DSC00095.jpg

http://i214.photobucket.com/albums/cc220/grx8scott/DSC00099.jpg

http://i214.photobucket.com/albums/cc220/grx8scott/DSC00102.jpg

http://i214.photobucket.com/albums/cc220/grx8scott/DSC00103.jpg

http://i214.photobucket.com/albums/cc220/grx8scott/DSC00106.jpg

Yeah man these were tight pictures... we gotta do this again some time

yeah we need to but next time no more camrys

ahh man! i missed out! Jewman you got to set up another run.

oh and hey jew i see i finally got those coilovers. so you planning on selling the s-techs?

yeah i am wtbrotary is wanting to buy them but im not sure when he is gonna pick them up ill have to talk to him

and btw scott was wanting to set up the next cruise so maybe after we do his ill set up another one with this run changed a small bit

I completely forgot about this, but as it turns out, it was probably for the best. I ended up shredding part of my tire Saturday night doing some regular driving and the results could have been bad if it had been "spirited".

Looks like a good turn out.

I'm telling ya, Camry's have been on my hit list for years-since driving home for the weekends when I was in college, it was ALWAYS a CAMRY screwing me up, ugh! I need to find the pic of the one holding us up at the Dragon...

Scott setting up a cruise huh? Is there a time frame in mind for this yet?

Wow Creto, sorry to hear that-what happened, and is the 8 okay?

I'm also going to need to know what kind of tires you were on...gotta steer clear of them, I destroy tires anyway...

Scott setting up a cruise huh? Is there a time frame in mind for this yet?
I think his words were, "I'll take the next one. We'll do it sometime soon."

I apologize if I misquoted him, but I don't think a timeframe was specified. However...if you hadn't left early, you probably would have known all this already. ;) I'm kidding...please don't hurt me.

Oh, psh, well if it's anywhere close to that phrase odds are he's already forgotten he said it-so if anyone wants to take that over...

I had to go rescue my sister, she had a dress crisis, my apologies for bailing.

However, if I hadn't left early, it wouldn't have come out of Scott's mouth for all to hear in a group discussion as there would not have been a single group-so it's a catch 22.

I'll let this one go, no hurting necessary. ;)

However, if I hadn't left early, it wouldn't have come out of Scott's mouth for all to hear in a group discussion as there would not have been a single group-so it's a catch 22.

...shaking my head in confusion... :confused:

...shaking my head in confusion... :confused:

Welcome to my world. :banghead:

Wow Creto, sorry to hear that-what happened, and is the 8 okay?

I'm also going to need to know what kind of tires you were on...gotta steer clear of them, I destroy tires anyway...

Kuhmo Ecsta SPT's... it's the neg camber on my rears that is chewing them up on the inside tread. Unfortunately, I had not gotten on the ground recently to check the inside tread, as the outside looked great.

how bad is your camber?

Allegedly it's -1.8, but it looks more than that.

Yeah, same thing happened to me, if I hadn't been fixing my front end I'd never have seen the cord sticking out on my back tires-I'm such an idiot, though, everyone kept saying I needed new ones and I kept looking at the outer tread thinkin'...?? It looks great to me...??

An alignment helped but I'm still going through tires way too fast-guess it's just comes with the springs, gotta deal with it. :) Sorry to hear about that, though, glad it didn't happen on a cruise!

yeah good thing it didnt happen on a cruise but it still sux that it happend period.
why are you running so much negative camber on the streets?

what kind of wheels are the one's on the silver 8 in the pics?

I will totally be there next time.. Make it on a sunday??

ill be there hopefully, tell Scott lets get another drive setup soon, and Brian ill buy the springs w.e

just let me know when you want them

The pictures are awesome - I just have one question - where is the token old guy? Man suddenly I feel old - but hey, the cars are awesome so if I can make the next one I will be there!!

what kind of wheels are the one's on the silver 8 in the pics?

Work Emotion CR KAI
http://www.rx8club.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=127475&d=1223761842

How much do they weigh?

How much do they weigh?

Probably around 19-21. I thought I saw it somewhere at one point, but I don't know anymore. The wheel weight database has the 8.5 version of mine at 20.7.

at 18X9.5 those wheels weigh 22-23

^ you're probably right. I saw the 17x9 at 19 and 17x8 at 20 so I just went with a range.

Thats not bad i guess, when summer hits im getting a job and im gonna try to get the O.Z. Ultraleggeras in black, their 18x8 and damn they look sweet on a WWP.

they are very slick :D

Thats not bad i guess, when summer hits im getting a job and im gonna try to get the O.Z. Ultraleggeras in black, their 18x8 and damn they look sweet on a WWP.
with those wheels, you should paint your calipers name, or buy aftermarket ones if you're willing to spend the money, that would look sweeeeet

heh yeah i plan on painting them black, im so anal i even have small RX-8 decals after im done painting to apply them to the brakes LOL

haha i said 'name' i meant to say red....i don't know how that happened lol

meh if you want i have some pics on my computer of another user on this website that had a WWP 8 with those rims and black calipers and it loooks wayyy better than red ones...

link it to me bro!

ill send you a email through RX8club it will be easier, keep in mind this is NOT my car but what i intend my car to look like when im done with it

EDIT: nvm let me try this first

fair enough

KK heres some pics, once again if the owner does see this post i hope he doesnt mind me posting his sweet 8 ;P


http://i187.photobucket.com/albums/x213/brandonp091611/IMG_5773.jpg


http://i187.photobucket.com/albums/x213/brandonp091611/IMG_5775.jpg

http://i187.photobucket.com/albums/x213/brandonp091611/IMG_5768.jpg

http://i187.photobucket.com/albums/x213/brandonp091611/IMG_5765.jpg

alright, i like that. nice, simple and clean. those wheels are badass

heh yeah their pretty nice, i like them alot, im gonna get these after my springs and shocks!!!

lots of money to be spent! haha

exactly... ugh...sigh...

heh yeah i plan on painting them black, im so anal i even have small RX-8 decals after im done painting to apply them to the brakes LOL


+1 for Black calipers.

http://i214.photobucket.com/albums/cc220/grx8scott/P1010013-1.jpg

I also painted the rotor hub and air diversion panel

http://i214.photobucket.com/albums/cc220/grx8scott/P1010012-2.jpg

yeah im gonna have to paint the exact same thing as you, well to make the rims look real slick :D