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Old Aug 10, 2018 | 02:34 PM
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Selfishly going to use my 1000 post to bump up this ol thread. I'v owned the car for about 4.5 years now

Tags are expired and haven’t really driven it much the past 8 months but plan on renewing tags for it next week.



The house is looking like a car lot.
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Picked up this Rx8
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Working on the REPU
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Also working on building an engine for the silver FD.
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Old Aug 13, 2018 | 07:42 PM
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That is a yard full of awesome and I thought I had issues.
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Old Aug 22, 2018 | 06:58 PM
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Wow that’s a lot of cars. Are these fix up and flips or are you keeping all these?
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Old Aug 22, 2018 | 09:32 PM
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What's the plans for the silver FD?
How's the condition of it?
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Old Aug 27, 2018 | 03:03 PM
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Originally Posted by ZoomZoom
Wow that’s a lot of cars. Are these fix up and flips or are you keeping all these?
The red truck and blk 8 is a buddies.

The silver FD is a customers.

MB FD is wife's wreck FD, Will prob give it to my father in law and buy the wife another one.

Will probably keep and drive the yellow Rx8 for a little. In the process of building an engine for it now.

Originally Posted by estevan62274
What's the plans for the silver FD?
How's the condition of it?
Silver FD had low compression due to broken corner seals. Engine has been rebuilt and waiting on a clutch.

In other news drove the blk fd for 3 days strait. Still brings lots of enjoyment. I have Ohlins on it and the are a little more comfy than my koni yellow / ground control setup. Wished I had some stock wheels and tires to see how much more comfortable the car would ride with them on.

Thinking about remove my triple gauge pod from the center speaker and oil temp gauge on the steering column. While driving at night the gauges reflect off the windshield which is a little annoying.

Speaking of driving at night, I can barely see with oem headlight and aftermarket bulbs. I had Sakebomb upgraded headlights but they bounced around a lot and didn't like how they reflected off the street signs. It was probably user error install.
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Old Aug 27, 2018 | 03:22 PM
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Originally Posted by Johnny Kommavongsa
Speaking of driving at night, I can barely see with oem headlight and aftermarket bulbs. I had Sakebomb upgraded headlights but they bounced around a lot and didn't like how they reflected off the street signs. It was probably user error install.
Last year I installed LED H4 bulbs in the OEM housings on one of my FDs. The brand was "Hikari" from Amazon. The LED focal point is the same as the normal bulbs and come with low and high beams. The install was relatively easy and the ballasts hooked up to the OEM headlight bulb harness. The OEM housings did have to be aimed down a little, but the light output is a 200% improvement and does not blind on coming drivers. Well worth the $70 upgrade. Give them a try

Jehan
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Old Aug 30, 2018 | 07:31 PM
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Originally Posted by Johnny Kommavongsa
The red truck and blk 8 is a buddies.

The silver FD is a customers.

MB FD is wife's wreck FD, Will prob give it to my father in law and buy the wife another one.

Will probably keep and drive the yellow Rx8 for a little. In the process of building an engine for it now.



Silver FD had low compression due to broken corner seals. Engine has been rebuilt and waiting on a clutch.

In other news drove the blk fd for 3 days strait. Still brings lots of enjoyment. I have Ohlins on it and the are a little more comfy than my koni yellow / ground control setup. Wished I had some stock wheels and tires to see how much more comfortable the car would ride with them on.

Thinking about remove my triple gauge pod from the center speaker and oil temp gauge on the steering column. While driving at night the gauges reflect off the windshield which is a little annoying.

Speaking of driving at night, I can barely see with oem headlight and aftermarket bulbs. I had Sakebomb upgraded headlights but they bounced around a lot and didn't like how they reflected off the street signs. It was probably user error install.
Ok, I thought they were all your project cars. You'll have to forgive me for the misdiagnosis, maybe your not as far gone as I thought. Still is an impressive collection regardless.
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