Im new here, Got rid of my evo and got myself an rx-8 :)
 

Well im new here, so well im 22 years old and i live in Iceland

so i got tired of my evo 9 mr so i sold it, also i have an evo 8 with a waisted engine and its just waiting till the summer

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i always wanted to own a red rx8 so i bought one

2006 RX-8 with 33k miles on it :)

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Nice clean car, you can tell you are from Iceland from all the plumbing in the garage.
There are some great fitment threads under the wheels section.
I have coilovers and when they are on it is bumpy but the car feels alive, and looks way better without wheel gap. Your your rim choice is great.
Cheers.

hehe thanks :)

can you link me to the wheel thread fitments?

the air suspension you have any idea how that works?

air suspension is not the best idea.
here.
https://www.rx8club.com/series-i-wheels-tires-brakes-suspension-55/will-fit-thread-133500/
https://www.rx8club.com/series-i-wheels-tires-brakes-suspension-55/so-you-think-staggered-tires-wheels-great-idea-50607/
http://www.wheelweights.net/
https://www.rx8club.com/series-i-wheels-tires-brakes-suspension-55/spring-rates-other-basic-suspension-info-79096/

Nice Car, what country are you from? Is it a Hi-Power engine? I noticed on this car, your not using a front plate. Is it not necessary?
This is just me, but I would stick to the 18's. The larger diameter wheels are heavier and the tires go up in price. Without the proper sizing of the tire will result in a slower launch than the car presently has.

well its a hi power engine yes, it just looks better without the plate. but i get a fine from police when they see me driving. hehe
Iceland is the country
well i really dont care about the weight of the rims. im going down from a 11 second evo to an rx-8. im not looking for any power at all. just great looks :D

thansk :)

why not? does the car not look low enough, is the ride uncomfortable

He's 20 years old and lives in Iceland. First post! :spank:

+1 sticking with 18's

22 years old :p

the 18" look to small for my taste:

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I wish I can go 19" or bigger wheels, but in NYC, I am considering to move to an even smaller wheels because the roads are getting worst every day. couple days ago one of my Mazda3's tires got pwned by a pothole on highway. its just sad.

Nice pics. :)

damn thats bad. but i promise you that the roads in iceland are WORSE! every road ive seen in the us, britain and all around the world. they are all better than in iceland hehe

thanks :)

actually 18 is probably the best if you autocross cuz you can find tires easier with 18. bigger isnt always better if you just want looks.

no freaking way !!!

we have a pothole that can kill tires/wheels (or both) every block or 2. Im not lying.

and "mini pot holes" everywhere that will turn into big pothole.

in the past 5 years I got

1 set of coilover (HKS Hipermax III)
2 OE Wheels bent
4 tires cuz the pothole killed the sidewall (too deep, Boom!)
2 underbrace broke
2 of shock absorber broke (replaced under warranty)

and NYC will never fix the roads, they are just letting it rot, cuz city has no money.

:)

yea, there was a study about tire size, increasing the tire size from 18 to 19 is actually a bad move.

I wanna try 19, but no way Im gonna try to get a set then getting pwn by the "great" roads in NYC.

I'm movin down to 18 from 19 for this summer. Tires are much cheaper, tire/rims are lighter.

that really sucks :o

ive been there and what i saw of it and they better than in iceland :p

i see. but im just thinking of what looks better. not practicallity or price on tires

you need to come visit NYC one day and "experience" the magic hahahaha

yeah, Detroit's roads are great.
good luck.

i just said i just had :D hehe

Not to stray too far off topic, but that was a very sexy evo :)

welcome to the club!

Nice ride, welcome aboard. Congrats on picking the best color :)

love your wheels on the 8 :p

Congrats. Nice lookin 8.

welcome to the club .... nice car! I have enkei rp03 18 + 9.5

hehe thanks

i got it like this:

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over 15k invested and it turned out like this:

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thanks. yes the red one's are my fav. if i could have picked a color on my evo it would have been red also. i love red cars the most 8)

theyre hot 8) thanks

thanks :D

any one had the air suspension?

I don't think I have heard of ANYBODY using air suspension .... I do not know much about it but would imagine that it is not very track friendly..... most people are oriented in that direction

hehe okay :) thanks for the info

why did you get rid of a super fast EVO to get an 8? they are very different cars... 8 is more of a true sports car but FAR slower... most of the guys I know who have EVOs/STis would trash talk the 8 and say it's slow...

Welcome to the club Svenni, finally there are some other owners from Iceland joining in,
I can see I got my self a small race who are gona modifie the 8 more here in Iceland :yesnod: Which is good!

But as some of the guys said, why air suspension? Why ruin the ride quality and the suspension that the 8 are known for?
Just go for a good coilover system, whice has good street comfort mode, fx. Stance GR system, I´m thinking of buying one for the summer, could buy together to save some of the overprice shipping to Iceland :mdrmed:

hehe im not looking for a fast car, im not looking for a car that is uncomfortable in daily driving. and that is what the evo is. the steering radius is shit, it burns seriousily alot of gas because of the mods, the interir is like a shitty interior from a 2000 corolla.

the mazda is much more comfortable, much better car, looks even better, chicks like it more than an evo, it has everything i need and want. im not going to use it as a drift car og a performance car. only a daily driver with great looks :D

i had the nameplate on the evo [2 FAST] and for the mazda i ordered a new nameplate for the mazda [2 SLOW] haha

im not going to use it as a track car or a drift machine or anything like that. thats why. all the cars with coils ive been in, they have all been uncomfotable :/

