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Offline Chad D.

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My 2004 RX8 GS
« on: May 17, 2011, 05:44:59 PM »
Well, the longer I have this car the more it morphs.
I love my Velocity Red Grand Sport RX8.
I drive it daily and year round.
I gave my father my rew powered ranger and bought this in November for my B-Day.

Got new housings, NRG ceramic apex seals, streetported, MazdaManiac tuned 13b-msp.
Agencypower catback + dual rez midpipe.

Got a one off CF trunk

relocated the plate

Got some rims and bolts

Got another dynotune day.
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Blacked out the taillights * hints of rx7 ;)

Blacked out corners and did a LED swap on my corners f&b, reverse, interior, side mirror puddle,  running and fog lights

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Re: My 2004 RX8 GS
« Reply #1 on: May 17, 2011, 06:01:47 PM »
Added JIC magic strut bar. Sub and Amp.
Tiny Odessey battery in the front.

Tiny Kinetik battery in the back.

New plugs and a BHR coil kit, nice idle again. (thanks Chip!)
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My 8 haz cheezeburger

I cut out the plastic grill and lined the edge with nidoc, cf'd the crash bar and mounted my front plate on it (yes I get jealous), put some racing beat oil cooler guards, added an Autoexe CF front lip and some nifty cf brackets.


New slotted rotors and Carbotech Bobcat pads.
Got some SuperAdvan V.2's

Nitto Invos, fitment is good.

Needs to be much lower, hopefully I get a chance to put on the JIC Magic FLT coilovers on soon.


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Re: My 2004 RX8 GS
« Reply #2 on: May 17, 2011, 06:07:18 PM »
Got these and brand new pads for 120 bucks.

Rebuilding them and plan on getting some autoexe rx7 rotors to match, these will be for the Austin.
Tha'll be another build thread.

Summer is just starting and I have a whole laundry list of mods to put on!
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Re: My 2004 RX8 GS
« Reply #3 on: June 05, 2011, 11:19:53 AM »
Got myself some OEM mud guards.


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Offline Chad D.

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Re: My 2004 RX8 GS
« Reply #4 on: June 05, 2011, 11:40:04 AM »
This has turned into my favorite premix. The amsoil is #2. Idemitsu #3.
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Re: My 2004 RX8 GS
« Reply #5 on: June 06, 2011, 07:10:10 AM »
Why is that your favourite?  Why did you rebuild the engine, btw?
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Re: My 2004 RX8 GS
« Reply #6 on: June 07, 2011, 06:46:48 PM »
It is my favorite because I have used it in my past rotaries and I have seen the effects during rebuild and it doesn't smell as bad as the others.  My car idles great with it and my fuel pump sock looked fresh when I inspected it a month ago.
I rebuilt my engine because I wanted to port it.  I also got some ceramic seals put in. Mostly for reliability reasons. Warranties don't last long when I buy cars, which is why I stopped buying new.

Sohn install at CHIPS in 2 weeks!
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Re: My 2004 RX8 GS
« Reply #7 on: June 08, 2011, 03:55:09 PM »
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Why did you rebuild the engine, btw?

Uh, because it's there, Chad has to mod it.  ;D

I'm looking forward to the day he runs out of body parts to convert to CF, and he builds up a pair of carbon fiber rotors.  :o

Cool work though!
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Re: My 2004 RX8 GS
« Reply #8 on: June 09, 2011, 07:30:04 PM »
I installed a third brake light today.
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Re: My 2004 RX8 GS
« Reply #9 on: July 03, 2011, 03:05:43 PM »




thanks chip.
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Re: My 2004 RX8 GS
« Reply #10 on: July 04, 2011, 07:05:47 PM »
Looks nice, matches the clock well too!
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Re: My 2004 RX8 GS
« Reply #11 on: August 02, 2011, 04:53:20 PM »
JIC Magic coilovers installed.

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Re: My 2004 RX8 GS
« Reply #12 on: August 07, 2011, 07:07:18 PM »
Your ride is looking real sick now.  Love the lowered look.
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An RX-7 is like having a slut as a gf! She will love you, but she will also screw around with the guy at the parts store, most of the local cops, your insurance agent, your apex seals, your bank account and your credit card!!!

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Re: My 2004 RX8 GS
« Reply #13 on: August 09, 2011, 01:19:52 PM »
cf center console


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Re: My 2004 RX8 GS
« Reply #14 on: August 09, 2011, 07:57:50 PM »
Is your car going to stay red or carbon fiber? 

Charity wants to know when you are adding the eyes and mouth to your car to make it look like Lightning McQueen!!!!

The center console looks great!
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"Long Live Rotary"

An RX-7 is like having a slut as a gf! She will love you, but she will also screw around with the guy at the parts store, most of the local cops, your insurance agent, your apex seals, your bank account and your credit card!!!
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