burnog

Hi . My name is Aaron George Abraham. I am an owner of a red RX8 in Kuala Lumpur. To all Malaysian owner's of RX8 I would like to ask all of you to join in the efforts to make an RX8 club here in Malaysia where we would meet once a week to hangout and have drinks. Talk about our babies and see the development of others. This hangout place would be at The Curve in a retro styled bistro called Blue Garlic. Please do not hesitate to call me at 012-3719987 for more info or leave a message here with your email . Or best email me with your details so that I can sms you guys once we can start the club. For the first meeting food and drinks will be provided by myself.
Let us get together and show off our babies to the Kuala Lumpur people.

I am hoping to register this club when it has reached more than 40 people. And maybe we can get together with another group that is already in existant here in Malaysia. At the moment I already have 4 friends who drive the RX8. One of my friends is going down to australia in april and he will be buying some parts for me and himself maybe if you need anything can ask him to get it also .
:D

voyager18

Hi Aaron! Good day to you! I'm very happy to hear that somebody's finally decided on setting up a RX8 Club in KL! If i don't travel so much, i think i'd start the club myself! I own a white RX8 and i think we should meet up sometime. I know 2 other rx8 owners, one in penang and another in KL. it would be great to meet up and share info on the car. I'll give you a call sometime this week and we could meet up.

errant

wow Aaron, that's a very formal introduction.. maybe you should put your IC number next to your full name as well.. hehe just kidding, kudos to you for kicking off a club for our brothers across the dire straits.. then one day perhaps a MY-SG gathering!

burnog

truthfully i believe that a my-sg club could be organized. the fact is straight that there are not more than 30 rx-8 owners in kuala lumpur. and it wont be a great club gathering if we cant fill up the jockey area with all rx-8's . the reason for the club is for us to share experiences on mods of the car. this will help the owners of rx-8 to better the quality of their car. there is also another group now in zerotohundred.com that is organizing such a club and i hope we can join forces with them too.

pharaoh

how much is the 8 going for in M'sia and what are the specs? saw and advert in the papers for RM240,000. just wondering what specs it is for that price. when i drove up a few months ago, i saw a black 8 in subang jaya other than that, i was the only 8 cruisimg around n getting stares from the public - very stress!!

pharaoh

boonyloh

We SUPPORT THE ROTARY!!!!

burnog

8 is going for about RM240,000 for full specs 6 speed manual and about RM260,000 for auto (cant understand who the hell wants to buy an auto, they are two different cars totally) but these prices are actually quoted prices and can fall about RM30K each if you negotiate well. I just bought mine for RM205,000 with navigator that has been mod to become a DVD/cd/mp3 player. it is a full specs car with 18 inch rims and bodykit. i scouted for it for about a month before i got it from naza. even then they only sold it to me at 215K but i got it brought down to 205k . unbelievable. had to do a little negotiating and a huge downpayment which i will be getting back as i got the loan approved at 229k . interesting huh .

voyager18

hey aaron! i think i saw your car at the Naza carpark the other day! are you waiting to pick up your car? i am picking up mine tomorrow, and the other day when i was there, i saw this red rx8 with a dvd/cd/mp3 player. must be yours. anyhow, we can catch up over the weekend and compare notes. let me know if you're free!

boonyloh

CONGRATS TO ALL NEW RX-8 OWNERS!!

boonyloh

Hey guys I'm coming down on the this Sunday (20th march) maybe we can meet up. let me know what you guys think? I might actually meet up with the Rotary Engine Club members in KL so maybe we can tag along to meet other RE enthusiast as well?!!

voyager18

sounds like a good idea! but this sunday is also F1 day...so is everyone going to sepang? where do u suggest we meet up? i'm encountering a loss of power when the car hits 6-7k RPM. Any ideas?

morganoh

MAy I ask, would the body kit for the RX8 be cheaper in Malaysia, K.L?

If its cheaper I would like to drive all the way up north to get one.

boonyloh

6-7k?

haven't encountered that.... might go ask around see if anyone knows about it

boonyloh

What bodykit do u mean?
imported or imitation?
Material?

voyager18

i'm not too sure if it's cheaper in KL. since the rx8 is brought in only as grey imports, cycle and carriage do not carry any spare parts/accessories for the car. Your best bet would be the personalized body kit vendors in KL. You can call Daiichi - 603 56388266 or Bumi Fiberglass - 603 79545575 to see if they carry replicas. There's also another shop in Sunway that's quite good, but i forgot their name, Bonnyloh does, u can ask him.

voyager18

yeah, feels like a loss in power. it feels as though the car hesitated a bit before speeding on. i read some threads in the forum and heard a number of the members having similar problem but they also get the CEL lights (???? what are CEL lights?) come one. could be the spark plugs, maybe i need to change them, since it's been sitting around for a year without being driven.

boonyloh

its Grandpire... the person to contact would be William and the number is 012-2767707 i think that guy would help

boonyloh

if you have a rough idle at around 750rpm... chances are your plugs are almost gone. I'm having that prob but after making the engine sing.... i did noticed some improvements. maybe u can try that but power loss i have no idea.... soz mate

boonyloh

CEL = Check Engine Lights
as for the 6-7k power loss

this is what ive found :

install a new cat, spark plugs(get the hotter leading plugs)..........ignition coils........and this will solve your problem.........

voyager18

install a new cat??? do you think those guys at links dyno if they can do that? i hear people removing the cat, but installing it...hmmm..

voyager18

come down this weekend, u can have a drive on my car and maybe we can compare the difference! where r u putting up at?

boonyloh

i'm staying at cititel mid valley but gonna install a 2 way alarm from radiostar... you want to install too? maybe we can get cheaper price together

burnog

there is a bodykit shop near my house in cheras they are quite good . but i believe that not many shops would hold anything for the rx8. maybe you would have to custom make . anyway went to a great shop in damansara perdana for the past 2 days. had my tint done and ordered some badass sound system worth above 10k . hopefully with the fyber glass installation it wont exceed 30k .

voyager18

hey boonyloh, i just installed a clifford alarm from the place called CSE. they gave me a deal on it and they were the ones who installed my stereo as well. i think you should go to them, they have very good experience with the RX8 (electronics, wiring), which i think is very important. Not a single drill on my car. let me know if you're keen.

boonyloh

which model you installed?

had read through a few reviews about this radiostar...

i'm getting radiostar coz its CHEAP!!!! :p

wiring might be an issue..... u wanna meet mee to see the installation this sunday?