I'm thinking that I may be the only one...

You're not too far from the GTA - plenty of nice people up here.

Im in Old Forge. about 2 hours

Im in buffalo! Just got a black 05...I go to the Sheridan dealer.

In Rochester.... Black 05. Where are you in Buffalo? I lived in Allentown area in the late 80's early 90's.

haha look at the name i am from williamsville where are you located
click the link thats mine the blue one and zoomnrx8 the white one he is Ton.

http://www.rx8club.com/showthread.php?t=194261

haha look at the name i am from williamsville where are you located
click the link thats mine the blue one and zoomnrx8 the white one he is Ton.

http://www.rx8club.com/showthread.php?t=194261

Cool I live right now near UB south off main. I'm originally from Lancaster. Your RX8's look sick...I really like the black OEM rims! I've been thinking about painting mine black, maybe you guys could give me some tips on doing it...My car is black so it would sweet to have it all blacked out!

haha look at the name i am from williamsville where are you located
click the link thats mine the blue one and zoomnrx8 the white one he is Ton.

http://www.rx8club.com/showthread.php?t=194261

http://img638.yfrog.com/img638/2643/48885873.jpg

I'm thinking that I may be the only one...

Yaksplat where are you located ???

lookin good. ya i like how the oem's look when they are blacked out. Mine i had powdercoated and zoomnrx8 painted his. I am sure you will be heading up to the shred and ragen things up at lancaster speedway this summer ??

Yaksplat where are you located ???

lookin good. ya i like how the oem's look when they are blacked out. Mine i had powdercoated and zoomnrx8 painted his. I am sure you will be heading up to the shred and ragen things up at lancaster speedway this summer ??

Yes i will most likely be up at Shredd and Regan...How much did your powdercoat cost?

Yaksplat where are you located ???

lookin good. ya i like how the oem's look when they are blacked out. Mine i had powdercoated and zoomnrx8 painted his. I am sure you will be heading up to the shred and ragen things up at lancaster speedway this summer ??

Yes i will most likely be up at Shredd and Regan...How much did your powdercoat cost?

I had mine done for free by a friend of a friend it should cost anywhere from 200-450 depending on the shop and what coat they are putting on. I think it turned out good and is worth getting it done. you better not be driving it in the winter!! .... go Sabers one time can buffalo lock up a sporting event

we also need to get your car lower its sitting way to high!!

Powder coating will run around 200 like buff26 said, however, you need to dismount and remount your tires... figure another $140.. I will paint them for $120 (incl. material), however the quality is not that of powder coating, but non the less very good, I'm happy how mine turned out

Pm'd you ZOOM....

went to a local car show tonight saw 3 or 4 rx8s that i have not seen before some one else has to be on here

Hey guys, we have a small club in Rochester and planning our second meet this Sunday. Check out the post: http://www.rx8club.com/showthread.php?t=197719

Im in the fort erie/ridgeway area, has to be close enough to buffalo to count

Hey people. I just recently moved to Hamburg,NY from Great Falls, MT. I own a 04 VR. Was In the lockport area and drove next to a black 8 with a headlight out. anyone here???

Hey people. I just recently moved to Hamburg,NY from Great Falls, MT. I own a 04 VR. Was In the lockport area and drove next to a black 8 with a headlight out. anyone here???

haha that may be me? My headlight was out for a few weeks in August. Is that when u saw the car? or recently? I havn't seen any 8's out in this weather. I'm about to get mine back on the road soon with some new black rims.

nope wasnt you man. This one was about a week and a half ago. You guys do any weekly or monthly meets?

i might be going up to UB for aerospace

nope wasnt you man. This one was about a week and a half ago. You guys do any weekly or monthly meets?

We have a small club in Rochester, that meets once a month during the summer. Check us out @ http://nyrotorsports.com/

nope wasnt you man. This one was about a week and a half ago. You guys do any weekly or monthly meets?

