What have you done to your RX-8 today????

[PeteH]

Just spotted the tyre size which is incorrect as I am running 245/35x18 which are slightly smaller running radius.

I got those sizes from one of your previous posts (Your tyres are smaller than mine, so you should be fine)

Zippy, the reason I think Chris' is different is because your tyres were wedge shaped, and only on one axle. Chris' wear pattern is not consistent with simple toe, camber or compliance, and is on all four tyres. That's why I thought maybe rubbing. It's a puzzle, and I'd love to have a look at Chris' car to try to spot what's going on. (I'd be happy to put Chris' tyres on my car, because I'd expect to be able to run them for another 10k miles!).

My best guess at the moment is the combination of largish camber, lowish pressure, and P-Zero oddness, is making a bad combination.....

[zippyonline]

Zippy, the reason I think Chris' is different is because your tyres were wedge shaped, and only on one axle. Chris' wear pattern is not consistent with simple toe, camber or compliance, and is on all four tyres.

True dat - but it's an excuse for some show and tell of worn tyres

(and it could also be a small possible contributory factor?)

[exiled--viking]

[quote="exiled--viking"]thats some bad wear I had a blow out at 80 mph thanks to TPMS I got a little warning and I have got HSRF tyres.. this was all from a bad set up once re`adjusted now its ok but I had to replace both rears.... and my underpants lol

[Vian]

Had a goodbye drive....





































Well, for a month anyway! When I go away for this amount of time I do get preposterously excited towards the end about getting back and getting into the car. Silly sod.

[Brooksyvon89]

Today, I fitted my rear centre sub between the rear seats. Strengthened and sealed the enclosure/cubby hole with rubber matting and epoxy. It's only a little 6.5 incher (cheeeeky) but it packs a punch wired in parallel with the centre front. Amplifier is on order and will get it wired up and get some pics on here next week.


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[Brooksyvon89]

Walked past mine,got in the Saab went to work - then came home,parked Saab next to RX-8 & then went inside

Nothing very exciting

For some reason this made me giggle a lot


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[jondkent]

Know someone here bet me to it, but finally got round to putting this on my windscreen


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[phoenix11]

Walked past mine,got in the Saab went to work - then came home,parked Saab next to RX-8 & then went inside

Nothing very exciting

For some reason this made me giggle a lot


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Jeez that post is from 7 years ago.

[Brooksyvon89]

Walked past mine,got in the Saab went to work - then came home,parked Saab next to RX-8 & then went inside

Nothing very exciting

For some reason this made me giggle a lot


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Jeez that post is from 7 years ago.

???
Bloody iPhone lol
Well either way it made me chuckle so thankyou


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[Dr. FrankenRex]

I did a thing last night

[Goobie]

I did a thing last night

Look awesome! More pictures much needed please.

[Goobie]

Will take some more, better pics, once the rest of the car has been cleaned!

Although I'm down at JDM Combe tomorrow, so if you're down come and have a look for yourself

[Goobie]

Will take some more, better pics, once the rest of the car has been cleaned!

Although I'm down at JDM Combe tomorrow, so if you're down come and have a look for yourself

So shinny!

Is the full beam blacked out or is it just a light tint on that section? Keen to see how the full beams perform with some tinting.

How about the indicator to? I've got Cree led in mine, so very clear and bright.

Trying to resist pulling mine apart, haha. Shame about the rears!

[Dr. FrankenRex]

Yes, very shiny Sadly mine have a couple of small stone chips, so not brand-new-flawless, but still so much better than they were.

Main beams I don't know, not driven in the dark yet. They are lightly tinted, but don't think they will perform fantastically if I'm honest. I've got a spare headlight which I've received back opened up, so I'm going to experiment swapping the projector itself out with a bi-xenon one which will do main and dipped beams.

Indicator wise it works fine, I'm running some OSRAM W21W LED jobbies and they are plenty bright enought to be seen during the day. Just need to fix the hyper flash that they've induced as haven't put any resistors or anything in place.

And yes, sad about the rears... Might see about getting an old S1 rear light and practicing with a dremel as suggested by Warpc0il... That'll be an expensive moment, though lol

[Ainmhidh]

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Might see about getting an old S1 rear light and practicing with a dremel as suggested by Warpc0il... That'll be an expensive moment, though lol

Wondering what the shell is made of - would a hot wire possibly leave a cleaner surface that'd be easier to mate back together?

[Dr. FrankenRex]

I've no idea... Worth considering though

[Rotary Potato]

I've no idea... Worth considering though

I will have spare back lights soon, if you're seriously considering it ...

[Dr. FrankenRex]

If you do then yes please

P.s. anyone want some custom rear S1 lights...?

[pstables]

After umming and ahhing for 3 years I picked up a set of 20mm and 15mm spacers off BigPete and fitted them yesterday
Had an "oh balls" moment when the studs on the spacers were too long for the OEM wheel nuts but remember I'd ordered a set of black nuts a couple of years ago but wasn't taken with them... Once I found them in my very tidy garage, all is well

Thinking about a steering wheel retrim next...

[Dr. FrankenRex]

Thinking about a steering wheel retrim next...

Do it. It's the one mod that I look at every time I drive mine and think "Best. Decision. Ever".

[pstables]

Thinking about a steering wheel retrim next...

Do it. It's the one mod that I look at every time I drive mine and think "Best. Decision. Ever".

I likely will, looking at Goobie's post here which is swinging me;
http://www.rx8ownersclub.co.uk/forum/vi ... l#p1089657

It looks really nice but I think I'd like alcantara at the 9-3 position where I tend to hold the wheel the most... comments welcomed on this.

[Brooksyvon89]

A little more noise was installed today:

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[Dr. FrankenRex]

I likely will, looking at Goobie's post which is swinging me

It looks really nice but I think I'd like alcantara at the 9-3 position where I tend to hold the wheel the most... comments welcomed on this.

I personally chose not to go for alcantara at all, but considered 9-3 positions as you say - my reasonsing for this is that I sometimes end up with sweaty palms when driving and didn't think that would go well with alcantara...

[Dazza44]

Just got back from Loughborough had all my lights vortexed

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[ChrisHolmes]

After 21000 miles I thought I would look at the plugs, well actually I thought I would change them.

Very pleased with the even colour and amount of deposits on them front rotor on the left, rear rotor on the right

Also screwed the iPhone mount to the dash top so I can run Harrys Lap Timer as well as the dashcam. Plus I tethered the dash cam to the mirror mount with a mini and a large cable tie.