View Full Version : How Easy Is It To Fit the Mazda Speed kit!?!?


MGZR160
02-07-2004, 04:26 PM
Hey all

I was just wondering if anyone here, has fitted the Mazda speed kit to there rx8? was it hard or easy!?

thanks for your help!

phil

ranger4277
02-07-2004, 11:17 PM
That depends on your idea of hard and easy! ;)

I haven't installed it personally, but have removed my front fascia, and that was easy. IMO it should be easy.... but I tend to do all my own car stuff myself. The mazdaspeed kit has a perfect fitment from what I hear.

titaniumgrey
02-08-2004, 02:21 AM
Should be perfect if its the real mazdaspeed kit from mazda. I don't know about the others though.

MGZR160
02-08-2004, 02:29 AM
Hey thanks for the replys...

Iv been looking on http://www.rotaryextreme.com/msrx8.html for the mazdaspeed kit and found it.....But i also find this site last nite and the same kit is about half the price, but it does have a different title "Mazda m-power jtz body kit mazda rx8"... this same kit but different name is found at http://www.hopupracing.com/mamjtzbokitm.html for half the price..... Do i need to be careful not to buy a rip of mazdaspeed kits? are there rip offs out there? please help!!!!

phil

titaniumgrey
02-08-2004, 02:42 AM
There are replica of Mazdaspeed kits out there , like http://www.rotaryextreme.com/msstyle.html
But rotary extreme is a respectable company so the kit may fit right( 90% sure) . But personally I just bought the real mazda speed kit to save me the trouble and knowing that the real kit is ABS plastic just gives me releif that if a shopping cart hits my bumper , I don't have to worry about cracks too much.

MGZR160
02-08-2004, 02:45 AM
Hey!

Can i ask for you got yur kit from then? and how much it was?

thanks

phil

Japan8
02-08-2004, 03:00 AM
Try Trussville Mazda or Rosenthal Mazda in the vendors section.

MGZR160
02-08-2004, 03:07 AM
Sorry i forgot to point out im from the UK so i would have to order them off a web site or something

thanks

phil

ranger4277
02-08-2004, 11:11 AM
Rosenthal and Trussville both have a web store. I'm sure they could ship to UK.

Omicron
02-08-2004, 11:24 AM
I believe Rotary Extreme's kit is guaranteed to fit. And, I'm not sure how you figure the kit from HopUpRacing is cheaper that RE's... Hopup's is $1799 for 3 pieces, and RE's price for the same 3 pieces is $1750. Just FYI.

Originally posted by MGZR160
Hey thanks for the replys...

Iv been looking on Rotary Extreme (http://www.rotaryextreme.com/msrx8.html) for the mazdaspeed kit and found it.....But i also find this site last nite and the same kit is about half the price, but it does have a different title "Mazda m-power jtz body kit mazda rx8"... this same kit but different name is found at HopUpRacing (http://www.hopupracing.com/mamjtzbokitm.html) for half the price..... Do i need to be careful not to buy a rip of mazdaspeed kits? are there rip offs out there? please help!!!!

phil

MGZR160
02-08-2004, 06:17 PM
Ok! So does anyone know how hard/easy it is to get the rx8 front bumper off?

phil

ranger4277
02-08-2004, 07:36 PM
It is an easy removal. Try looking at this (http://www.rx8club.com/showthread.php?s=&threadid=10941&highlight=front+bumper+removal) thread for instructions.

MGZR160
02-09-2004, 03:22 AM
Thanks for the link!

phil

PUR NRG
02-09-2004, 09:32 AM
There have been other posts regarding MS body kit fitment. Have you tried searching the forum?
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MGZR160
02-10-2004, 05:29 AM
Yes i have and i came up with nothing!

phil

PUR NRG
02-10-2004, 10:31 AM
Do a search on "mazdaspeed install" and you come up with two pages of stuff.
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MGZR160
02-10-2004, 10:37 AM
thanks!

MGZR160
02-10-2004, 11:25 AM
Sorry where did you search for that to get 2 pages!!!

thanks!

phil

ssjelite23
02-13-2004, 08:32 PM
is that black 8 on rotary extreme lowered? if it is, by how much?

AAS
02-20-2004, 10:16 AM
I just installed a MazdaSpeed style body kit. I thought you'd like to see it.

http://www.autoaccessorystore.com/installed/bodykit/mss-MR03.jpg

http://www.autoaccessorystore.com/installed/bodykit/mss-MR03-5.jpg

Sue Esponte
02-20-2004, 11:19 AM
That rocks!! Does the Mazdaspeed kit come painted? Mind if I ask how much you paid and where you got it? How long did the install take? Did you do it yourself?

Is it possible to use the foglights on front end?

-Eric

AAS
02-20-2004, 01:59 PM
No I didn't install it myself, I brough it to the shop, it took them a while to complete (1 week), because they were busy, and there were small modification to the places where side markers go (they had to make bigger holes to fit the light bulbs).

No it cames primed and I painted into two colors: Factory color and Gun-metallic at the bottom.

The fog lights don't really look good in this bumper as I put mesh grill into it. I tried to fit the fog lights behind mesh grill but doesn't look good, so I just left a fog light switch free for Neon underbody kit or something else.

I got it from the website.
www.autoaccessorystore.com

mikeb
02-20-2004, 04:24 PM
looks great
is it fiberglass?

AAS
02-21-2004, 02:58 PM
yes, its fiberglass, but it seems very light for some reason, it feels like ABS Plastic, but they told me it's a fiberglass

Davsai
02-28-2004, 04:42 AM
Great looking mod. As a future 8 owner I can't wait to buy a kit. By the time I get one I'm hoping the Buddy2 or the Widebody kit will be readily available. You should post it up on Cardomain.

Omicron
03-10-2004, 07:41 PM
Originally posted by AAS
yes, its fiberglass, but it seems very light for some reason, it feels like ABS Plastic, but they told me it's a fiberglass If it's the "genuine" Mazdaspeed kit, it's made out of the same plastic as the factory original nose. Most "Mazdaspeed style" kits are fiberglass though. Just FYI.