Not that I know of in Buffalo, but it would be sweet to get together and do one this summer. The RX8 in Buffalo is viewed as vipers/R8s/Ferraris etc because all people drive up here are altimas and camrys lol.

I would be up for a meet this summer I know zoomnrx8 lives out that way now if you want to meet up i would take a drive out there with ya I do not have the rx8 any more but I think the speed6 is not that out of place.

If i may make take a swing at this, what do you guys think about a meet up by Niagara Falls or even Niagara on the lake. There are some really nice areas to snap some shots. Not sure how many guys you have out in Rochester, but I think it will be worth the drive. I know I have two buddy's with rx8's that would be in also a couple mazdaspeed's

hey you got another 8 around the area. iam at orchard park and am all for a meetin the summer. you guys going to carsile??

I would be up for a meet this summer I know zoomnrx8 lives out that way now if you want to meet up i would take a drive out there with ya I do not have the rx8 any more but I think the speed6 is not that out of place.

come and hang out this summer.... Its really fun to talk to everyone and see what they've done to their cars.http://i1202.photobucket.com/albums/bb380/akruger2/DSC_0039.jpg

come and hang out this summer.... Its really fun to talk to everyone and see what they've done to their cars.http://i1202.photobucket.com/albums/bb380/akruger2/DSC_0039.jpg

I prob will make a trip out this summer. And yes I will be at carlisle again this year how long have you had your 8 and did you ever take it up to cruise night ?

since may. And ive been up to cruise night a couple times, You?

Road trip to Niagara Falls or NOTL sounds great! - I'd be in.... let's hope spring comes soon! I don't know about you, but I'm sick of winter.

I def am sick of it too. i just drove my 8 friday night at 930 to the paint shop. it was completly stripped and window less.

so... you were driving it to the paint shop at 9:30 with no windows?? wasn't friday our warm day though (before the arctic winds blew in) - I just looked at your pics - what are you doing to your car? will it still be black?

yes with 50mph winds. but i needed to get it there and it was def the best day. Iam gonna stay with black just switch it up a little. i had some previous hail damage and am putting a kit on it.

nice. you'll post some pictures as soon as it's done right? in the mean-time keep thinking warm thoughts and soon it will be spring. did you take a look at the Rochester rotary site that Rod posted earlier? you'll have to sign up so we can all stay in touch there - and you'll be able to see when the meets are.

ah yea ill def be posting pics. iam having them take step by step pics. ill check the site out rt now.

Great! I'll look for them - join our Rochester site - http://rocrotary.webs.com/

iam a member now

since may. And ive been up to cruise night a couple times, You?


I got there a couple of times the first few months i had the 8 and the last couple of months of summer i had the ms6

I would be up for a meet this summer. I'm doing some work to the 8 now, so it will be ready in a month.... This weather in Buffalo sucks right now. What dealership do you guys in the Buffalo area use? I have been to Northown on sheridan and Towne on southwestern. My engine was replaced at Northtown after months of problems this past summer.

northtown sucks........ took the ms6 to get looked at there because i am having issues and they could not figure out the problem. They then told me that the tires were the wrong size because thats the only thing they could find plus they make money off the tires...

Great! I'll look for them - join our Rochester site - http://rocrotary.webs.com/


The fourm is not letting me register not sure it keeps giving me a error saying the site is having issues

keep trying - I'll see if I can contact the administrator in the mean-time.

northtown sucks........ took the ms6 to get looked at there because i am having issues and they could not figure out the problem. They then told me that the tires were the wrong size because thats the only thing they could find plus they make money off the tires...

See, the only reason i went to northtown was because it was closer than towne to me. They put me through the ropes for 2 months before replacing my engine. I was happy in the end with the new engine, but to me the vibe there was making money, and getting the next car in to get looked at, considering they are not just a mazda dealer. So instead of keeping my car and fixing all the problems, they just kept sending me home until I came back with my car on a tow truck. They made me take off all the aftermarket parts on my 8 before i could get anywhere with them, including my exhaust lol.

