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Old 11-16-2007 | 04:01 PM
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No trunk space? Pfft, the RX-8 has PLENTY of space!

The wheels I had with my snow tires mounted on them for my last car (Honda Civic Si) did not fit the RX-8, so I had to buy another set of wheels. Once I got them I somehow had to get all of the wheels to a shop a few miles away. No one was home to help me and the friends weren't picking up their phones so I took measures into my own hands.

What you're about to see is 8 wheels and 4 tires all in my RX-8. It was a bit of a pain to get them in there, but I used any and all sheets/towels/my own coat I could find in the garage so that the wheels wouldn't damage my seats or any other part of the interior.

Pardon the quality but they're cell phone pictures:









The Si wheels (with tires mounted) are wrapped in blankets so they wouldn't damage anything. Yes I know those are cute sheets.

After all was said and done, the back of my car was lowered a good inch and a half to 2 inches. Needless to say it looked pretty sexy and makes me want to buy some lowering springs for it!
Old 11-16-2007 | 04:20 PM
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Old 11-16-2007 | 06:29 PM
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Well done. And yes, the real challenge isn't getting all that stuff into the car—it's doing it without f*cking up the interior.
Old 11-16-2007 | 06:34 PM
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That's the most amazing thing I've seen all week.
Old 11-16-2007 | 06:35 PM
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haha well done sir
Old 11-16-2007 | 10:16 PM
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Impressive . . . Most impressive.
Old 11-17-2007 | 06:19 AM
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nice work man! one time I bought a 3-step folding ladder and thank goodness the panel in the center of the rear seat was removeable... I was able to transport this sucker home:

http://www.popularmechanics.com/home...t/1275071.html

I have to credit the people that designed the ladder, too. They made it foldable into a telescope shaped tube! Simply amazing.

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Old 11-17-2007 | 07:13 AM
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You are the master . I thought I was doing good getting 4 track wheels & tires in the back seat!!
Old 11-17-2007 | 10:10 AM
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Well done, mazda should use these pictures for a commercial for the 8!
Old 11-17-2007 | 11:41 AM
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After getting lowering springs, put all that back in to settle them good. Haha.
Old 11-17-2007 | 12:43 PM
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It's not the size of the trunk... it's the opening of it.
Old 11-17-2007 | 12:45 PM
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ha ha, you think that's easy?

Try getting them out. that's the hard part.
Old 11-17-2007 | 12:47 PM
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Fabulous work at fitting them all in. Best I've done is four mounted rims and tires. You beat me by a mile
Old 11-18-2007 | 02:14 AM
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Maybe we should get Guiness to do an offical record for most tires fit in an 8?
Old 11-18-2007 | 04:28 AM
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Well done....although I would hate to see what would happen if you had to stop in a hurry!!!
Old 11-18-2007 | 05:18 AM
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Lowering springs are good...mmmmmmkay!
Old 11-18-2007 | 06:04 AM
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Well done....although I would hate to see what would happen if you had to stop in a hurry!!!
I doubt I would have been able to make this thread. I probably would have been missing my head.
Old 11-18-2007 | 06:08 AM
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I wouldn't be able to do that because I'm to tall to sit that close to the steering wheel, I won't be able to lift my foot off the clutch all the way
Old 11-18-2007 | 07:35 AM
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Well done....although I would hate to see what would happen if you had to stop in a hurry!!!
lol that would be funny and scary too!
Man I wish the RX-8 boot was bigger, I need to fit a lot of luggage for my Schoolies trip to GC in a few days time.
Old 11-18-2007 | 07:42 AM
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What size were those wheels you put in? I tried to fit 4 OEM 18" rims, and 4 18" snow tires separately (taking them to shop to mount), and I couldn't do it! I can't even get more than one 18" tire into the trunk
Old 11-18-2007 | 01:40 PM
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Hope u didn't scratch up the interior.
Old 11-18-2007 | 01:58 PM
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Wow, you work for Ringling Bros. circus or something? How many clowns fit in there?
Old 11-18-2007 | 08:46 PM
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U were one of those high schoolers that fit like 12 people in your Taurus eh?
Old 11-18-2007 | 08:55 PM
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Old 11-18-2007 | 09:00 PM
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Originally Posted by New Yorker
Well done. And yes, the real challenge isn't getting all that stuff into the car—it's doing it without f*cking up the interior.
+1. have fun with that. lol


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