i read about your problems on the groupbuy thread, it really sucks, wish you luck

so my brakes almost caught fire last night while i was just driving around town, and i saw sparks and immediately pulled over to inspect it, and it was smoking from the sliding pin, managed to limp it home and this is what i found this morning



guess the rubber was too old and started cracking and finally gave way and the grease dripped into the caliper and started to burn

this car sure does get alot of downtime for being a daily

 

Lol, Adam is taking good care of me... surely does a better job than your caliper's pin lol!
Get some AP racing calipers now.... cheap ebay mod!

 

Glad to see those brake lines went to a good home. Great build so far.

 

so finally got time to put on the brake disks, and lines. My old centrics were wearing pretty thin and had a HUGE lip. These new giro-disks seems to be much more beefier and weigh less. The autoexe lines are stainless steel braided but they copy the OEM design and have a center mounting point on the upper arm.





and then my friend and I went to get our cars washed and took a few shots in downtown LA. My usual go to spot under Grand ave. This is my car as it sits right now.







I think LA roads may have destroyed my shocks, time for a rebuild. Also looking into getting delrin bushings for the front. I'm going to be needing new rubber soon, still thinking about these CCWs but not sure if i can justify new rims quite yet.

 

thats a pretty neat idea!

nice pics =]

 

^+1 on pics.

congrats on the new parts.

You gotta tell me where that location is...@_@'

 

its the grand ave under pass, you can get to it from olive or hope from the Disney Concert Hall side, pretty common spot for guys to take pix of their cars actually.

 

very nice man! did you buy the lip again from JRX rotary or is that a legit one?

 

thanks!

its a jrx one still, cant justify spending over 1k for a lip, even the jrx one is expensive haha, at least insurance covered it

 

Hmmmm ic ic, I've tried contacting JRX to purchase one but no response, can you pm me their contact info or the person you dealt with ?! :D

 

contact juni, 626 338 0150

 

you sir, i like your emblems

 

Did you take the pictures yourself?

 

yes i did

 

so the 8 is officially retired from daily duty today because of this guy



now it will be exclusively canyon/track machine

 

thinking about selling the 8,

FS thread here

 

Damn, so far this thread is like a very disappointing book. I just stumbled onto it the other day and have been eagerly reading through it as you progressed on your build. This page was actually the first one I pulled up this morning when I cam into work. And now, as I get to the last post I see that you're selling the car.... Where's the happy ending? I really like what you've done so far and I was hoping to see more where that came from - also the pics are really great! What was it exactly that made you decide to sell it? Was it the the endless funnel of money that is this car? Was it the desire to have something reliable and roomy. Or do did you simply feel that it was time for an "adult" car?

I guess the part of the reason I bring this up is because I often wonder myself what it would be like to own a car that doesn't require any further investment and is reliable.

Also how was that radiator working out for you? I'm in the process of installing the exact same cooling setup in my 8 as we speak.

 

Car looks GREAT!! Keep it! it's one of a kind.... GL.

 

I loveee the yellow fogs on white..

and that emblem is so boss. Any pics of it on the car? I kinda wanna do it to my 7 lol

 

Fyi, he's parting out the cf trunk with the emblem on it.
Might wanna pm him if he still have it or not.

 

just want to say this car looks amazing, great job building this RX-8

 

Wow that was disappointing to get to the end and see it's for sale. But to each their own. Either way good luck and I love what you've done with your car.

 

haha sorry guys, i'm sorry to see the car go too. It was really turning into something that was amazing to drive. However i felt like if i kept on going with the car it would have turned into something much less streetable and way more dedicated which sounded really good in theory, but i guess in the end i wasn't quite prepared to go through with it.

Im going to drive the audi until the lease ends and move onto another car, so far im thinking some form of a porsche, theres a possibility of a FD also, we'll see what the future holds.

for now this is whats keeping me occupied

 

Ahem... Porsche : 911 Carrera (81 Miles) in Porsche | eBay Motors

 

^quit trolling