As you may have read, we are planning on doing a regular Car Of The Month feature for every month through 2022 (and potentially beyond!). This is where all you lovely people can post up your cars for consideration! As with all things...
This is the process we used for changing the front and rear discs and pads, you may find your own tweaks, shortcuts, or top tip, but hopefully this will provide a good overview as a starting point.
It may also be helpful to read through and review the pictures even if you're only replacing the...
Having recently changed my oil and filter, as I do every 6 months or 6k miles, I thought I’d share with you some of my tips to make the job as easy and efficient as possible.
Start with the engine really hot. Take the car for a minimum 10 mile drive and when you get back don’t switch off but leave...
I changed my engine mounts a few weeks ago and thought I would share some photos. Im sure these will be helpful to someone!
There is a very good DIY already on the forum here , but more photos can only help – I like as many as possible :)
Fed up with my lack of a second key (it wasn’t causing me a problem per-se, but the concept of losing it and therefore my only access to the car worried me), I decided that as I’m a cheapskate rather than pay someone else to do it, I was more than capable of doing it myself. In doing so I decided...
This is the start of a DIY rebuild and a repair for the 231 super LSD, as I progress this will contain parts used, with suppliers and prices if I have them.
Firstly I sourced a low mileage differential, on opening it up there were 2 tabs stuck to the magnetic drain plug,
These tabs are what make...
The problem when you fit LED indicator bulbs is that the flasher relay thinks a bulb has failed and the indicators Hyperflash to warn you so the object of the exercise is to fool the circuitry into thinking all is well you can fit additional resistors to the wiring but I didn`t want to do this.
When fitting Eibach 20mm spacers the hub studs can protrude by approx`5mm above the spacer face, the recess in the back of the wheel can vary from 3mm to 4mm deep, where the figures are cast within the recess it reduces the depth of the recess so the length of the studs will need to be shortened...
As i have noticed that there is a lack of compression testing facilities especially in the NW where i live and as i have two testers that sit in the drawer most of the times i have decided to offer for the club members the chance of having a compression test done for themselves for free,hoping to...
So my owners manual doesn't appear to have any torque settings for fitting wheel nuts and my usual searches on here never help, so can anyone confirm the cirrect torque specs for wheel nuts? The only mention I can find in the owners manual says inspect the wheel nuts for tightness . Cheers
In my quest to get the car painted and the alloys bronzed/gold (depending on your point of view of the colour(don't get me started it's actually driving me mad)) I have come to realise that silvery additions such as badges need to be powder coated to match. #-o
For whoever is interested in having a F1 brake light combined with a fog light on an RX8 there is a cheap and quick solution:
The light cluster can be bought from Ebay, this is the item number 304492911302 and the fitting is lovely.
The light cluster comes with three wires, red, black and yellow....
I experienced a P1688 error code earlier this year and my car went into a (very unpleasant) “limp mode”. The error code pointed to the ECU detecting the OMP not working correctly on a start-up check. I checked all the electrical connections were OK, then checked the 4...
I had a pain for many years with the Recaros as i love them but was gutted that the seats were not heated and as i live in a cold and rainy place i was thinking what to do about it.
Since i had nothing to do on any of my moneypits in the last few days i taught myself to plan a heated seat...
Hi all hope you have all had a fun Christmas and have been able to sneak out into the garage for a day or two.
Mine has been made all the more pleasant by the addition of a log burner to keep it toasty out there.
I am in the middle of yet another Mod to the fuel system on my 2006 RX8-PZ track car...
UK S1 RX-8s never had cruise control from the factory. However, the steering wheel buttons can be easily retrofitted. The problem is, Mazda released a firmware update years ago that disabled the function in the PCM if the car never came with cruise from the factory. Well, after much research,...
As many of you know the S2's sump is quite different from the S1.
It is made out of two pieces,the upper and lower sump.The upper sump is made out of aluminium and has a hump on the side for more oil capacity,however that hump is in the way of a low mount turbo kit like the Greddy kit.
With no...
Looking at lowering the noise levels on the 200 cell rrp cat demon tweeks do a 250mm turbojet u457600r anyone have an idea how much it will lower the level ? Cheers Steve
Radio is not very good at grabbing a signal bought a replacement noise filter just trying to find the one in the car! Not under parcel shelf in boot I think that's the amp ,any ideas added a picture of replacement cheers Steve
As I'm sure most of you saw RRP have modified and r3 water pump to fit on an s1. The r3 has a better designed impeller that should flow better and reduce cavitation and the top end, I've heard it can drop track temps by 10 degrees c, which is a good thing. Another benefit is that it is underdriven...
