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05-22-2010, 02:27 PM
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I have a 2004 Mazda RX 8 6 speed Sunlight Silver for sale. Car has 82,000 miles and has a new engine with only 1,000 miles on it. Also have a new clutch, flywheel,intake manifold and starter installed when the motor was done. Also did new tires durring the winter. The work was done by a mazda dealer have all the paper work to show it was done. Car is Leather with bose speakers and factory navigation, heated seats. The car is Clean and is stock. I am negotiable on the price, $13,000
05-22-2010, 02:39 PM
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My exhaust is for sale seperate! Megan Racing 2.5in with Magnaflow High Flow cat!
was $560 New only 1000 miles on it! make offers! dont low ball me haha i got new hard wear and gasket for it also.
was $560 New only 1000 miles on it! make offers! dont low ball me haha i got new hard wear and gasket for it also.
05-22-2010, 08:36 PM
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I have a 2004 Mazda RX 8 6 speed Sunlight Silver for sale. Car has 82,000 miles and has a new engine with only 1,000 miles on it. Also have a new clutch, flywheel,intake manifold and starter installed when the motor was done. Also did new tires durring the winter. The work was done by a mazda dealer have all the paper work to show it was done. Car is Leather with bose speakers and factory navigation, heated seats. The car is Clean and is stock. I am negotiable on the price, $13,000
05-23-2010, 03:01 AM
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i traded mine in already.. thats why i dint come to the last meet.... i got a brand spanking new smart car... now ppl definitely think im a clown... but im going to swap the engine with a haybusa!!!
05-24-2010, 09:50 AM
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05-25-2010, 11:19 AM
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05-26-2010, 01:05 PM
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Hey guys.... anyone selling oem or after market front endlinks..... im hearing a loud weird clunk sound only on the right front side of my car every time i hit a bump....
i did a little research and i found it could be the sway bars or endlinks...
i was thinking the upper control arm (it happened to my dad's benz)
i did a little research and i found it could be the sway bars or endlinks...
i was thinking the upper control arm (it happened to my dad's benz)
05-26-2010, 02:22 PM
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Hey guys.... anyone selling oem or after market front endlinks..... im hearing a loud weird clunk sound only on the right front side of my car every time i hit a bump....
i did a little research and i found it could be the sway bars or endlinks...
i was thinking the upper control arm (it happened to my dad's benz)
i did a little research and i found it could be the sway bars or endlinks...
i was thinking the upper control arm (it happened to my dad's benz)
My sense from a lot of reading is that the control arm problem is relatively rare.
"clunking over bumps" is often a sway bar bushing that needs lubrication, even though it doesnt sound like that would cause a clunking sound....it does.
Do you have stock bars and endlinks? In that case, it could be the arm, but is probably still an endlink issue. They are not great to start with and NYC roads are a killer, and they can break.
If they are aftermarket - definitely inspect and lube the bar brackets. A aftermarket bar will put more strain on the links....i've gone through three different brands/set. Good aftermarket links will be sturdier but are often noisier.
If your springs/shocks have been changed...just double check the nuts on the shock column. And finally, as crazy as this is, if the wheel has been off for any reason in the past few months, double check the wheel lugs are tightened properly. I had some "clunking" too the one time I forgot to tighten them down beyond finger-tight and drove 4 miles that way..... good luck
05-26-2010, 09:23 PM
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fix the clunk sound.... Elysium i owe you big time lol.... it was the nuts on the shock column.......
front passenger side
front driver side (this is how the nut should be)
front passenger side
front driver side (this is how the nut should be)
05-26-2010, 10:23 PM
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ahh, glad that helped. That's really interesting though, I was thinking of (and referring to) the three outside nuts that hold the whole column in place. The central one is....different.
But whatever, if that fixed it then good!
(here's some complicated mumbo-jumbo internal thinking that you can ignore!)
If you have lowering springs that are 1.4 inches shorter than stock, while using stock shocks/dampers, then that central nut should be threaded further down compared to stock form, by approximately that same 1.4 inches. If they are REALLY low, i'm not sure if the s-tech's qualify for that, after a certain point the damping will not be good, and the threading might even run out. My point is, if you have stock shocks and significantly shorter springs, then I can see why the central nut might come loose....so....keep an eye on all of them.
But whatever, if that fixed it then good!
(here's some complicated mumbo-jumbo internal thinking that you can ignore!)
If you have lowering springs that are 1.4 inches shorter than stock, while using stock shocks/dampers, then that central nut should be threaded further down compared to stock form, by approximately that same 1.4 inches. If they are REALLY low, i'm not sure if the s-tech's qualify for that, after a certain point the damping will not be good, and the threading might even run out. My point is, if you have stock shocks and significantly shorter springs, then I can see why the central nut might come loose....so....keep an eye on all of them.