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New guy from Arkansas
Hello everyone I'm Jonathan and I'm from the central Arkansas area. I picked up a 2004 rx8 yesterday. I'm new to rotary motors so I have a lot of reading and learning to do. This site looks like it has a lot of good info. The car has Megan racing springs and custom exhaust. It's also a 6spd with only 77k miles. So far it's been a blast to drive compared to my civic and prelude. I do need to fix the Bose amp in order for the radio to work, so any suggestions on that would be great. I'll try to get some pics up this week.
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Welcome to the club! Post pics or GTFO...jk :)
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i know im about a month late, but everytime i get on here i get sidetracked reading the stickies. alot of good information on here and it has helped quite a bit. i picked up another bose amp and now i have sound. i got some new tires (Nitto Motivos), purple goodspeed lugs, and new spark plugs. i recently have acquired a CEL for cylinder 2 misfire and have ordered the BHR coil kit. i planned to get the kit soon since the coils need to be changed in about 8k miles. i had someone from mazda run my vin and this car received a new engine at 56,709 miles.
possible mods to come: BHR midpipe Cobb accessport new front and rear emblems AEM or Racing Beat intake HKS exhaust various cf parts retint door windows new oem tail lights new oem sidemarkers pics i got from previous owner before i bought it Attachment 226622 Attachment 226623 Attachment 226624 now my pics Attachment 226625 Attachment 226626 new tires - nitto motivos Attachment 226627 can only fit one tire in the trunk lol Attachment 226628 godspeed lugs http://i10.photobucket.com/albums/a1...E42BDD6E5C.jpg Attachment 226629 good bye old plugs and hello new ones Attachment 226630 only the front springs were on the car so i had to put the rear ones on. knocked this out before getting the new tires alligned Attachment 226631 its a pain replacing amps Attachment 226632 Attachment 226633 i was gonna gut the intake some, but it looks like its already been done Attachment 226634 i tried to restore some color to the bottom rear vinyl pieces, but i think the 2 corners are too far gone. i used some "as seen on tv" stuff with the pawn stars guy. im gonna put another coat on this weekend and if that doesnt help i may try a better product. i didnt realize mothers and black magic had products for this until after i bought it. it did help with the middle section on the rear, the mirrors, and the piece under the windshield. Attachment 226635 got some 3M adhesive remover and got the double stick tape off from the rotary accents. previous owner removed them, but i may put them back on. i would like to get cf ones though. Attachment 226636 Attachment 226637 last sunday Black Betty got her first good cleaning. its pretty sad it took me a month to get around to the cleaning. mainly because work and rain. Attachment 226638 Attachment 226639 Attachment 226640 |
Welcome
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Your a month late??!! ...YOUR FIRED!!! :rollingla
Anyway, nice ride... |
Love it man! Welcome to Rx8club :D
I'm new to the forum as well as Rx8 |
Welcome to both of you. Great seeing these cars go to guys who enjoy and appreciate them.
And I rescind Mondie's firing. He may have more posts, but I've been here longer. :) Ken |
woot ... she's coming along nicely... what are those bulges on the air box? I don't recall mine having those "blobs".
New pictures of the engine bay all nice and tidy or like stated previously, GTFO! :) I retract both Ken and Moncie! Sure they've both been here longer and have more posts than me but I rule in the hot air department. |
Originally Posted by ken-x8
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And I rescind Mondie's firing. He may have more posts, but I've been here longer. :)
Ken
Originally Posted by ShellDude
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I retract both Ken and Moncie! Sure they've both been here longer and have more posts than me but I rule in the hot air department.
Both of you are misspelling my name...anyway, damn noobs... :p: |
Originally Posted by monchie
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Both of you are misspelling my name...anyway, damn noobs... :p:
Ken |
Thanks guys
I'm not sure what the bulges are because I thought it was supposed to look like that |
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i figured id update this since i dont post a whole bunch. mainly cause most of my questions can be answered with the search bar, so i usually just lurk here.
BHR ignition Attachment 221723 removed the black paint from tail lights, sidemark, and fog lights Attachment 221724 Attachment 221725 Attachment 221726 Attachment 221727 picked up a rubber lip to protect from scrapes on my driveway along with some purple washers for the engine bay Attachment 221728 http://i10.photobucket.com/albums/a1...ps50a4a395.jpg http://i10.photobucket.com/albums/a1...ps3b9c664e.jpg cf license plate frame and led plate lights Attachment 221729 cf front and rear M emblems, a black mazdaspeed emblem, and some touch up paint. Attachment 221730 Attachment 221731 Attachment 221732 tried to restore the headlights - did this again recently and they look really good now Attachment 221733 |
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Bride shift boot
Attachment 221707 cf front rotary accent Attachment 221708 Attachment 221709 MSA show 2013 Attachment 221710 Attachment 221711 found a battery cover Attachment 221712 http://i10.photobucket.com/albums/a1...pse695e29a.jpg picked up some SSR type c rs - 19x9.5 +30 they needed new tires and i needed to get the rear fenders rolled. i still need to get new tires for them. Attachment 221713 Attachment 221714 Attachment 221715 took some pics with my little brother's evo Attachment 221716 http://i10.photobucket.com/albums/a1...8B60CF0246.jpg Attachment 221717 Attachment 221718 Attachment 221719 Attachment 221720 Attachment 221721 Attachment 221722 |
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BHR midpipe
http://i10.photobucket.com/albums/a1...8E7A3C20E8.jpg Attachment 221680 Attachment 221681 got dinged at work and then when at the shop the rubber lipped got caught on their terrible entrance areas Attachment 221682 Attachment 221683 i had led purple fogs for about a month and then switched to some regular super bright white ones. got pulled over for the purple. Attachment 221684 last David's Burgers meet before winter Attachment 221685 ice/snow day trek home from work Attachment 221686 hit a piece of vinyl siding on the way to work and luckily i got the mark off. im so glad i work from home now Attachment 221687 team voodoo shift know http://i10.photobucket.com/albums/a1...D520D293D0.jpg Attachment 221688 traded my oem midpipe for some cf covers for the engine bay Attachment 221689 Attachment 221690 Attachment 221691 got a working key fob Attachment 221692 removed interior panels to be shipped off to dcagarage . com to be redone with Bride gradation to match the shift boot Attachment 221693 Attachment 221694 Attachment 221695 fixed the door speaker relays Attachment 221696 replaced starter with the 13 tooth upgraded one Attachment 221697 Attachment 221698 racing beat intake and air duct. also did a vfad delete. Attachment 221699 Attachment 221700 Attachment 221701 http://i10.photobucket.com/albums/a1...39E536725B.jpg Attachment 221702 Attachment 221703 Attachment 221704 got the rear fenders rolled. got a nail in tire on the stock wheels, so i put the 2 ssr with decent tires on Attachment 221705 picked up a cobb ap v2. unfortunately i have windows 8 and im having trouble connecting the ap to my computer. i did plug it into an older computer and it is update, but still no luck with my windows 8 laptop. Attachment 221706 current to do list new tires for ssr's retint windows cf fender vents replace cd player new rubber lip cf rear rotary accent hood dampers cf door pillars hks single exhaust front splash guards - maybe |
nice work, Where in central arkansas are you from?
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thanks
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