anyone know where i could get the vent fin, the one that clips on at the side of the 8's vent on the left and right. cause i checked mazda out and its a whopping 400bucks

 

https://www.rx8club.com/showthread.php?t=91007

 

as in any retail stores in singapore carry them?

 

I juz ordered mine from MM. Including express shipping (by Air) and it costs more than $600. $400 is for normal shipment from Japan which will arrive more than 3 months later !!

Maybe you can also try Garage R - let me know if it any cheaper.

 

Guys, stop wasting your money... $400 bucks and even $600 bucks!!! Quite a *cough* rip off *cough*. Better spend your money on some other better mods. One of our old bird member used to make the strakes and several other accessories. Can't remember the exact price, but it's only a fraction of the cost of MM originals. Try searching or asking around before you put down good money. Give zavhan a PM and see if it's still available.

 

Yah, also agree very expensive - but it's so nice..... cant help it lah......

 

I briugh the Air outlet Fins in GR & cost S$443/-, ex0stock

 

zavhan has exactly the same item for lesser price. Looks as good as original. pm him.

 

Hi All,

I can get this cheaper if you people can lent me 1 set. My friend have an CNC machine can make it the same, use solid Alloy plate.

and we can also market it at around $200

How where to find sample?

MDC

 

if only i get to know u earlier ....
anyway I got mine in GR at a lower price !

 

I m interested in cheaper ones.

 

GR also selling bout 300++ for it. quite boh hua lah, its after all only 4 pieces of it.

 

Try ebay I bought from there

http://stores.ebay.com/RX8strakes

 

all the metal guy claims they can...
end up... waste my time... and money

 

how much u paid in total?

 

think i paid around US$91.99.

ebay cost US$84.99 but if you order from their website is US$79.99 so you will save US$5.00 and I believe US$12.00 for shipping

 

oic, tat's exclude ship insurance.

 

Aiyah Flyer, if you say they are being riped off -- I say they are buying original parts like original DVDs.

MM's fin quality has not got the equivalent of jerky pictures like the Software/Movie Alliance people claim too. Plus I think the original MM fins can add to the performance too.... at least 4 or 5 hps more. Finally, I think its better for the car... using original parts... wil not cause damage to the engine.

The non-MM ones are just that... imitations/pirated copies.... with equivalent of jerky pictures bought from shady shop in some corner of town.

As they say: Its hip to be original!


btw. I got mine form some shady shop in some corner of town.

 

You've got a point... it's hip (and jipped) to be original. Yes, buy originals if you can afford paying the astronomically inflated prices. But for the rest of us who rather spend our money on other better mods, there's always the equally aesthetically pleasing replica strakes.

BTW, I'm so poor, I don't even have replica strakes...

 

My ultimate strakes (or I like to call them performance fins) are organic ones -- pieces of wood, then wrap tin foil around it. Finally glue or screw them onto the car. Why give Ford Motor more $$ (profit) to waste on their ugly trucks and SUVs.

Similarly, my logic regarding movie houses complaining about non-original/hip DVDs; if you are stupid to pay people like Adam Sandler US$20m per movie and can't figure out why you lost money, you deserve it. Or the newest Superman movie will be the most expensive movie ever made... 300 or 400million USDs... worried about non-hip DVDs... you deserve it... man in tights flying around the place... how much can it cost to produce that kind of movie.