Hey all I just bought my first RX-8 on January 15th 2011!! I am greatly excited to learn more about the ins and outs of this sweet ride. I am coming from a 2001 Mustang GT. This also happens to be the first manual I have owned. I was just curious as to what "trim" this car is. I can see it has the Grand Touring package as it has the leather seats, "blose" audio system, 6 cd changer, and heated seats. I was just curious if the red and black interior was part of another add on package? I will take my own pics asap so these dealer pics will have to do for now.

 

gt package indeed..
the red and black interior is common in the velocity red color

 

you got a GT package, the red/black trim was a standard option on the VRs

looks kinda awkward without that front aero flare, maybe look into getting that

welcome and nice looking 8!

 

Front aero flare? Is that a stock piece that is missing or an aftermarket add on?

 

yes sir that is a stock piece it looks like this



gives some continuity to the side of the car and flows a bit better with the front air dam that you have

 

what year is it?

 

looks clean bro.

i wouldnt waste money on front air dam. just save up and get skirts to compliment the air dam imo :D

 

I also just bought one, looks almost the same as yours, but doesn't have any of the flares on it. I had wondered if those were stock, now i know. I'm guessing the guy before me just didn't like them for some reason.

Anyone have suggestions on a good place to find them?

 

So I already have that "mid" skirt. Is that a piece that adds on to that or replaces that longer one?

 

that piece is behind the front wheel

 

Ohhhhh Durrrr. I warned you I was a noob!!

 

Just curious, why do you not know much about the car? Personally I research the hell out of any vehicle before I make a purchase. I made sure I read as much as possible on these forums. There's a lot more to owning a RX-8 that quite differs from a Mustang. Just saying so you know.

However, you made an excellent choice!

 

Lol no worries. I like to keep it in the Ford family and actually went in to look at a 350z but it had a deposit down on it and was too "ricey" for me anyways and made an impulse buy on the rx-8 instead. I love it and so does my fiance!

 

nice ride

 

i bought an 06 shinka back in august and it didnt have that front flare... I thought it was and additional part that people bought....


NICE LOOKING RIDE BY THE WAY .... WELCOME TO THE ROTARY WORLD

 

Thanks everyone. Now who wants to donate some front aero flares to me!

 

I guess I have an Uncommon interior LOL I got the Tan and Black interior

Looks great bro, hows it run? how many miles? as you will be informed later get the BHR Ignition Kit.

 

It runs awesome. I got it up to 130 last night on the freeway with no sweat. It's a 2004 with 84,000 miles on it. Only thing wrong with it are a few annoyances in this thread.

https://www.rx8club.com/series-i-trouble-shooting-95/weird-cd-changer-steering-wheel-controls-door-lock-dsc-traction-control-issue-210545/

 

just brought mine in Nov. loving it I work at a mazda dealer so im learning everthing bout this car, and it is very different form your other sports cars, the motor is a beautiful design had one torn apart a few days ago.

 

beautiful car man...

I understand impulse buy....

Some light reading, the links in my sig. We have the same year. The $100 thread shares what it took me a year to figure out.

Welcome.

 

Sweet I want to try and figure out what is wrong with it on my own first, otherwise I am just going take it to a mazda dealer and give it a full check up to see whats wrong.

 

the front splash guard is not standard with the Appearance Package and Mazda actually says it will not fit with the Aero Package installed. (idiots)
The reason for that is there is a rubber strip underneath the car that you need to slightly trim in order to attach the front splash guard. (takes 10 seconds with a razor blade)

Its' one of the reasons I bought front splash guards right after buying my car because I too thought it looked 'incomplete' without something behind the front wheel to offset the rear skirt.

 

The rubber strip is part of the aero package? I have one on one side only??

 

The rubber strip should be there no matter what...

 

I had front splash guards. Sold them awhile back because I felt there was too much going on there.