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Hi, happy holidays and wishing you a great 2026 ahead. Just new around here, glad to have find the forum. Looking forward to get some info on my 6 months recent purchase RX-8.
Regards
Welcome Eoni and congrats on the 8.
what did you get?
any pictures?
Hi, yeah definitely. Let me see if I can upload a few. It's a JDM RX-8 automatic. I could provide more details when I get the Japanese manual (it's in the car). Front Side one Side 2 Back Reconditioned rims, callipers and new tires.
Carbon fiber gear cover. Mazda seatbelt protectors. Door hinge detailers. New door lights installation. Passenger door carbon fiber cover. Driver's door carbon fiber cover.
There are no modifications apart from what you can see. I installed new engine mounts last month, originally bought from Mazda Japan.
Happy New Year and welcome to the forum!! Your RX-8 looks very nice and looks to have been very well cared for!!
Thank you and Happy New Year to you too!
Yes it looked like it when I bought it. Hopefully this thing with the start will get sorted out soon so I can enjoy it again!
Looks like a Metra kit with a Poneer head unit, that's a nice upgrade.
The brakes appear to have been painted with the brake pad installed, which isn't great. Might want to check the pads are in good shape.
What's up with the exhaust tips? They're not equal.
Can you relocate the license plate? It's blocking an oil cooler (assuming there is one, it's a base model auto which only had 1 cooler, but I don't remember which side).
Looks like a Metra kit with a Poneer head unit, that's a nice upgrade.
The brakes appear to have been painted with the brake pad installed, which isn't great. Might want to check the pads are in good shape.
What's up with the exhaust tips? They're not equal.
Can you relocate the license plate? It's blocking an oil cooler (assuming there is one, it's a base model auto which only had 1 cooler, but I don't remember which side).
Hi there! Yeah good catch, I forgot to mention that. Yeah it's a Metra unit with a Pioneer Android DMH-Z6350BT if I don't recall it wrong. I wouldn't have changed it, but since it's JDM otherwise I couldn't even use the radio here (different AM/FM frequencies).
I think they removed the calipers to paint them since also they needed to take all the tires and rims to recondition them, but I'll ask my mechanic.
I asked about the exhaust tips, I don't remember what he told me, but maybe it's just the trim (I checked from below when he put it up and looked fine).
As per the oil cooler I had no clue, unfortunately I'm not well versed in car mechanics. I will check in the original manual and if it's there I'll try to relocate it to the other side, thanks for letting me know .
hello welcome,,
back to the middle as there is also a oil cooler on the left and right front corners under the headlights but check your car first,
you might be lucky and only have one oil cooler.
hello welcome,,
back to the middle as there is also a oil cooler on the left and right front corners under the headlights but check your car first,
you might be lucky and only have one oil cooler.
Will definitely check and let you guys know. Thank you.
hello welcome,,
back to the middle as there is also a oil cooler on the left and right front corners under the headlights but check your car first,
you might be lucky and only have one oil cooler.
They have two coolers, one on each side. Checked today, there’s space underneath the plate casing for airflow. Will post some pics when I have it back.
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