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irq5

Regarding RX8Strakes
This morning in e-mail ...........
Thank you for your purchase! Your order will be in today's mail, and you should receive it shortly. ............Well Well , of to a good start .....

Will keep you updated.

msenzo
U also find a lot of rattles .......uuggghh Irritating , Will soon do some of this stuff on this thread ....DIY: Rattle Hunt 2006

https://www.rx8club.com/showthread.p...ight=bass+door

"putting the tube through the boot opening" huh ? How did you do this ....thread ? Pic's ...Pls ...Thanks

Hey Phat I think that's four of us so far ....hee hee (mr Chairman) hee hee

phat8

This Is The Chairman Speaking... could work, im game!! my life's so busy as it is. if there's 4 of us who r keen already. sick of these GTI/opel/mini... clubs! a good friend of mine can organise and host the site WWW.RX8CLUB.CO.ZA. we can have our own garage, forum etc... i can get us stickers made, just need your ideas on some designs!! oh and if ur car's not black u'll haved 2 get a respray. ''jokes '' so when we getting 2getha and driving somewhere. breakfast run sounds good. :

phat8

u making me jealous!! placed my order 4 da strakes... now u haved 2 post ur pics with them on. lowering my 8 in 2 weeks time hopefully 50mm drop. will post new pics.

phat8

when ever u ready... there's a few places 2 put a dvd unit, bit of customising obviously but anythings possible. oh and wont mess with ur m/plan.

irq5

I second the idea for an SA Club. Doesn't necessarily have to have it's own site - I'm sure we could ask the moderators of rx8club.com to put up a Regional section for SA.

I'm way keen for the breakfast run as well... Would be good to get all the machinery together for some group pics. And I just love driving the 8!

A nice tasteful sticker on the rear passenger window would be cool too! When I get some time I'll try come up with some designs!

Hey Phat8 - Just PM'd you about the bumper and calipers...

phat8

If a moderator is keen, which im sure wont b a prob cos it's a good idea. then all the better. i'll put my sticker on the front as i have a Jedi Audio sticker on the back. i'll sit with my friend who can do the site and play with some designs as pc's and me are'nt the best of friends.

irq5

Well, either way I'm happy - If we get a section here, or a site of our own...

If your friend can come up with a nice design, we'll be off to a good start. I'm pretty good with photoshop as well, so I can also see what I can come up with...

I'm pretty psyched!

phat8

Cool! could u find out from a moderator about the regional section? check ur P.M.

With

Phat's the MAN !!! https://www.rx8club.com/newreply.php...e=1&p=1704599#

Cool guys ! This should not take up to much time , once it's setup that is .....

Few ideas ...
Club Buy from SA ...
Club Discounts ...(ex Track Days , Dyno , Installations , Service etc,etc)
Club Rides (Breakfast run , to events ,Treasure Hunts etc...)
Tastefull Stickers..
Setup Event Calender ...Nothing too busy
Argue with Mazda on prices !!!
Liaise with other clubs.
Website with all needed links !
Track days (GREAT FUN !!)
Dynotune day
Business Independent !
Sponsors and Guest speakers
Car Displays ...
Newsletters / T-shirts (Yeah get your ladies into this)
Club Business cards , to press into Wipers of other RX8's

maybe take a peek here !

http://www.rx8ownersclub.co.uk/

I don't think we have to go overboard ...these things tend to grow by them self , or die by them self ...I far as I'm Concerned , I'll help as much as I can...

Phat ...I'm thinking of the two tone colour thing ....so I will go as far as half black ..hee hee....

irq5

^^ You've really thought this one through haven't you With?

I'm totally up for all of it - I'll be happy to help as well! Rock on SA RX-8 Club!

phat8

(WITH ''alot of ideas'') !! 2 tone. u confused, give it time... imagine how u could really look after ur car, u would have'd to clean it every 2 days... and start asking urself ''i wonder how long my clear coat's gonna last with all the polishing that has to b done so often 4 the tiny scratches!!!''
I agree with IRQ5!! WOW!! i've been thinking of things, but u got way more ideas quickly. i'm probably getting 2getha with my friend this weekend and will show him all your ideas and the links and build the site from that... THANX. I have connecies 4 alot of above. IRQ5 have u tried 2 contact a moderator 4 a S.A section?? coming soon. RX8 CLUB S.A.

phat8

WITH. u plan on driving up here any time in the future? we flew down last w.end cos we got a good deal. or else would of hooked up... Vanessa and i went diving in the aquarium at Ushaka 1st time ever. was awesome, so we'll drive down soon this time cos we wanna complete the course. maybe MSENZO, IRQ5 and Nadia can join us and we'll get our 1st pics of the 1st members and 8's. hear this. we drove our 8 to Knysna then to C.T last year f*#cking off of course... the petrol cost us R3.5K!!! 'Durban' we'll take it eezi... too many cameras and radars.

phat8

(FUN QUESTIONS!!) (1) whats the minimum amount of km's u've managed 2 get on a full tank? we managed a ridicilous 180 km's to a full tank. speed between 200 and 220 continously. never again! or else the fridge and cupboards would b empty. (2) What's the most amount of km's achieved TO A FULL TANK? we've stretched a stressful max of 420 km's. speed as slow as possible to make it to the next petrol station in the middle of the karoo! (3) Assuming we all run on unleaded 93 and when possible 95. has any of u managed to get ur exhaust 2 burn completely white at the tailpipes like the leaded cars used 2? often when riding hard/ high rev's iv'e got them to burn white. quite cool i most post a pic. (4) whats the fastest speed u've ever reached? we think it was 232, 235 or 237 kph with the 18's on. can't remember where the rev counter was, think around 7-8k was long ago, car still feels impressingly solid at that speed.

irq5

Hey Phat

Been a bit busy at work so I haven't had time to check the forum or try contact a moderator / administrator to add an SA section. Will do that now.