But now that everything is going good with my car, I'm just wondering if I should go back to northtown in the spring for an oil change and such considering they have done all the work on my car before, and they know my history. I just wouldn;t want something happening to my car in the future, and then northtown would be dicks again because I switched to towne after they replaced my engine and everything.

The one thing about towne is their business is a lot slower than northtown, so you can just pull up and get an oil change, where as you would have to make a week appointment at northtown. I actually have a whole thread on here about what northtown did to me over the course of 2 months , when I re-read it, it made me laugh at how much sh*t i had to deal with them, and now the knowledge i have with this car currently, I wouldn't let that happen again.

BTW, James, what ever happened with your RX8? You sold it, and then that guy sold it a couple months later? I wonder where it is now.

See, the only reason i went to northtown was because it was closer than towne to me. They put me through the ropes for 2 months before replacing my engine. I was happy in the end with the new engine, but to me the vibe there was making money, and getting the next car in to get looked at, considering they are not just a mazda dealer. So instead of keeping my car and fixing all the problems, they just kept sending me home until I came back with my car on a tow truck. They made me take off all the aftermarket parts on my 8 before i could get anywhere with them, including my exhaust lol.

But now that everything is going good with my car, I'm just wondering if I should go back to northtown in the spring for an oil change and such considering they have done all the work on my car before, and they know my history. I just wouldn;t want something happening to my car in the future, and then northtown would be dicks again because I switched to towne after they replaced my engine and everything.

The one thing about towne is their business is a lot slower than northtown, so you can just pull up and get an oil change, where as you would have to make a week appointment at northtown. I actually have a whole thread on here about what northtown did to me over the course of 2 months , when I re-read it, it made me laugh at how much sh*t i had to deal with them, and now the knowledge i have with this car currently, I wouldn't let that happen again.

BTW, James, what ever happened with your RX8? You sold it, and then that guy sold it a couple months later? I wonder where it is now.

haha James :nono: close thats the middle name its nick. but the kid i sold the car is still trying to sell it. He put the car away for winter and moved the car and did not let warm up before he started it now it wont start lol.
Town is a little slow with there work but i like the staff a whole lot more. If you need oil changes get the stuff and i can do it for ya. What kid of exhaust did you end up buying.

Just a placeholder post, if you guys are going to have a meet, let me know, I'm always down.
If your working on your cars as well, I will gladly hold up a wall and shoot the gab!

haha thats funny iam a auto tech at northtowne Lexus

haha James :nono: close thats the middle name its nick. but the kid i sold the car is still trying to sell it. He put the car away for winter and moved the car and did not let warm up before he started it now it wont start lol.
Town is a little slow with there work but i like the staff a whole lot more. If you need oil changes get the stuff and i can do it for ya. What kid of exhaust did you end up buying.

HAHA Idk why james popped in my head...Well I had to put the stock exhaust on or they wouldn't look at my car. Unfortunately I didn't have the stock, So i had to meet a guy from this forum and buy his used one from him. So the kid is trying to sell a flooded RX8? Thats hilarious.

lol @ spense....So do you deal with the mazda/kia section? I'm not bashing you guys over there, like I said, they did get my car running great.... I was just upset with the fact that they treated me like an 80 year old woman that new nothing about cars. They tried blaming certain minor things on my car Aka: exhaust, for the fact that my car had low compression??? I just started getting pissed until after 2 months and 10 visits, they finally said Ok you were right the whole time, your engine is f*cked. I know Drew over there, He replaced my engine, and ironically knows my family through his girlfriend, which I found out later on...

The fourm is not letting me register not sure it keeps giving me a error saying the site is having issues

my bad... the site changed the url try this... nyrotorsports.com

ha nope i actually just started working there. And its just Lexus the mazda store has nothin to do with us. but the service manager does seem like a dee de dee.

Just a placeholder post, if you guys are going to have a meet, let me know, I'm always down.
If your working on your cars as well, I will gladly hold up a wall and shoot the gab!

How far up in canada are you from buffalo?

