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maxrx8
06-28-2005, 03:23 PM
Hey Thew,

Is the Rx8 Pearl Satin Fuel door two piece. What I want to know is does the inside door open, (inside the hex head ring) seperate form the hex head ring? I have seen others that the fuel door is one piece. I really don't care for that.

The satin Fuel Door looks like it opens seperate from the other outer ring.

Please confirm. Also does this fit under the Gold membership pricing :)

Bill

Tamas
06-28-2005, 03:30 PM
Unless Matt has a different part compared to what's available everywhere else, the answer is no to both questions.
All fuel doors I saw so far were one-piece - including those that Mazda imports to the US and the one that's available as a JDM part. Even though their design is different, they still open as a whole, not just the center.
I suspect that the picture on the Mazdaparts site is not showing the satin fuel door that's available. I remember a similar picture was posted on the forum when Rosenthal Mazda was contemplating getting a different fuel door but that didn't go anywhere in the end. That was going to be one that's a two-piece.

chrism
06-28-2005, 03:33 PM
i have the us oem fuel door in satin and its one piece

brothervoodoo
06-28-2005, 03:34 PM
Tamas is correct, here's a link for both lids, all of which open as one piece.

http://www.rx8club.com/showpost.php?p=838032&postcount=50

maxrx8
06-28-2005, 06:09 PM
Thanks for clearing that up. That would be so much tighter if it was like a Motorcycle tank gas cap cover. For the look, if you think about it, just adds bling. kinda like a hubcap. A very nice hubcap though. I wouldn't mind paying twice as much for something that was billet aluminum, alloy or the like, that had that functionality.

We are driving four wheel motorcycles:D

Is the mitsubishi's eclipes fuel door two piece?

Bill

thew
06-28-2005, 06:15 PM
yep..