ALTSPACE RX-8: March 2012

Summer mode once again for the RX-8. ENKEI wheels and Continental ExtemeContact DW Tires!

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Greetings

The love and passion for an automobile can be dated back for many decades. Why is it that such an object can create feelings of joy, excitement, and simply put a smile on your face every time you get behind the wheel? If I may, I'd like to share my own feelings and the never ending process of what is called, "modifying". Where one takes their automobile and like a blank canvas, transforms it to what one feels as making it their own. I hope you enjoy reading as much I have enjoyed my experience with my 2004 Mazda RX-8. Ciao!

Current modifications

Performance:
- Work Emotion XT-7 bronze - 18x8.5 +46
- Yokohama S.Drive - 245/40/18
- RAYS red anodized lugs
- Mazdatrix 5mm rear spacers
- Racing Brake slotted/drilled rotors
- Hawk HPS brake pads

- Excedy Stage 1 clutch

- ACT Prolite flywheel & counterweight
- Mazdaspeed Struts
- Tein S-Tech Springs
- Beatrush front strut bar
- Beatrush rear strut bar
- Racing Beat catback exhaust
- Racing Beat end links

- Agency Power front sway bar (max stiff setting)

- Agency Power rear sway bar
- Magnecor spark plug wires

- Royal Purple Max-Gear 75w90 fluids

Appearance:
- Mazdaspeed front bumper

- OEM appearance package sides and rear
- HRP engine heat reflective gold film

- 35% Window tint
- Front & Rear polished rotary accents
- 2-tone red/black painted calipers

- Carbon Fiber B-Pillars
- Polished throttle body
- Paint matched rear license plate frame
- Paint matched washer+brake fluid caps
- GReddy custom gold powdercoated air diverter
- Custom painted black side strakes
- Removed engine bay sound/heat lining

- D2S 6000K HID bulbs
- V-LED super white front parking lights

- MTEC ION yellow fog lights (stock front)
- Rockblocker yellow fog overlays (stock front)

Stereo/Interior:
- Custom fiberglass pod for Droid X
- Fiberglass subwoofer box to form fit
- 10" Alpine SWS-1043D
- Alpine MRP-M500 amplifier
- Custom MDF painted black trunk panel with RX-8 emblem

- Infinity Kappa door tweeters
- Voodoo black polished shift knob

- Black leather w/red stitch shift boot
- Cobra Radar Detector hard wired
- eDead sound deadening in doors and trunk
- Red LED interior lights
- Blue LED trunk lights

Sunday, March 25, 2012

Continental ExtemeContact DW Tires

Thursday, March 1, 2012

Mazda RX-8 digital experimentation

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