Hi, hoping this is an easy one. Before I start pulling, twisting and breaking stuff, can someone show /explain how to remove side indicator on an R3 model please. Can't seem to find this on the forum or even the web - 🫣
It seems there are a lot of people working on their own cars, with this in mind I thought it would be a good idea to list some suppliers of parts that people may not be aware of.
So first on my list for cheap OEM parts is JDM planet, I have purchased OEM engine mounts from them, the service isn't...
Snapped from another thread and archived here before it gets lost...
Morning folks. I don't think I've done a guide to this yet, although depending on which calipers you're doing and what tools you have, the difficulty ranges from piece of cake to pain in the arse. If you've got an air...
I’ve ended up with 2 sets; a tie rod end and associated parts:
A set from Mazda parts in Norwich (who think I am insane) but had them flown in for me anyway!
A set of Delphi OEM “quality” parts (note wrong side for my job!, LOL)
With BMW suspension Lemforder are often the OEM supplier, the...
Please note that while this is a non-intrusive and totally reversible mod, it is not sanctioned by Mazda UK, nor is the Mazda UK Owner's Club or myself responsible for any consequences following the implementation
This information was originally part of the Service Schedule thread but has been...
The Clutch Pedal reinforcement bracket kit has just been introduced by RotaryFx .
I was particularly interested as the service history for our car shows that it had a clutch pedal replaced early in its life, under warranty, and I know that the design of this component hasn't changed.
My 2004 had a number of bits of interior plastic seat trim which had come off before I bought it and i've managed to put most of them back (temporarily at least).
The bit which I'm stuck with is the large piece of trim on the outside of the front passenger seat which is hanging off at the...
This post covers the fitting of a Thinkware U1000 front and rear dashcam, hardwired for parking mode via the passenger footwell fuse box. Other dash cams may be similar.
The front camera was fitted to the right of the mirror so that a) the buttons were accessible from the driver's seat, b) the...
So, I noticed the leather gaiter on my R3 had a hole. A new one was ordered from The Tuning Shop for the princely sum of £9.99.
I chose the version with black stitching to match the original, but they supply other colours of stitching if that's your preference.
Looking to try and refurb the scratched chrome on my R3's gear knob. I've contacted a few companies, and Chromespray look like they can chrome plate plastic. Anyone got any experience of this?
Are your drops links wobbly or broken? Are they giving you hassle and mocking you when you try to remove them? Well don't take it! This DIY will show you how to show them who's the boss!
In BMW land we are used to a tool called the rough running test. Basically, what this does is watch the crank-shaft rotating and notice the acceleration caused by each piston's compression stroke. In a perfect engine, the acceleration from each piston will the same – you have a perfect “rough...
So a lot of you face the challenge what to do with old holes that remain once we remove the lip.
Old Holes.jpg
My advice is to use Epoxy with some glass fiber instead of welding them in as:
Epoxy if properly applied will outlive the trunk (and will prevent corrosion underneath it)
Can be done...
Right, didn't really want to start a new topic for this but nothing really related popped up when doing the usual forum search.
Bought my Axial Flow shifter from Rotary Rev's around two or three years ago and only just install it last week. It came as just the main stick as pictured below. I did...
After getting my 2009 RX-8 R3, I very soon realised the limitations of the stock radio, and while it does have an AUX, I was left wanting more, so it’s been a bit of a bumpy ride getting here, but I’ve installed a Sony XAV AX100 head unit into my rex,...
I'm in the process of fitting my Nexus 7 tablet into the sat nav housing for the RX8. I have been asked many questions before I had even started, so I thought I would document my process to help other members out.
Here are the things I used:
Nexus 7: - £168
Sat Nav: £150
Auxmod (To provide...
This from another thread, quoted here for future reference...
When my (side) skirts came off the guy doing it explained that they can be simply pushed back in, but in order to get them off you have to push/nudge them forwards towards the bonnet to free them out of their position before pulling...
What follows here is a brief explanation of what I ended up doing to put oil pressure and temperature gauges in my R3. It’s not the only solution and I hope what I write here will give an idea of how it can be done.
Mazda didn’t bother putting proper oil pressure and temperature sensors in the...
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