Behold! Another Mazdaspeed RX-8 coming!
03-27-2010, 08:51 PM
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Looks real good!
My husband and I are putting the bumper and fog light brackets on today, but we started to skip the part where you cut the air ducts in half and reinstall the one half.
Do you know if the guy did that part? I thought I saw in this pic that it's on there, but couldn't tell for sure...
My husband and I are putting the bumper and fog light brackets on today, but we started to skip the part where you cut the air ducts in half and reinstall the one half.
Do you know if the guy did that part? I thought I saw in this pic that it's on there, but couldn't tell for sure...
03-27-2010, 11:06 PM
#55
nah man... they don't care **** here in florida! :D
Looks real good!
My husband and I are putting the bumper and fog light brackets on today, but we started to skip the part where you cut the air ducts in half and reinstall the one half.
Do you know if the guy did that part? I thought I saw in this pic that it's on there, but couldn't tell for sure...
My husband and I are putting the bumper and fog light brackets on today, but we started to skip the part where you cut the air ducts in half and reinstall the one half.
Do you know if the guy did that part? I thought I saw in this pic that it's on there, but couldn't tell for sure...
dondo helped me with the problem, the bumper was not fitting well.
the guy didn't remove the oil cooler duct (the rubber part) from the car, so the whole thing is protruding the whole bumper out.
i took off the bumper and remove the rubber then skipped the air duct completely. the ducts are supposed to just guide air into the coolers.
i've got some pics after the fix in the post below
Last edited by dezau; 03-27-2010 at 11:18 PM.
03-28-2010, 03:07 AM
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Looks real good!
My husband and I are putting the bumper and fog light brackets on today, but we started to skip the part where you cut the air ducts in half and reinstall the one half.
Do you know if the guy did that part? I thought I saw in this pic that it's on there, but couldn't tell for sure...
My husband and I are putting the bumper and fog light brackets on today, but we started to skip the part where you cut the air ducts in half and reinstall the one half.
Do you know if the guy did that part? I thought I saw in this pic that it's on there, but couldn't tell for sure...
03-28-2010, 09:49 AM
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Sorry not the oil coolers (not the rubber part). The MS Nose comes with some plastic ducts that sit over the screens inside the bumper. In order to install the brackets, the instructions say that you have to cut these ducts in half based on the angle of the fog log bracket.
Now that I looked at your pics again, I don't think there are on there.
I'm just wondering if people actually put them on, or just left them off cause they don't seem to have very much functionality once they are cut in half.
Now that I looked at your pics again, I don't think there are on there.
I'm just wondering if people actually put them on, or just left them off cause they don't seem to have very much functionality once they are cut in half.
Last edited by ~ Kuro ~; 03-28-2010 at 09:53 AM.
03-28-2010, 11:30 AM
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Sorry not the oil coolers (not the rubber part). The MS Nose comes with some plastic ducts that sit over the screens inside the bumper. In order to install the brackets, the instructions say that you have to cut these ducts in half based on the angle of the fog log bracket.
Now that I looked at your pics again, I don't think there are on there.
I'm just wondering if people actually put them on, or just left them off cause they don't seem to have very much functionality once they are cut in half.
Now that I looked at your pics again, I don't think there are on there.
I'm just wondering if people actually put them on, or just left them off cause they don't seem to have very much functionality once they are cut in half.
Last edited by dezau; 03-28-2010 at 11:34 AM.
(Hope this post is relevant! Sorry for the big pic.) 
06-06-2010, 12:50 AM
#63
hey guys...
bad news
i.
cracked.
my.
bumper.
more pics will be up since This is gonna be FOR SALE at some point.
and i cracked the right fender part. will post pics of that tmr.
the damage itself isn't that bad.
all that just cauese... well this happened.
(misjudged the driveway curb) yea well another bad day driving my 8
well this ain't too sad
Good thing is cuz i just saved up some cash, gave it some thought, decided just o wth and bought another one. And hey guess what, I bought the LAST ONE well new one anyways. (there still are 3 primered stocked in the US)
for full story -> https://www.rx8club.com/showpost.php...9&postcount=10
bad news
i.
cracked.
my.
bumper.
more pics will be up since This is gonna be FOR SALE at some point.
and i cracked the right fender part. will post pics of that tmr.
the damage itself isn't that bad.
all that just cauese... well this happened.
(misjudged the driveway curb) yea well another bad day driving my 8
well this ain't too sad
Good thing is cuz i just saved up some cash, gave it some thought, decided just o wth and bought another one. And hey guess what, I bought the LAST ONE well new one anyways. (there still are 3 primered stocked in the US)
for full story -> https://www.rx8club.com/showpost.php...9&postcount=10
Last edited by dezau; 06-06-2010 at 12:59 AM.
06-06-2010, 10:29 PM
#69
very sad indeed.
well i heard from the Dealer guy that Mazda has discontinued all of the Mazdaspeed Front Bumpers basically, and that there are 3 primed ones left in the US. When those are gone, there won't be nothing left!
And reason why I'm not fixing is, cuz in where I'm at, most of the body shop suck, and for those that don't suck, they just don't do these types of work.
So I'm better off just ordering a new one and sell this to someone who can easily find a shop to fix this.
Of course the part where I learn the bumper is being discontinued and I luckily found the last one kinda ticked me into buying it.
well i heard from the Dealer guy that Mazda has discontinued all of the Mazdaspeed Front Bumpers basically, and that there are 3 primed ones left in the US. When those are gone, there won't be nothing left!
And reason why I'm not fixing is, cuz in where I'm at, most of the body shop suck, and for those that don't suck, they just don't do these types of work.
So I'm better off just ordering a new one and sell this to someone who can easily find a shop to fix this.
Of course the part where I learn the bumper is being discontinued and I luckily found the last one kinda ticked me into buying it.
11-07-2010, 09:53 PM
#74
just a fyi, I hit a deer and my bumper looked one hell of a lot worse than yours does in that pic.
damage I had:
-crack around headlights
-crack from edge of middle grill towards the headlight about 4 inches long
-the area in the fender well where the clips go in was cracked off
-crack near sidemarker light.
-bump in the middle of the bumper where the bumper support started to push through
all of which was corrected. I am ****, and it looks like it has never been damaged before.
I think lots of shops can work on these bumpers.
did you ever get this fixed again?
damage I had:
-crack around headlights
-crack from edge of middle grill towards the headlight about 4 inches long
-the area in the fender well where the clips go in was cracked off
-crack near sidemarker light.
-bump in the middle of the bumper where the bumper support started to push through
all of which was corrected. I am ****, and it looks like it has never been damaged before.
I think lots of shops can work on these bumpers.
did you ever get this fixed again?
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