And i dont mind northtown its just annoying when you know whats wrong with your car but they wont touch it because the tires are a little bit bigger all the way around :wallbash::wallbash::wallbash:

I will also try that url thanks for letting me know

hey guys sorry i kinda dropped off the earth. just got internet in the new place. I am down for a meet this summer. Since i am new to town i would like to get your inputs on where to go and where not to go for work. I also signed up for the nyrotorsports club. Find me on there with the username our.ex.eight.

hey guys sorry i kinda dropped off the earth. just got internet in the new place. I am down for a meet this summer. Since i am new to town i would like to get your inputs on where to go and where not to go for work. I also signed up for the nyrotorsports club. Find me on there with the username our.ex.eight.

Not sure if you were in the cheektowaga area today but i saw two vr rx8's

no wasnt me. I have been at home all day with the verizon guy. freakin internet took 4 hours to set up

Great! I'll look for them - join our Rochester site - http://rocrotary.webs.com/

for those of you who want to join - We'd love to have you come and see us this summer! Here's the correct address:

(http://www.nyrotorsports.com)

http://www.nyrotorsports.com Wow - really bad at posting.....

I live 45 mins from buffalo, but store my car only 15 mins away, I am prolly closer to buffalo than most of you are,lol.

Great day in Buff today...Spent my day off finishing wiring my stereo, installing my new leather seats...then fired her up for the first time since november...Ran great! Next up is the BHR ignition, rims, tires, and some other stuff. I want this snow gone!

Drift, my family has a cottage on crescent bay in Canada, I'm up there every weekend in the summer.

nice what rims are you going with ? by spring i am going to have bc coilovers down pipe exhaust and a hks bov it should sound pretty damm good hopefully i do not get pulled over every other day like I did with the rx8 lol

Cresent bay is a ways away from me, my parents live in ridgeway, you have to drive by it to get there. Im coming over friday to take full advantage of how awesome autozone is, as well, Applebee's :)

Im gonna be rockin the RB rez. midpipe this year, as well as finishing off my body kit.

You guys dont know how lucky you are to be in the US. My car has waited 2 years just for sideskirts, because shipping is so ridiculous. Luckly, my cousins into airride trucks and his friend in NF lets me ship to his house, anything I want, no questions asked :)

I'm looking to get the Tenzo Tracers in Matte charcoal....My stocks rims have some curb rash, and I have a sidewall chip on my rear tire which goes flat once a week. So its time to change everything out....

When you come over here, check out Tim Hortons, I dont think they have that in Canada. ;) hahaa

lol, dude, im not even a coffee drinker and i can tell the difference between ours and yours(ours is better). though they closed the krispy kream across from the galeria, that place was gold! Id drive there just for a fresh batch :)

Duffs thats all i have to say

Ive never been, well, kinda have, they have a place in toronto as well, but american chicken tastes better. JJ's cabin in rancinville was awesome, but they shut down

Great day in Buff today...Spent my day off finishing wiring my stereo, installing my new leather seats...then fired her up for the first time since november...Ran great! Next up is the BHR ignition, rims, tires, and some other stuff. I want this snow gone!

Drift, my family has a cottage on crescent bay in Canada, I'm up there every weekend in the summer.


Haha 10 inchs today put the car back......... I dont know if any one else has seen this but for some reason when it snows all rules when it comes to parking go right out the window lol. You also no you live in a town with way to much snow when you get to work and a dozer is clearing out the lot lol

Before

http://i912.photobucket.com/albums/ac330/buffalo26/35305_414560192890_695062890_4705886_4649187_n.jpg

After lol

http://i912.photobucket.com/albums/ac330/buffalo26/183548_10150145219157419_537527418_8735689_6969074 _s.jpg

http://i912.photobucket.com/albums/ac330/buffalo26/183379_10150145218807419_537527418_8735688_1854469 _s.jpg

And the old 8

http://i912.photobucket.com/albums/ac330/buffalo26/32053_405166529816_533949816_366749.jpg

Picture thread!

http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y4/driftcarfc/DSC_0104.jpg

Last year, adding R magic sides, custom eastbear mirrors and Mmaaaaaayyyybbbeeee coilovers.

