Well its not a PZ so the spoiler may have just been glued on - me thinks it needs some screws as well if it hasn`t got any, you really wouldn`t want to be following at 70 mph if it came off!

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If you have a PZ have you seen these RX-8 PZ Badge



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If the nuts are OE they are McGard you can get a key from them on their website under replacement keys or by emailing a photo of the existing nuts or you can buy a set of locking wheel nut removal sockets they will remove them but then obviously you will need a new set, the chances of finding someon...

If they replace the VED with a mileage charge in the budget then you should be better off, unless of course they introduce a mileage charge and keep the VED rates! who knows!

Just my opinion but why would you fit cheap tyres on your "pride and joy" unless you are running the car on a low budget - when I look at a car for sale tyre brand is a dead giveaway to me, I only did it once I bought an Mk1 MX5 with "Sunny" tyres, I soon found out in the wet the...

See here for an RX-8 Haynes Manual

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at the £80-100 mark you can probably get real carbon caps made or bought from somewhere like Ali Express. I bought some real CF caps for stock 8 mirrors for like £50... For some reason Cupra Formentor carbon fibre caps are few and far between and expensive, Ali Express don`t do them they do Seat bu...

:bump: In my defence Mark I had a rethink the mirrors are all black and I decided not wrap all of the mirror due to the complex shape but do a part body paint colour with a copper stripe (part of Cupras design element) and then carbon fibre the rest - paint and clear coat complete now, copper strip...

:welcome: Did you consult the "Buyers Guide" - some peoples suggestion of a "pride and joy ownership" in my experience is an attempt to make the car look like it has been well maintained and judging by your list of potential downs to be honest that to me appears to be the case wi...

What surprises me, given how long the OC has existed and who large our membership is, is this is the first stolen car to be notified here - at least in my memory. :paranoid: :rolleyes: Never fear Ann I remember you reporting your experience of RX-8 theft, they broke into your house if I recall corr...

Didn`t you try converting the mains to HID`s I find with fast acting Ballasts and 6000K HID bulbs they are well bright!

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As I already have an LED upper brake lamp I decided to convert the OE bulb lamp to LED as a spare as the aftermarket LED lamps seem to be unavailable now. Its easy enough to take the OE lamp apart and the LED circuit board is stuck inside the lense using double sided tape the LED circuit then just p...

What could be confusing about leading and trailing spark plugs where the plugs and their locations are marked T & L respectively which also of course is T for Top and L for lower. After that conundrum everything else is the same as on any other car. Well actually Johnsons Mazda put new plugs in...

Can`t believe this was 15 years ago but - ROTARY RELIABILITY -The facts! but it was a little about Hurley Engineering.

Sounds like a lot of tech for only £38.5 K - obviously that`s not going to be the UK price!

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I wonder in 2043 if there will be posts like this for the RX-8?

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With battery cars expected to be the norm` in the not too distant future it still fascinates me how this sits with the various manufacturers, when you consider all the different developments/designs of Petrol and Diesel engines are we really suppose to believe it will all end up with just an electri...

It's the same for RX-7's. Several cars on the market which would have easily sold at the asking price a year ago, simply are not shifting. Is this symptomatic of the wider used car market at present? Presumably dealers are waiting for the overwhelming mad rush of customers for those new fangled car...

Take some measurements for repositioning the badge then as said use dental floss or nylon fishing line in a sawing motion to cut through the existing adhesive if the temp` is high the heat makes it is easier, then gently remove the remaining adhesive if the paint is original I use a drop of petrol o...

I agree with your comment on the Mazda`s but I would go further and say if you intend to keep an RX-8 don`t expose it to a salty climate, don`t drive on salted roads, don`t drive on wet roads, don`t let it get wet, keep it garaged and only drive it preferably on warmer, dry days. 8) So basically fol...

Still WIP I`m afraid Mark, I have bought 2 new mirror caps not wanting to wreck the originals and I made an attempt myself but the caps are a difficult shape to wrap in one piece now I am advised to do it in 3 pieces split with a Cupra Copper stripe or just do half of the cap in 2 pieces - not given...

Well the ongoing saga of changing the look of a pair of mirrors is not going according to plan, after resorting to plan B of carbon fibre covers that has failed as no stock now and its taken them over 2 weeks to decide that, so have decided to resurrect plan A wrapping them myself, it can`t be that ...

I wonder if one day soon you will see one of the car makeover programs like "Overhaulin" or "Counting Cars" where they take someone`s beloved Mustang or whatever and restore it but by removing the V8 and return it with an electric motor pointing out to the owner how much better i...

The Highway Code and the Green Cross Code especially for children does mention that listening for oncoming vehicles is advisable before attempting to cross the road I should imagine that judging the speed of an EV is more difficult without any noise. Perhaps they are both in need of revision on the ...

Amazing - a report from some experts somewhere or other has been number crunching accident statistics and they have decided that there is increasing numbers of pedestrians that are being hit by cars and electric cars are possibly being found to be more of a cause than fossil fueled cars or even hybr...