I've just gotten done with a round of mods on the R3 and have some things up for sale:

Stock front sway bar and mounts (SOLD!!!)
stock rear sway bar and mounts (SOLD!!!)
stock bilsteins
stock springs

I'll be at the meet at barry's pizza in houston on july 14th so if you'd like anything let me know and i can bring it down on the trip with me!

PM me some offers!

Edit: ok guys...well my 1st and 2nd gear took a crap on me tonight and so i won't be making it down to houston. I would be willing to meet within a reasonable distance (about an hour away from here...so from the east side of dallas all the way down to about the buffalo area) to get rid of these things! they're just taking up garage space! lol

 

I've just got to ask, why buy an R3 only to remove and replace its superior suspension components? It couldn't be just for the Recaro seats and 19" rims.

 

lol i had an 04 when they first came out, and i loved this car when it was completely stock. then wanted to go just a tad faster so a pro-kit went on. then i wanted to go a bit faster yet again so i added the hotchkis sway and AWR adjustable endlinks. and then the true want of slamming the car on the ground and going even faster yet again came back...so i went with some JIC FLT-TAR coilovers lol

the seats are absolutely amazing and my friend with a spec miata is absolutely jealous of my seats lol and the barely over 20 lb. 19's are definitely a plus and make the car look KILLER!

 

how much are you looking to get for the bilsteins?

 

I thought the shocks on the 09's wouldn't fit due to the lager diameter. You may wanna check it out bro. I wonder if the front sway bar is thicker, could you measure the diameter of the sway bar?

 

i recall the shock length being different..

pro kit? eibach has stuff out now?

beers

 

Damn. Just assumed they would fit

 

well, i used the pro kit off for the 04-08's and it fit perfectly on my car. and right now i'm using the JIC Magic FLT-TAR coilovers on my car without ANY issues

$100 for each Bilstein or i'll do all 4 for $300. I am a bit flexible though, so let me know!


and the stock front sway bar is 26.3mm in thickness according to my math, but i am not sure if it is hollow tubing or solid. i would assume hollow being a factory piece but not positive.

the circumference is 3.25". so, 3.25/3.14(pi)= 1.035" X 25. (number of mm in 1 inch) = 26.2898mm

 

Oh okay but I was sure someone had measured the 1st gen RX8 shocks ad the 09's and they were different.

 

i saw that thread as well showing that the perches were lower on one over the other, but like i said i did use the pro-kit from eibach that was made for the 04-08's on my 09. so other than that, i really can't tell you much.

i sold the pro-kit to a local guy but he didn't want to try the bilsteins so i don't know if they will or will not for sure work.

 

ok, here's my question. i have been asking about suspension parts for about 2 months now... everyone says the old model wont fit the R3. can i see pics if you dont mind. i want to put my r3 on some coilovers, but i cant get a straight answer.


thanx in advance.

 

Thanks for the springs. I'll put them on someday.

 

nice Micah, i didn't know you were a member over here! lol

 

I get on here from time to time. When you going to sell me that mid pipe?

 

i've got a pretty stock one you can buy from me! the only way that catless is leaving the car is if i ever go turbo and do full 3"...and i doubt this renesis will EVER see any kind of forced induction lol

 

you going to post any pics of how your R3 looks with a lower stance?

 

I will as soon as my new transmission gets put in. one of the ears on the aluminum shift fork broke.

 

What's taking so long with the transmission? Shot me some info on the pretty stock mid pipe.

 

what's taking so long is that Mazda doesn't want to cover it....so i've got to figure out a way to get it back to my shop to just swap the phase I trans in (closer gear ratio...might be better for the whole road course aspect i'm thinking) but my problem is that my car is so low i can't get it onto a tow truck without them pretty much ripping off my front bumper lol. I'm going to see if Cutter can give me a hand with that later on in the week hopefully, but Anthony has my trans in the back of his truck and i think will be gone until the beginning of this next week.

and by pretty, stock midpipe, i meant it has 700 miles on it and is bronze and purple from the "rotary heat" lol

 

dam that sucks hope you get it fixed soon

 

alrighty guys, the front and rear sway bars are gone now.

anybody want anything else? i let the sway bars go for pretty cheap so don't be scared to PM me an offer!

btw, the stock springs only have about 750 miles on them and the stock shocks have about 2000 miles on them!

 

ok...I finally got my cell phone and computer to play nicely together and make friends with each other so here are some pics of the FLT-TAR's on the R3!





and yes, those are Hotchkis sway bars on the car...with Racing Beat adjustable front and rear endlinks...all made for the "04-08 Mazda RX-8"

 

awsome, time to make some purchases!!!


any pics on how it sits... i have been dreaming of seeing a stock aero R3 slammed. care to make my dreams come true?

 

will do...as soon as it's no longer coming a monsoon up here in the tyler area lol...it hasn't hardly stopped raining since last friday and it's really starting to make me sad, depressed, and pissed off all at the same time

and to get the car back up again, since mazda didn't want to warranty the transmission (b/c i apparently drift my car...which has never happened in it's life except the *** end coming out a little bit around a corner) i picked up a trans from an 07 rx8, which has closer gear ratio's than the 09+ trannies do. at 71mph i'm sitting right at 4K rpm and the closer ratio coupled with the prolite flywheel is AMAZING! the car feels a ton faster than it used to be.

 

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