anybody shop at rx8strakes.com ?
10-14-2007, 10:26 PM
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oh yeah,I've bought from them a couple of times.no problems what so ever. What are you getting. All I've bought is vinyl graphics, but It was recommended to me, by someone that had bought strakes there......they look great!
if I do say so myself! don't have pics though. 
havent had time.
10-15-2007, 01:25 AM
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Make sure you order everything at once so you can take advantage of combined shipping costs. I used them for my strakes, vents, oil cap, and oil cooler screens. They seem to be running a clean business. Has been reliable for me.
10-15-2007, 02:56 AM
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The white strakes i bought from them were poorly painted and the paint did not match. Aside from that everything else i got from them was great.
10-15-2007, 07:26 AM
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Ordered from them many times with no issues and they were fast as well.
I actually sent a set of strakes back to them for re-paint(at no charge) after about six months of use and they re-did them for free and paid the shipping. They were Ti-gray and the problem was that they kind of developed white spots on them after about six months. It was strange, but they took care of me.
I actually sent a set of strakes back to them for re-paint(at no charge) after about six months of use and they re-did them for free and paid the shipping. They were Ti-gray and the problem was that they kind of developed white spots on them after about six months. It was strange, but they took care of me.
10-15-2007, 10:35 AM
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what? hahaha.
some of those corporate firewalls can do the funniest things.
edit: nice site and i found this interesting picture.
edit: image not the image i wanted anymore...
i am really interested in relocating the front license plate, especially down to a place like that. anyone have any ideas/knowledge on where to get this license plate holder or to relocate it elsewhere?
and 2 more questions:
1. how much airflow does the license plate block from the radiator?
2. how much, and how important, is air flow in other areas? such as an oil cooler or the lower air dam area.
some of those corporate firewalls can do the funniest things.
edit: nice site and i found this interesting picture.
edit: image not the image i wanted anymore...
i am really interested in relocating the front license plate, especially down to a place like that. anyone have any ideas/knowledge on where to get this license plate holder or to relocate it elsewhere?
and 2 more questions:
1. how much airflow does the license plate block from the radiator?
2. how much, and how important, is air flow in other areas? such as an oil cooler or the lower air dam area.
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10-15-2007, 02:14 PM
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Is that the rotary dragon decal that is recommended for the 3rd brake light? I also have that decal but haven't put it on yet and was wondering what does it look like on the windshield. Any chance you could post a pic? No prob if that's a hassle.
10-15-2007, 02:15 PM
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what? hahaha.
some of those corporate firewalls can do the funniest things.
edit: nice site and i found this interesting picture.
i am really interested in relocating the front license plate, especially down to a place like that. anyone have any ideas/knowledge on where to get this license plate holder or to relocate it elsewhere?
and 2 more questions:
1. how much airflow does the license plate block from the radiator?
2. how much, and how important, is air flow in other areas? such as an oil cooler or the lower air dam area.
some of those corporate firewalls can do the funniest things.
edit: nice site and i found this interesting picture.
i am really interested in relocating the front license plate, especially down to a place like that. anyone have any ideas/knowledge on where to get this license plate holder or to relocate it elsewhere?
and 2 more questions:
1. how much airflow does the license plate block from the radiator?
2. how much, and how important, is air flow in other areas? such as an oil cooler or the lower air dam area.
10-15-2007, 02:21 PM
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a quick search would have shown a few others already asked the question and/or commented on the service:
https://www.rx8club.com/search.php?searchid=3016605
https://www.rx8club.com/search.php?searchid=3016605
10-15-2007, 04:33 PM
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a quick search would have shown a few others already asked the question and/or commented on the service:
https://www.rx8club.com/search.php?searchid=3016605
https://www.rx8club.com/search.php?searchid=3016605
It just funny to me how people are always telling everyone else to search. They have 2000 posts and 1999 are telling people to search. So if you weren't here from the inception of this forum, your posts should be as follows: Post 1 - Hi, just bought my 8. Post 2 through 10000 - do a search. Why even post? Just ignore it if you don't want to contribute.
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10-15-2007, 05:13 PM
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It just funny to me how people are always telling everyone else to search. They have 2000 posts and 1999 are telling people to search. So if you weren't here from the inception of this forum, your posts should be as follows: Post 1 - Hi, just bought my 8. Post 2 through 10000 - do a search. Why even post? Just ignore it if you don't want to contribute.
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But back on track:
I have also bought strakes from rx8strakes.com, but was not impressed by the average quality of the plastic strakes. The nubs for alignment were just that, nubs instead of guides and the paint was not even clear coated, and instead a dull sheen of an undercoat. You really need to use the double stick foam tape that came with them, just because they don't fit great.
http://www.rotary13b1.com/ 's ones are much better and the guide pins actually match the vents, as well as are aluminum and not the miss-drilled plastic.
10-15-2007, 06:02 PM
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Really, because when I searched by rx8strakes.com it didn't show a thread about their service experience. I'm sure if you clicked every thread, and read every post you may come up with some info. But then again how dated would the info be. These are recent testimonials here. It just funny to me how people are always telling everyone else to search. They have 2000 posts and 1999 are telling people to search. So if you weren't here from the inception of this forum, your posts should be as follows: Post 1 - Hi, just bought my 8. Post 2 through 10000 - do a search. Why even post? Just ignore it if you don't want to contribute.
It just funny to me how people are always telling everyone else to search. They have 2000 posts and 1999 are telling people to search. So if you weren't here from the inception of this forum, your posts should be as follows: Post 1 - Hi, just bought my 8. Post 2 through 10000 - do a search. Why even post? Just ignore it if you don't want to contribute.Last edited by CTrx8; 10-15-2007 at 06:05 PM.
10-15-2007, 09:13 PM
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i guess if you were just born and don't know how to use a search engine then you would be correct. i put in 'rx8strakes' in 'title only' and got pretty useful info. sometimes you need to take things out of your search criteria to make things work when the rx8strakes.com doesn't work. of course you can continue adding up your post count by saying how people always say to search when the irony is that your post added no value whatsoever.
10-15-2007, 09:40 PM
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so that's a yeah, okay, thanks... because you took my advice and tried using the search engine properly and figured out i was correct or yeah, okay, thanks... you're still looking up the word irony in the dictionary and realizing i was correct on that point as well?
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... I tried to shorten the search input, and came up with the same lame info. Just one post that was easily identifiable as having to do with his question, and all he said was he would recomend them. That was three months ago and one opinion. I'm sure he was looking for more input than that. And as far as your other point... I think you took it way too personal. I didn't mean to personally attack you, it's just that people don't give the new guys a chance to ask questions, interact, and learn without being flamed.