Old Auto-x pics
http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y4/driftcarfc/80290413eWjTlxbOJJ2M2050.jpg
http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y4/driftcarfc/822695766NT6Z0fg83BD4977.jpg
http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y4/driftcarfc/auto5.jpg

Here is my 8 last summer...I'll take a new pic once I get the matte charcoal rims on it :D

http://img97.imageshack.us/img97/3895/photofw.jpg

Did you take those eye lids off ?

Before.... After soon to come

Did you take those eye lids off ?

Those ones from when I first bought it? yea, they had this weird asian writing on them that said rx8...I replaced them with gloss black.

Drift. With a body kit like that (car looks sweet) and a picture with mad body roll, do your self a favour and get coilovers, your 8 will thank you.

LMFAO, talking about it tonight. My cousin is a distributor for eibach and tein, so Im thinkin I might get them and the Hodjkins bars. Need somethings first before I think of that though, and work on getting the sides fitted. Takes time to do things right!

rain must go away !!!!

ur telling me, it sucks big time. hey who takes there 8 to northtowne? ive been seeing tons there lately for service.

funny because i was in there the other day and i think there were three in the shop two silvers and a red

ur telling me, it sucks big time. hey who takes there 8 to northtowne? ive been seeing tons there lately for service.

I was suppose to go in for a CEL but I fixed it...They are always so busy there.

I was suppose to go in for a CEL but I fixed it...They are always so busy there.

Hey man i can always have my buddy take a look at it for you he works out in the falls at a dealer. ps you should prob swing by my house one of these days so i can take a look at the car , not that the weather is starting to turn

http://www.mazdaspeedforums.org/forum/f464/new-nator-chapter-nator-wny-western-new-york-73299/

I dont know if you guys also want to sign up on the mazdaspeedfourms but it sounds like there are a bunch of guys looking to get something put together. jump on there and put a post down so we can set something up

Body work and primer 1/2 done

looking good maybe by the time the snow stops you can drive it

i just moved to rochester an i juss got an 04 rx8 i am seeing a lot of bad reviews on that year i know about the old engines but not to much about the new ones so if anyone can give me a good advice that will be cool

i just moved to rochester an i juss got an 04 rx8 i am seeing a lot of bad reviews on that year i know about the old engines but not to much about the new ones so if anyone can give me a good advice that will be cool

Earlier engines have more of a chance to crap out on you. luckily its covered under warranty until the 100k mile mark. bought mine at 60k miles. new engine at about 80k miles. im at about 91k miles now and everything is good. just make sure you redline it about once a week or so to help burn the carbon out and invest in some zoom zoom engine cleaner or seafoam to clean out the carbon. other then that nothing different. If you are worried about it you can bring it to have a compression test done just to make sure its not losing power. but you will notice the difference when it does start.

first mistake i made when owning the car. Let it warm up in the AM or if it is cold out side unless you will move your car and it will not want to start back up

ok thanks and if u guys plan something for the summer let me know

ok thanks and if u guys plan something for the summer let me know

most defiantly

i just moved to rochester an i juss got an 04 rx8 i am seeing a lot of bad reviews on that year i know about the old engines but not to much about the new ones so if anyone can give me a good advice that will be cool

you did not happen to pick up the wb with the black powdercoated rims ?

i just moved to rochester an i juss got an 04 rx8 i am seeing a lot of bad reviews on that year i know about the old engines but not to much about the new ones so if anyone can give me a good advice that will be cool


I bought a spare engine just in case.

Streetport?

anyone know who owns a silver 8 thats turboed that whent to carlisle last year?

Hello!

I just got my 8 last Saturday, 05' silver with the GT package, over in Saratoga Springs. I am new the Buffalo area and am living in Cheektowaga right now; hopefully there is still time to get something together because I would love to meet up - I haven't done much else besides go to work :/