In reply to your questsions:

1) Minumum Km's on a tank: Also 180 odd
2) Maximum Km's on a tank: 501km!!! On the way back from Ballito
3) Never gotten a white exhaust burn Always black...
4) Fastest Speed: 232km/h Just after I got the 8. Haven't tried for a faster speed since.

Talking about camera's and radar on the way down to Durb's. On the stretch between Pietermaritzburg and Durb's - you know the one with all the really nice turns - we were doing about 187km/h I think and hit a camera - I saw the flash from the front. It took a while for it to hit me though - and Nadia actually pointed it out - I don't have a license plate on the front! That was close!

I'll let you know what I hear if anything about an SA Section...

With

irq / phat

"With a lot of Ideas" hee he , cute .....Friend of mine belonged to Toyota club , use to accompany him on their club stuff , enjoyed the track days the most , joined them once with my Tiburon ...LEKKA ! (SwartKops) So I suppose I kinda know what they as a club did , therefore the Ideas...

mr chairman
I have Family up in PTA so yeah I drive Up every now and then ..

Top Speed : 165Km on Sunday ....Slowed Down to 142 in 100 zone and I swore they got me !! grrr , Radar Detector though did not beep ..so maybe , just maybe they where not set up yet ! grrrrrrrrr

Km on Tank : I currently average 450k's per tank then my Empty light comes on .... Thats about 8 to 9 K's per liter ....Pretty much what I used to get with my Saab !

Oh and Fastest speed ever , 295Km.....on 1300 Hyabusa (Clock Speed)...SUZUKI yeah !

Thinking I might set up 3 x SARX8's club members for cheap accommodation (R300) at a resort (sleep 4 mostly) on the south coast (maybe Durban) off peak time for a weekend otherwise R650 a weekend .....Think about it ... the A1 ? Hey that sounds like SARS ...uuugh SARX8

phat8

that's gr8. im keen 4 a weekend, the prices sound good. rx8saclub benefits start now. those detectors work well 4 radars but not so well 4 laser! as soon as it beeps they've already got u. got 1 my self. that's frikken fast on the Hayubusu... Suzuki fan my self. 06/07 GSX1000 4 ME!!

phat8

Here's a few pics of my 8's exhaust tips burning a little white. was'nt gunning it 2 much, so not the whole can is white. IRQ5. i know u want to put a decal on ur callipers. i got impatient trying 2 find a rx8 logo so just put these on. ''car's abit dirty.''

irq5

Hey guys

I've spoken to the admins and in order for us to get an SA regional forum section, we need to take a poll of how many users will make use of the forum. So I've created the following poll on the site. Go there and vote YES!

https://www.rx8club.com/polls-70/calling-all-south-africans-sa-regional-thread-poll-108336/

Cheers!
Andrew

phat8

my vote's in!! that's 2 in...

phat8

lowering my 8 this week!!! will post pics...

With

WOW and I though you where talking bollie when you said the pipes are burning white !!!!!!!!!

I though only cars which use Lead burn white ....Interesting.

Invitation for the weekend stands (for now) Typical places would be something like Durban Spa, Margate etc etc....

Vote's in ....

But we probably don't need to have it on this forum , yeah nice to have but I remember phat? you said you might know someone that can help , thats with the website and irq with images etc ....anyway you get "Free" (not as in beer) website "host'ers" . So between us Internet Stuff Would be fairly easy .... uuuh I think

phat8

WITH.our S.A site will b free!! no bollie there ok, so how does this weekend sunday sound 4 a meet up and run down to haarties? those who can make it? and what date's can we look at 2 go down 2 durbs? i must admit been busy my side so have'nt been able to sit down and design our logo/sticker designs. IRQ5 any progress ur side?

phat8

B.T.W got my 8 back yesterday... phatter than b4! lowered 15mm at the rears 30mm in the fronts. rear arch trim done and no scraping. WOW what a difference! looks and feels gr8. the best part about it is it does'nt mess with my warranty! will post pics as soon as she's been cleaned proper. NEXT STRAKES!

irq5

This Sunday isn't good for me Next sunday would be perfect though!

So far we have 4 votes for yes in the Polls and thats all... Doesn't seem to be much movement. I've kept it open till the end of the month - so hopefully we'll be able to attract more attention from SA users. But I imagine that we'd need a lot more than 4 users to get the admins to create an SA section, so an SA specific site might be the way to go...

Will keep you guys posted.

With

Got My Strakes !

Really quick from USA , 8 Days

No Duties or tax paid.

Packaging pretty good.

Fit good as well , except for LU (Left Upper) , this one is a bit more away from the body.

aaaaghhh , The paint ....really not good , be careful , REALLY easy to damage , EVEN WITH THE DOUBLE SIDED TAPE ! .... This will probably need to be resprayed at some time ..Seems there is no Base Coat or prep done on them ...(looks like where the paint went off)

Fitting , easy , btw rather use the car itself to find best place ....Instructions on location a bit vague ...Wipe Stakes before you put double sided tape on , better grip..

Got Billed $12 for Shipping but on Box $9.75 , mmm Make of that want you want

Still is worth while ...R669 , If I had them made myself it probably would have cost more...

grrrr , Won't be joining U for a run .... Bit far ...Maybe later in the year , Long Weekend in April or end of Feb ? Thats why we need a Calender , Then Members can plan around it ......

And maybe we do a run with another club , ex : Toyota TwinCam club etc etc..

In so far as DBN accommodation , I need to Book two weeks ahead ....

Phat - Cost on Lowering , and who did it for U ?