Is your car getting fixed Trig?

 

so hows the BB with stock exhaust?, should i get a red top or a yellow top? its like $50 bux defference.....

 

yo mamas cute =D

 

There's a drag race event open for street cars this weekend at California Speedway (Saturday the 26th). There a post regarding this and most people I've seen talking about it said it is 10 dollars to spectate and park...and 20 or so bucks for the ability to drag on the strip. Show up time is around 10:00/10:30 with the event starting around noon I think. I wont be able to go, but would enjoy reading posts from those who do.

 

RX8+Drag = NO
RX8+Canyon = YES!

 

Our cars suck at drag. It is designed for twisties!
kwescott: How are the LED's? I think I am gonna make mine red too. Wanna trade for the Amber ones?

 

The midpipe with stock exhaust sounds almost the same as stock except a "hissing" sound when you get on the throttle. Its cool! The only thing that bugs me is the EXTREME smell of gas from the exhaust. Ah well, sacrifice....

Crude Pics here:

 

I've been receiving some great feedback on them from other 8 owners on the street. I definately want to keep the red, but would really like to slow the blinker rate down. I think you guys said I could add a relay to accomplish that, but would probably need more assistance/info in how to do that.

I definately want to add a set of LED's to the brake lights as well...just wondering if I would need a relay as well...but I don't recall your brake lights needing anything.

I'm wondering if the bulb size is correct, or if they are not completely "installed". The reason I ask is that I was able to get my S10 blinkers to blink fast (as this was something I wanted at the time), by not installing the light all the way into the socket. Pushing them all the way in, would return them to the normal blink rate...is this possibly what is happening with these LED's...they didn't seem to "click" in to the socket when we put them in that night? Just wondering.

 

NOPE... doesnt work like that with this car. You dont need a relay. What you have to get is a 3 ohm resistor that installs "in-line" with the bulb. This "absorbes" the current being put out to the light and slows down the cars blinker relay. You can order it from autoillumination.com or do a search for LED conversion on this site for more info

 

In addition to doing some research, I would like to see what the final product looks like when you get around to converting yours. I won't have time to do it this weekend, but maybe during my spring break. I'm hoping to spend my time installing my MS wing and fender strakes tonight...they are supposed to be on my doorstep when I get home today.....if good old brown delivers them...hope, hope, hope.

 

where did you get your strakes and how much?

 

Yeah, they are called load equalizers. LEDs draw much less power than incandescent blubs. Load equalizers pretty much just compensate for the lack of draw on the flasher circuit. (Basically they just get hot to burn the engergy that the normal bulb would have consumed)

And no, you would not need a resistor for the brake lights because they do not blink.

As adictiverx said, they're just resistors. 3 ohms for each light or 6 ohms if you have LEDs in the front and back.

 

I got them from RX8garage.net and they were 212.00 including tax and shipping. They were on my door...so off to install-land (the garage) .

 

Maybe at our next meet you and/or addictive could show me where exactly I would need to have these placed as it seems that you guys have done a lot more cutting and splicing into the vehicles electircal system. I'm comfortable doing this, as I was able to install the Mazda footwell lights, but I tend to do better following instructions. I'm not very good/patient with the trial and error approach. Thanks for all your help.

 

I installed my strakes and MS wing last night. Strakes took, seriously 15 minutes. Great and easy install.

MS wing was a little bit more time intensive and results were not as good as I had hoped....especially with the alignment since I already had six holes in my trunk lid from the factory wing. I will need some assistance in gettng pictures loaded onto a thread I just started "I went from stock wing to MS wing" in the bodykit section....I hoping that maybe someone could take some pictures at our next meet and post them for me...?

 

Of course...

 

dan i thought that cd was a DVD!!!!! it didnt play lol! make me a DVD format =D

 

kwescott, my nephew is a paint man. He can plug those wholes for you and paint it. Or he can have one of the body men at work plug the wholes and he will paint it.

He now paints all the cars for the EVO club not to mention the other cars he works on.

It will cost you lees than bringing it into a regular body shop.

 

Buy your strakes from Browning Mazda. You get the Rx 8 club discount.

It will cost you less.

 

Hey, people don't like loud music.

Just don't play the music loud.

If you want loud go play with kids on Thurday night off Orangethorpe or the gan bangers in LA.