You may find this a little funny but I used toothpaste.

 

Heard that toothpaste worked but never saw it in action, not bad! I used some rubbing compound and it worked pretty much the same on mine.

 

Actually not at all. I have heard it works well.

 

Plain white paste? That's what I use

 

In the past I have used toothpaste and a green scrub pad to clean up metal. Works well.

 

The box I picked up said regular paste on it and it was light blue in color. Best $2.50 I have spent on this car so far.

 

I used a lint free towel on mine.

 

Speaking of inexpensive detailing stuff. If you have not used Swifter wipes for dusting then I highly recommend them. They are awesome for wiping down the interior.

 

Driven to get Popeyes lol

 

Haven't had Popeye's in a long while. You bought that $1.99-Tuesdays meal?

 

Installed New Floor Mats (possible DIY later) and cleaned the MAF sensor.

 

Calculated my mileage from one tank after replacing the BHR Ignition set, and went from 18.25 mpg to 22.4 mpg. The car obviously needed new ignition parts and you can really hear the difference when it starts up. I can't feel any difference in idling from OEM, as it was pretty smooth before, however it does have a little more jump when you open it up on the highway.

 

I have noticed mine is a little easier to start and it jumps when I say jump a little quicker.

 

installed LED parking, side markers, front(white)/rear(red) turn bulbs. Had to add resistors to the turn bulbs, and did the fog light mod. Getting ready to break out the claybar and detail kit this weekend and maybe start the rim paint job, painting all non-front facing surfaces black on 40th AE rims, and thinking of changing caliper color to gold instead of the red (we'll see).

 

Tinted the tails and installed LED bulbs.

 

Bought LED reverse lights and new cabin filters.

I did that toothpaste thing to my dads truck and it really does work pretty cool. i gatta do it to my car soon.

 

so wheres this DIY?

 

Just drive to work in the rain. Nice and peaceful with no traffic at 5 am.

 

Super Dan, I'll get to it. I've been kind of busy and it will take some time to make that one.

 

Over the next couple weeks I will be redoing my garage. Not really to the 8, but for it.

 

Drove to work and my drivers visor broke. That was fun.

 

Drove to work with a newly repaired DS Visor. Much better when it's not flopping in your face. Thanks DIY.

 

Plugged in OBD2, I didn't use it but I did plug it in.
Tried to remove the muffler but the bracket holding it to the rest of the exhaust was rusted shut so that didn't work.
Replaced front badge with black evil. Bored holes in airbox and glued the OEM badge to the top of it.
Used a zip tie to keep the quarter panel and bumper from separating.

Fairly successful day.

 

After 10 years of ownership, I traded my RX-8 in on a new BMW M235i. I couldn't be happier. The 8 was a great ride, but I can't deny the fact that I'm really enjoying the huge boost in power along with much, much better MPG. And it's comfortable. Very, very comfortable.

 

Congrats 1.3L! Those are awesome looking cars. I would love to have one some day.