There also are coilovers that are more comfortable than the stock ones if set on the softest setting and track worthy if adjusted accordingly ;)
Trading an awd car with a great engine for a rwd momentum car is a tough choice anyway, cornering will be fun though :)

Beautiful car in a beautiful country. Congrats!

what coil system for example?

ive had enough with the 4wd turbo cars for a while!

ive had a 2000 subaru impreza gt turbo, a 2006 subaru impreza wrx with alot invested, mitsubishi 3000gt vr4 with some mods, and ofcourse two evo's, thats about as much as i can handle for now. the way im feeling now is like i dont ever wanna see any of them again :lol: im also not going to use the car as a drift car :) just a comfortable daily with the looks on the right place :D

thanks alot :d

I drove several STis and evos (VI mr, VII and IX... the cool ones :p) but they're not my cup of tea, AWD sucks around a track :)
I have just bought a set of Ohlins DFV and they're a nice mid level coilover system for the money. Still not too track oriented and esily streetable. Sorry to threadjack you anyway :)

Svenni-

glad to see you appreciate the 8. i don't have an RX8... i've considered buying one... I *almost* bought one a couple years ago... I was looking for a fun / toy car and looked at the S2000, RX8, EVO, STi, and ended up in a used boxster. i was so close to buying the RX8...even had one on a "take home" overnight type test drive... my dad got wind I was goign to buy something, and he decided he wanted to get rid of his boxster, and we worked out a deal I couldnt' say not to.. helped him get out of a car he was tired of, and saved me money.. the downside was... REPAIR BILLS. wow. i put a LOT of money into repairs, and got fed up with how much I wa paying for a toy car, so I sold it... the boxster was a spare car.. not my DD.... now I'm sickof my DD and want to replace it with a sporty sedan or 2+2.

back when I was shopping, I test drove an EVO 9 - thought I was going to love it, and honestly I hated it. i thought it was a cheap little POS econobox. it was kind a fast..but I did not like it at all. i left the test drive completely underwhelmed and had zero desire to buy one.

after test driving an RX8 I wanted to buy it. it felt like a true sports car. and was loads of fun.

you picked the right car for having fun!!! fun is NOT about speed. my boxster was Tons of fun and it was an older 2.7L non-S model with "only" 217hp... it was TONS more fun than many high hp cars... it handled amazing, top down was fun.... bottom line - you can have fun in a "slow" car...

the RX8 is a seriously FUN car. period!

BTW, your's looks really nice!!!

thanks :D

congrats on your purchase, regarding roads I'm from kingston and our roads are built under limestone, where the water easily gets at and forms pot holes and cracks, every year after winter theres construction on them, so I knwo what you are going through... as everyone said 18's are the way to go , if you have 18x8.5 rims go with 255/40/18 those would look nice, but heavy. so how are the women in iceland? lol

thanks

yeah also the roads in iceland are made over swamps and lavas and stuff hehe.

but 18" is the same size as orginal are, i would rather prefer 19" og 20" with 245/30 profile tires. just for the looks. im not interested in drifting or anything like that. i just want it to look very very nice :D hehe

the women are pretty nice :D heheh

Welcome to the club! Great pics too.

What eyelids are those?

Sweet move to the RX8. It may be slower than what you had before, but it's an awesome car to drive, regardless.

Speaking of your previous car, I also had an '06 Evo IX MR SE in the past. I didn't modify it as nearly as much as you, but still did a few things.

The Evo and the RX8 aren't similar in speed, but they both connect with the driver very well.

Love both cars for sure.

thanks :D

i really dont know. they were on the car when i got it. and i think they look nice

awesome :D yeah well i like the rx-8 much more than the evo :D hehe

There is only one person that bought an air system for the 8 that I am aware of.

Search and you may find it.

Air is too expensive and not worth it.

Your better off getting one of those automatic kits where you push a button and it adjust the height.

i couldnt find it though heh

where can you buy those?

anyways i just started with tanabe NF's and from there i will see what i wanna go with :D

some new pics on the winter wheels :) evo 9 mr from my old evo :)

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Things i´ve done so far:

Plate [2 SLOW]
Tints
Alpine Type-R 6x9" Speakers in the front
Alpine Type-R 6x9" Speakers in the back
Alpine Type-R 12" Subwoofer
Alpine amplifier for the subwoofer
Alpine amplifier for the speakers
Vibrant 4" Titanium Exhaust Tips
Repainted the front bumper
Repainted the factory body kit
Repainted the left front fender
Repainted the rear bumper
The Defuser on the rear bumper painted Glossy Black
The Black panel on the door painted Glossy Black
The Black plastic on the mirrors painted Glossy Black
Badge's Painted Glossy Black


also i have ordered stuff thats on its way to Iceland

Tanabe NF's
New Tails
New Gearknob
RX-8 in the third brake light
Enkei Lusso 20" 8.5" in front and 9.5" rear with 245/30/20 Tires
(i know they are big, but im not thinking of using the car for any tracks or anything, just for the looks, and 18" is to small for my taste and 19" were not possible in these rims. i think it will look good. we will see :D)
Going to roll the fenders too. when this arrives
and also tint the new tails

:D

Looks great.

Nice dog what breed?

thanks :D

its a siberian husky :)

taken today :D


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Nice pics and nice lip on the rims :)

dam thats a good camera

thanks :D

yeah these are enkei's and are 20s :p

olympus e500. its good enoguh :D hehe
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one with me on it. forgot the dog at home hehe

is it just me, or in this very first post, second picture of the rx8, the man to the right of the car (blurry) isnt wearing pants, or is in the process of putting/taking them off/on... or so it looks... haha