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Old Jul 11, 2011 | 12:33 PM
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Cheap upgrades?

Hello new to the forum and just bought an 05 rx8 only a month ago (6 speed of course) Anyway was wondering if there are any cheap upgrades you can get for this car, intakes or anything.
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Old Jul 11, 2011 | 12:40 PM
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Oh dear...
I'm sure you can get some stickers for pretty cheap.
You know what's even cheaper? Reading through this wonderful forum that has been around for a while.
Just a suggestion.
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Old Jul 11, 2011 | 01:05 PM
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There are a number of relatively inexpensive aesthetic upgrades but no cheap performance upgrades. The stock intake, exhaust, etc. are pretty well optimized.

A custom tune is of benefit at under a grand.

Forced Induction (supercharger, turbo or nitrous) are your only real performance upgrade options and none of them are cheap (nitrous being considerably less than s/c or turbo however).
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Old Jul 11, 2011 | 11:42 PM
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If you want cheap body kits...get the replicas instead. Some replicas are good, and some are bad. You have to search around to find the best deal out there. Research before you buy, good luck.
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Old Jul 12, 2011 | 06:48 AM
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cheap upgrades=fail. you can cut your springs in half and f up your suspension, but at least you can call yourself hellasunk
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Old Jul 12, 2011 | 07:15 AM
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another one. yay.

I suggest you do some reading on the site. Every upgrade available has been covered in depth.

Start with this thread: https://www.rx8club.com/new-member-forum-197/new-potential-owners-start-here-202454/

Then read every sticky you can find.

Fron there check out the Aftermarket Performance Upgrades section and then the Major Horsepower Upgrades section.
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Old Jul 13, 2011 | 12:03 AM
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cheap upgrades= WINNER. I can STFU and I can call myself STOCK HEIGHT MORON.

Fixed it for ya!
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Old Jul 13, 2011 | 01:15 AM
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Originally Posted by RyanxEight
Hello new to the forum and just bought an 05 rx8 only a month ago (6 speed of course) Anyway was wondering if there are any cheap upgrades you can get for this car, intakes or anything.
In a single word: No.

Anything cheap won't give you gains.
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Old Jul 13, 2011 | 06:57 AM
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again cheap upgrades=FAIL. and moniche how the hell do you know what my ride height is? i have koni yellows with tien stechs. then again this just proves how much you have no idea what the hell you are talking about. personally i would rather have quality/proven suspension upgrades on my car instead of turning it into an unsafe abortion on wheels
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Old Jul 13, 2011 | 12:02 PM
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Well im just going to save up and turbo it then, maybe change the rims as well.
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Old Jul 13, 2011 | 12:13 PM
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save up about 10k, to do the turbo..
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Old Jul 13, 2011 | 01:50 PM
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Cheap? Do you mean inexpensive?

There are some nice stuff you can do to the car that is inexpensive. I really like my VooDoo shift ****. Adding a ipod integration kit can be nice. You can Do a Vfad delete. Send the car to a paintless dent repair place and have them take out any imperfections you would be surprised how inexpensive this can be. Buy yourself some nice cleaning products and spend a day giving it a nice wash and wax. Get yourself some fresh plugs wires and coils.

I can think of lots of cheap things to put on your car as well but save and get the good stuff, it will cost you less in the end.
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Old Jul 14, 2011 | 12:35 AM
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Originally Posted by 200.mph
again cheap upgrades=FAIL. and moniche how the hell do you know what my ride height is? i have koni yellows with tien stechs. then again this just proves how much you have no idea what the hell you are talking about. personally i would rather have quality/proven suspension upgrades on my car instead of turning it into an unsafe abortion on wheels

Good for you.
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Old Jul 15, 2011 | 05:30 PM
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OHHHHHHHHH I get it now. Monchie CUT HIS SPRINGS?!

I never got the spring cutting reference that went with his posts.. lmfao.
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Old Jul 16, 2011 | 02:18 AM
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Originally Posted by alz0rz
OHHHHHHHHH I get it now. Monchie CUT HIS SPRINGS?!

I never got the spring cutting reference that went with his posts.. lmfao.

This is why i'm so loved.
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