I've been working on getting some things fitted on and everything bolted together and i've finally gotten all of it done. I'll have to grab some underhood photos tomorrow and i'll up date.

Mods so far are:
JIC 4-point strut bar
JIC FLT-TAR coilovers
Hotchkis front and rear sway bars
adjustable endlinks

and several carbon fiber things which are:
intake
hood
trunk
mazdaspeed spoiler
mirror covers
center console trim
and inner door handle bezels

here's a few quick pics i snapped today before i had to get back to the house to get ready to go meet up with some friends:

http://i241.photobucket.com/albums/ff10/Mysticalsnake/RX8%20R3/001.jpg
http://i241.photobucket.com/albums/ff10/Mysticalsnake/RX8%20R3/003.jpg
http://i241.photobucket.com/albums/ff10/Mysticalsnake/RX8%20R3/005.jpg
http://i241.photobucket.com/albums/ff10/Mysticalsnake/RX8%20R3/006.jpg

hope all of you enjoy!

Looks great! I love the R3 bumper. How much did you drop it with the coilovers?

Nice to see a modded R3 finally,,,

Very Sexy 8, Nicely Done

Nice to see a modded R3 finally,,,

No kidding. Just about all the modded R3's are over seas...

wow that looks great

Zomg!!!!!!

first modded R3 Ive seen...looks good

Looks fantastic, I'm starting to warm up to the R3... maybe some wheel spacers to flush it up, unless you're planning some aftermarket wheels.

sick r3

Finally an R3 with a drop! good stuff man :)

damnnnnn R3 with modssssss!!!! nice oneeee!!!

yes very sweet i cant wait to see one in person at SS

I don't know the exact drop but theres not enough gap for me to put one finger between the tire a nd fender

damn....phone owned me with the double post!!! :(

man your car looks amazing good job

thanks for all the kind words guys. It's a little discouraging finding nothing for the 09+ rx-8's "specifically" so i started improvising a bit. Everything fit perfect on the car except the JIC 4-pt strut bar, and all that had to be done was the two bolt holes that mount at the back of the engine bay had to be opened up a bit to fit onto the stock studs that the stock 4-pt mounts to.

rodjonathon: i'd like to make a meet down in houston but i have no idea when my schedule is going to allow me to do that. i'd really like to make it out to houston and dallas because i know a lot of guys really want to see some modded 09+ 8's but with them having been out such a short time they're few and far between in texas

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Car looks great! Can't wait to see what you do next.

Nice. Looking good.

that's a very nice R3 indeed, you took the path of the right modifications.

Thats sick! love the color

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^ RX8pwnage: You're just missing the cool photo-shoot mod. ;)

sick car i must have a r3 one day

rx8pwnage: very nice mods!

i had the 1-2 shift fork break on me and so while the trans was out i did the ACT prolite flywheel with a spec stage 1 clutch and swapped in the trans from an 07 rx8. doesn't sound like the other trans should do anything, but the 04-08's have the closer gear ratios, and with the different trans and flywheel it made about a 2 car length difference in acceleration

NIce car bro..

went and took a few better pics today, more or less to get some better detail of the car:

http://s241.photobucket.com/albums/ff10/Mysticalsnake/RX8%20R3/
http://i241.photobucket.com/albums/ff10/Mysticalsnake/RX8%20R3/017_2.jpg
http://i241.photobucket.com/albums/ff10/Mysticalsnake/RX8%20R3/025_2.jpg

^ RX8pwnage: You're just missing the cool photo-shoot mod. ;)


Ha yeah!
I got a Siebon TS hood shipping out. Ill post some pics maybe after the install!

Nice ride ;)

nicely done, car looks HOT congrats!

Damn this looks so damn hot! Do you mind telling us where you get the CF parts from? They seems to look much higher quality than most of what the market offers now! :)

onestly I don't know what brand the trunk is. I got it cheap off ebay and it didn't fit that well but I worked with it until iit did fit. And the hood is VIS brand and I got it from amdysautosport

very nice! your car looks great

car looks deadly, i'm haveing issues with finding lowering springs or coilovers designed specifically for the r3, were those coilovers designed specifically for the r3? or are they designed for previous models of rx8's? just really want to know if i can use lowering springs or coilovers designed for previous year rx8's on my r3?