Hello. My husband has been in love with rx8s since he was young and finally purchased one for himself last month. With Christmas coming up, I figured I should do a couple rx8 themed gifts for him. I need some help though. I know absolutely nothing about cars and due to the fact that we have only been married 6 months, we *don't have an unlimited amount of money to spend on gifts. But if you guys on here could help me out by listing some things that you would like for Christmas I would greatly appreciate it. It doesnt have to be just parts for the car. Be creative.

Thanks!

 

Ok ... not trying to knit pick but this info may help you find gift idea
1) The RX8 has what is called a Rotary engine (Wankel Rotary) so many gift idea don't necessarily have to be RX8 specific but may also be Rotary specific

2) The RX8 was only in production from 2003 to 2010 ... so don't try looking for old classic car kind of gift ideas ... if you do you might get them mixed up with the RX8's older brother the RX7 which had a much longer production run.

Ideas such as:
- Shift *****
- Rotary accents
- Rotary books
- T-shirts and hats
- Coffee mugs
- Rotary key chain

http://www.polakgraphics.com/
http://www.rx7.com/store/rx8/rx8misc.html

 

This site has some fun models an books:
http://www.speednation.com/store/main.html

Apparel and stickers:
http://www.polakgraphics.com

Fun accessories and parts:
http://www.rotaryfx.com

You could get a lot of fun things from the sites above such as a rotary key chain, shirt, etc. and make a nice package out of it. You also might find some fun accessories at the sites below, though they tend to have more in the line of performance parts.

http://www.racingbeat.com
http://www.rx7.com

If you really have a lot of money to spend, buy him a Cobb Accessport with ECU tuning by MazdaManiac:
http://www.mazdamaniac.com/cobb/accessport.htm

I think I'd freak out in excitement if my wife bought me a custom ECU tune.

 

A case of idemitsu premix is what my gf got me for my bday, made me a very happy camper

 

a baby seat for the back seat. and a quart of oil. Never know when your gonna have to lube it.

 

some naughty nude pics with his car




For a real suggestion:
a membership to your local SCCA to open the door for him to autox, or if you want to spend a few hundred dollars, buy him a High Performance Driving weekend somewhere.

Other than that, the above suggestions are great. The baby seat might be pushing it though.

My wife has given me VooDoo shift ****, a helmet, and a gift card to use towards car parts over the last few birthdays and christmases

 

you know, I could use a set of new wheels to swap out the factory ones. are you gonna buy me some since you got unlimited money.

 

My vote is for an Rx8 die cast somewhere in there.

But that's personally because I want one.

I got an Eat, Sleep, Wankel shirt a few Christmas's ago, I actually really like that shirt.

http://madcowsdesign.com/Eat-Sleep-Wankel-Shirt.html

Perhaps even, a poster or something? And stuff for autocross is a good idea. I really enjoy my Rx8, and I really enjoy going to those with my Rx8.

 

+1 for the rotary apparel.
I love all my rotary shirts, keychains and what not. If he likes stickers i could send you one like this

 

Any pics of the 8?

 

Another good place fore rotary related paraphernalia is http://www.rotary13b1.com/

lots of cool rotor shaped things. Good luck with your search.

 

For our 2nd Christmas, my wife gave me a weekend at Skip Barber racing school. I was over joyed. I didn't actually get to take the class until spring of course.

 

Give us more information on how he enjoys cars... Does he plan on modifying it? Does he have any other car items, such as models, clothing, posters, decorations or even a computer desktop wallpaper?

If you know what he might want to do to the car, you could get a few small things for the car. Something like a shift **** would be cheap but adds a nice touch. You'd have to know what he would like for something like that.

Since we don't know a lot of specifics, here's a few generally cool things. You can get a rotor clock or a housing and rotor clock. The clock is easily removable if he just wants to display the engine parts. You also get a choice of color. It's just a neat little decoration to have around... I use a housing/rotor display as a book end and decoration in my living room area. If he has a room like a theater/game room or if the garage is "his" area, that might be a nice touch. Found here:

http://atkinsrotary.com/store/catalo...p-1-c-721.html

They also have stuff like keychains, which would be a decent stocking stuffer. They offer a few other little things, so you can browse the site, but here's the link for the keychains:

http://atkinsrotary.com/store/catalo...p-1-c-716.html

 

Hey ppl
The OP hasn't responded back to all these great idea's, which is sad.
But I'm loving them!

NICE WORK Everyone!

 

^ Yes very sad... lol. Once she gets back on the forum she'll have lots of great ideas!

The rotary clock is probably my favorite though. I get lots of people asking 'Dude, what is that?!' lol. I love that reaction.

 

I'm not sure on his style or how much you want to spend,
but most places charge around $80 for tinted tail lights, you can order blacked out emblems online for $28-40 a piece and I think window tint usually cost around $120 installed.
Those are great gifts and are simple mods.

 

Personally I would love to have this in the garage...



http://www.mazmart.com/ItemDetail.aspx?id=553

 

I'm surprised nobody mentioned this.

Picked both rx8 and rx7 books up from SevenStock

 

^ forgot about those.. I also picked those up at sevenstock and they're both really interesting.

 

FWIW, I actually went by MazMart in Houston to get parts for my old '04 Mazda6. It's a junk yard with a mechanic's shop attached. They charged me $40 for an old nasty trunkliner. Shame on me for paying for it, but $40 was pretty crazy at a junkyard for an old stained piece of carpet. I won't be returning to MazMart in the future if I ever need parts.


That said, I did see the rotary chamber there and thought "cool".

 

Mazmart in... houston?

 

I was gonna say, "You do know that they're based in Georgia right?"

 

My mistake. The place I went was Maz-Max in Houston, not MazMart. But they had the same rotary chamber.

To the OP, a rotary chamber w/ rotor would be a a really cool addition to the garage.

 

Just to clarify, its called a Rotor Housing. Not a rotary chamber.