http://audiogearlab.com/rx8 Thu, 29 Jan 2009 01:58:43 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en I did not make it to work today. I was unable to make it up my street. They did not plow it yesterday. As of right now, they still have not plowed it. Below are some pictures. Underneath the 5 inches of snow (it was still falling when I tried ... http://audiogearlab.com/rx8/2009/01/28/winter-tires-only-work-so-well/ I finally got around to posting pictures of my RX8 after the awesome detail from my buddy Dave Hall.  I know, I should be able to clean my own car.  But Dave takes clean to a whole another level.  What he can do to paint is damn amazing.  It looks ... http://audiogearlab.com/rx8/2009/01/09/fall-detail/ After lowering the RX8 with the Tein Coilovers, next on the list was to add some chassis reinforcing. After looking at all my options, I decided to go with GTSPEC front and rear strut tower braces. Below is a how-to on installing. It is actually a relatively ... http://audiogearlab.com/rx8/2009/01/04/installing-strut-tower-braces/ After adding the rims and sticky tires, it became obvious that the suspension was not up to the challenge.  Like always, I took alot of time to determine which lowering setup to use.  Fortunately, this worked for me.  I was able to get a set of Tein Basic coilovers for ... http://audiogearlab.com/rx8/2008/12/31/lowering-the-rx8/ Well, like it or not, winter is here.  In gearing up for winter, time has come to remove the Enkei RP-F1 and summer performance tires and the winter (snow) tires on the factory rims.  Below are comparison pictures showing the difference between the two different wheel sets. [gallery lightboxsize="full"] As you can ... http://audiogearlab.com/rx8/2008/12/29/gearing-up-for-winter/ We are midway through the summer and the RX8 mileage continues to be about the same.  The last tank covered 247 miles using about 13.9 gallons of premium gas. Driving was a mix of city and highway driving with most of the driving done on the surface streets near my home ... http://audiogearlab.com/rx8/2008/08/13/rx8-milage-update-summer-update/ Mid summer is extremely hot but a great time for a car club meet.  The weather was hot but nice.  We had even a bigger turnout than the May meet.  We started at Devou Park.  We drove along the river stopping at the ferry crossing for some picutres.  We finally ended ... http://audiogearlab.com/rx8/2008/08/07/july-2008-rx8-meet-in-cincinky/ After mounting the rims and tires it became painfully obvious that the brakes were in dire need of cosmetic improvement.  Like many RX8 owners, I have been happy with overall performance of the factory brakes.  However, the looks leave something to be desired. Both the rotors and calipers look rusted.  ... http://audiogearlab.com/rx8/2008/08/01/paint-your-brakes-please/ It has been a little while since I updated my fuel mileage thread.  I decided to do a recap of my fuel economy so far.  It seems that since the new motor, the overall mileage has slightly improved.  However, the improvement is not significant.  The last half tank was approaching ... http://audiogearlab.com/rx8/2008/07/31/rx8-milage-update-summary-so-far/ It has been a couple of weeks since my last post and much has happened.  First, let me start by announcing the resurrection of the ZWP.  It took a little longer to get my car completed. First, I had to wait a couple of days to get the new ACT Clutch ... http://audiogearlab.com/rx8/2008/07/29/zero-weight-project-part-4-resurrection/