What are strakes?
 

I have no idea, but keep seeing them mentioned.

See my avatar :D It's those 2 pieces that run horizontal over the black (fake) vent piece that's tucked behind your front wheel.

They are the aluminum fins in the front fender vents that Mazda sells as an accessory - 2 per side (fender).

^Damn! You beat me!

They look great. Too bad they are so friggin expensive. It's just 4 little pieces of aluminum for crissakes.

Mine were $109 including $20 additional charge for a custom color (not aluminum and not chrome), shipped to my door with 100% perfectly clear install instrx. It's a 15 minute job if you're slow.

One of the best buys out there for less than $100 :cool:

They're well worth it at any price... they give the fender area much needed character. On the black RX-8's, I feel they're almost necessary or you don't even see the definition in the fender vents.

Check it out...

https://www.rx8club.com/attachment.p...id=43363&stc=1


- Irish :cool:

You paid $109 for yours, right? I'm gonna take a wild guess here that $109 is more than $100, or are my math skills that rusty? Color me confused...

I think in the mazda accessory catalog they were $250 so a mere $109 doesn't sound so bad. There were some on eBay a couple of weeks ago so that might be worth a try.

Strakes on Lightning Yellow
 

Here's another example! :)

What makes you say the black vents are fake?

^^what I was thinking^^

They are 100% FUNCTIONAL

strakes are nasty!!!

strakes
 

can anyone tell me where to find them :cool:

Anybody who sells Mazda OEM accessories. Check mazdausa.com if you want to see what they look like.

where did you get strakes for $109.00
I wanna know!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I dont care if they're functional or not......I think they look great.....lol

These are strakes read the instructions before installation...

http://rx8ownersclub.co.uk/forum/files/img_3183.jpg

OH MY GOD - who did that strake install??????? :eek:

She said 109 was with an added cost for a custom color, that would be 89 for standard(probably aluminum or chrome)

My thoughts exactly!

I second that question. Where can you find the strakes for under $100??

Strakes are aerodynamic "fences" that guide airflow. You will see them on GE powered engines on the fwd side of the engine cowling and on some executive jets.

Doesn't Dennis sell strakes?

DLS CUSTOM

on smaller airplanes strakes are located in fron of the horizontal stabilizer and they increase the surface area of the hoirzontal stabilizer in order to keep the nose pitched down and prevent a flat spin in case of a stall.