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Old 01-11-2016, 07:39 PM
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Hey all, just picked up an 07 rx8 with less than 30k miles at the end of nov :D

dont have many pics and the few i have are kinda bad. id take a few better ones but being in MICHIGAN I took the car up to my parents 3 hours away where i can store it for the winter for free.
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Nice! What color? Auto or man?

Read the new and potential owners thread to learn all you can about the rx8
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Sucks to be you and have to store it for 4 or 5 months after just buying it, another reason to love Florida because the cooler weather just makes them run that much better and more fun to drive .
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yeah, storing it sucks but id rather not risk an accident in the winter. its black and is a 6 speed manual, which is quite fun. I kinda wish it had a spoiler on it, so i might look to add on a "stock" or one of a similar size at some point.

I read pretty much all of the new owner thread before i bought the car, had been looking for a good deal on one for awhile. when I saw this one with
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Good for you to get a 6 speed manual. Congrats and welcome by the way.
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Welcome....

Bummer on the storage part. But, understood.

Check out the threads in my signature block for some light winter reading..
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slipz, i have an oem bb spoiler f/s if you want one. congrats on the new car
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Welcome to the club. Take good care of her and enjoy!
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Welcome to the forum! Great to have another RX8 owner here. This forum really is a ton of help. With a little bit of research you can find an answer to all your questions. Have fun surfing around!
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Welcome! Can't wait to see pics of the new 8! What trim level is it?

I live in Northern Ohio and I store all of my cars for the winter as well. Don't want to get salt on them and don't want anyone hitting me and ruining my cars.
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sorry for the late responses, been working alot lately







those are the 2 pics I have from before I left it in storage, its a touring trim level
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going to go get the 8 out of storage this weekend, already cant wait :D
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so, been awhile since i checked in. so far I've only done a few things to her but here we go...

replaced all interior lights with red super bright leds
installed a sohn kit
installed some after market fender vents that I may end up taking off due to fitment issues, but for now they are just going to stay there because damnit i painted that ****.

I also have a sakebombgarage ignition kit on order, I know some people say its a waste on an NA car, but thats fine it seems like a really well built kit that will last me a long time and Im alright knowing that I wont use it to its full potential and that its way overkill.




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Very nice man, where'd you get the LED's?
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https://www.superbrightleds.com/
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the phone camera hates the red leds in the dark... not sure why but it just wont get a good pic, might have to mess around with the camera modes or something not sure really... but it kinda gives an idea, and yeah i know there is lot of crap on my back seat




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slipz, i have an oem bb spoiler f/s if you want one. congrats on the new car

wow, somehow i never actually noticed this... sorry I didnt reply man, I actually saw it in the trader thread and thought about buying it off ya but decided I could wait awhile on it, Ive been spending way too much money on this car already lol.
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wow, somehow i never actually noticed this... sorry I didnt reply man, I actually saw it in the trader thread and thought about buying it off ya but decided I could wait awhile on it, Ive been spending way too much money on this car already lol.
You can never spend to much money on a car. Especially an 8. They love deep pockets lol.
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Originally Posted by slipz1622
wow, somehow i never actually noticed this... sorry I didnt reply man, I actually saw it in the trader thread and thought about buying it off ya but decided I could wait awhile on it, Ive been spending way too much money on this car already lol.
its cool. if you decide you want it just lmk
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Originally Posted by Red line envy
You can never spend to much money on a car. Especially an 8. They love deep pockets lol.
oh, if my pockets were deeper it wouldnt be a problem, thats where the "way too much" comes in :P
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Originally Posted by slipz1622
oh, if my pockets were deeper it wouldnt be a problem, thats where the "way too much" comes in :P
True true.
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