MS Body Kit Sideskirts worry me
 

I got the nose on my WB last night, looks great.

I'm worried about installing the side skirts myself and I'm thinking about paying Town North to do it while installing my MS Sway Bars on Monday. Am i nuts to do that?

We installed Harry's side skirts on his WB....oh its fun...:D:

so its that a vote for diy or tn mazda?

depends on how much the dealer will charge.

89 x 2 hrs.

It is pretty easy if you follw directions well. It takes some drilling witch is hard to do to an 8 :D: trust me, I did it.

That depends.. Which one do you have?

A) The right tools, skills to use the tools, and patience.
B) a lack of any one of the above and an extra $180 to spend.

My theory is - what will it hurt to try? If you get stuck, undo it and pay someone else to finish.

you could always just wait until the next shopday/burgers and beerfest. = )

If you think you can't do it then most likely you cant (murphy's law). Pay someone to do it if you got doubts about it. just my 2 cents.

If you dont mind driving to ft worth i would help you do it....

thats my worry is my ms suspension, its hard to lift it anymore.

I'm sure that if we all got together, we could getcha taken care of. :D:

i got a low profile jack....

Your not a true g until you get a low-profile jack

:)

ooohhhh yeah!

just gonna have TN throw it on monday when they install the front and rear sways. MS suspension will finally be complete. I hope to make it out to the next time you guys get together to see what everyone else has done to their 8's.

man we could have save you a bunch a cash. we have done all that before.....oh well. Let us know how it all turns out, oh and you better post pics :D:

yeah, we are a pretty good install crew. We got the right tools, skills, and patience.

oh i believe you guys. But when stuff messes up down the road, i like to be like you guys installed it so fix it, and I don't want to have to do that with you. When I get the MS CAI (already ordered, just playing the waiting game) I might ask someone to come to my garage and help me. =) Maybe some of my ebay stuff will sell too. I need to clear out my garage.

unless the place you're having them put on at is super duper friendly I wouldn't count on them being very supportive if you have problems down the road, I know from past experience most dealerships/service depts. frown on any kind of custom stuff/mods whatever as it makes more work for them. (engine parts throw off codes, body parts get in the way etc.)
You really are better off having those done with some knowledgable owners, especially people who have put them on before. Your car might be given to some import hating newbie who half asses your parts just to get your car out of the way otherwise. It's your money and your car, if you really want to take a chance at some dumb ass screwing it up instead of taking advantage of free help then by all means go for it :bigok:

Well i've heard good things about TN Mazda. They have gone above and beyond for me, the Parts' Guy Tom is great, Penny in Service seemed nice, I mean i'm open to some help, but i want to get them on ASAP and out of my garage. Plus as all of you know its freaking hot! :wallbash:

PS I noticed alot of you guys have aim - add ColtSwitch. If you guys think you can do it then i don't mine paying one of ya'll and i'll help or something. :yumyum:

she's at the dealership, and i got a phat ass chevy malibu! =) i hope my clear corners come today. Stupid me ordering them from Japan.

cool, let us know how it turns out!

Clear corners came today, and i'm gonna try to hit the dealership later to get my car back. Getting a dell TV installed today so i'm playing the waiting game at the house.

I want to see the 8~!

She's back. Full MS Suspension! Man its nice and tight. Enjoy. :wavey:

nice

looks good, you planning to get the rear too?

You and Harry are starting to look like twins, get a mint blue spoiler and it will be close. I guess we will need another blue to take Harry's place anyway. :D:

i'm still up in the air on the rear and the spoiler, i'm sure i'll get them, just not next on the list. i have a ms cai on order and ms jdm b-pillars. I probably will get the MS wheels before the rear too.

I also heard the rear is a bitch to install.

It looks good. I just finished putting on the full mazdaspeed bodykit. So hopefully will have pics. It took me about 8 months to finally get the whole kit. I just waited on the forum and every once in awhile some of the vendors would have the parts at a very discounted price. I waited on the spoiler, but I finally purchased it on the forum brand new for $400. Couldn't pass that deal up.

I hear ya that spoiler is expensive. I'm waiting to see it in person b/c I don't like what i see in the pics so far. Ofcourse when the rx8 came out in 2004 i hated it. But hey i've owned an FC and FD so i thought it would be similar.

I've got a replica MS wing and I'll be at Harry's going away BJ meet in July for sure. Until then, I won't be able to go to any meets. I've also got pics in my vbgarage that you can see if you'd like.

I didn't really care for the ms spoiler at first. But it has grown on me. But I don't think I would have paid $800 for it. Who are you going to get to install your CAI?

you thought wrong :D:

I should be able to DIY on the CAI i would think. I might ask one of you guys to come to my garage and have some <3 rx8 time.

And yes i did think wrong. The idea of having a rotary under warranty helped my decision too.

Cool Daisy, i'd like to see that spoiler. Did u have the oem wing before that? If so is it a

Yes, I had the OEM wing before the MS replica. The install itself is pretty easy. The hardest part was drilling the holes. The holes weren't exactly lined up with the OEM holes so we had to drill over a bit. With love, sweat and tears, Mr. Ed was able to get it installed correctly. It took a couple hours maybe. I don't plan on selling it separately so it's no biggie to me.

you can never replace me

^^ :suspect:

Lol!

I know! just messin with ya :D:

just messin' with ya', a lot of folks mistake the 8 for the next FD when Mazda themselves made it abundantly clear that was not the intention with this car. Having a warranty is shweet, especially when your car dies at the bodyshop while being worked on lol

WTF? Details!!

long story short, I got a new starter and battery in addition to new bumpers etc. :D: (it was the infamous starter thing that happened, car iced right in the middle of them moving it while working on it, wouldn't start or nothing. Funniest thing was the guy on the phone "is there a trick to these or something? She won't start at all etc. " lol at "trick" :)

edit: this added about 3-4 more days to the car, add that to the 2+ weeks of bumper nightmares and it's easy to see why I'm still w/o it, been w/o it since a week after Easter :Eyecrazy:

Thats pretty crazy. Hopefully youll be getting it soon.

-hS

saw the car today, it is going to look AWESOME when I get it back, full threadage coming soon, ending hijack now. :)

glad to hear that you will be running again soon canary. By the way can anybody tell me how hard it is to put the mazdaspeed sideskirts on. I know it involves drilling but what kind of adhesive did you guys use to keep it holding strong, and how easy is it to take off the side appearance package. Thanks

Taking off the OEM Sides is pretty easy.
Putting the MS sides on isn't hard because they give plenty of templates... and because of the templates it does take a lot of time.

The MS Sideskirt comes with 3M adhesive.

-hS

that's good to hear, mine are on the way and are supposedly among the last pair of pre-painted yellows in the U.S ;)

I think there is a reason for that
:mdrmed:

How is everything holding up with your kit Harry?