What are strakes?
03-10-2005, 10:22 PM
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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
One of the best buys out there for less than $100
Originally Posted by LiveBlues
They look great. Too bad they are so friggin expensive. It's just 4 little pieces of aluminum for crissakes.
03-10-2005, 11:23 PM
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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.
03-12-2005, 12:08 PM
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Originally Posted by poolsidenaz
One of the best buys out there for less than $100
03-12-2005, 12:47 PM
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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
03-12-2005, 03:39 PM
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Originally Posted by poolsidenaz
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.
03-15-2005, 08:18 AM
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Originally Posted by caribbean_spice_boy_73
can anyone tell me where to find them
03-22-2005, 10:47 PM
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Originally Posted by poolsidenaz
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
One of the best buys out there for less than $100
I wanna know!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I dont care if they're functional or not......I think they look great.....lol
03-23-2005, 07:57 AM
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Screw gas mileage
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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...
04-10-2005, 07:28 PM
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04-10-2005, 10:28 PM
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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.