Mazdaspeed RX8 ver2

iTrader: (7)

Aren't the side skirts just the normal OEM side skirts?

yannis-supras

Yes, they are the original Mazda sideskirts which were a Mazdaspeed option.

Redbul

iTrader: (26)

Is that a euro-spec FD VIN number?

Perhaps one of the early cars imported to Greece?

Is this part of a full part-out, or just items you have replaced?

I think Kouki refers to "later period", such as Version 5 & 6 cars.

1994 would be called "zenki" prior period (Version 1~3).Chuki (middle period) refers to Version 4 cars.

yannis-supras

It is one of the 400 and something that we're imported in Greece indeed. But not parted out, just letting some parts go that are not needed and may find a new home/use hopefully.
"Part out" was automatically set when I picked the multiple items option.
Apologies about my...japanese 😁😁, I always mix up zenki and kouki. I stand corrected!

Here she is at her current state, not moved for the last 13 years, still 32K on the clock but we're working to get her back in action eventually :

Redbul

iTrader: (26)

My friend in Portugal may contact you.

Cool to see a rare Greece import still preserved.


1999 Kouki.

yannis-supras

No wonder you know your... "koikis" from your "zenkis" 😁, you got one! Very nice car!!!! 👌🏻

Sounds good, shipping to Portugal is not gonna be as bad if he actually ends up getting something 👍🏻

yannis-supras

In regards with shipping the larger items, bumpers etc. after the realisation that the charge will be calculated volumetrically and not by weight, which would result in ridiculous costs of $700 and upwards, I did some searching and the only reasonable option that I found is 25 day sea freight service, which costs $150 per cubic meter, and basically per large item, although if someone was to buy both bumpers I think they'd both fit in that space.
The only downside is that delivery is at the agency’s base in Astoria, NY, and further arrangements for delivery elsewhere would be required.

Redbul

iTrader: (26)

I say save the bumpers, in case you want to go back to the original.

Even within North America shipping bumpers is very expensive.

The best modification for your car is to keep it as completely stock as possible.

It is a very early car from a unique production run.

Redbul

iTrader: (26)

The OEM sideskirts should fit in a box which is within the international postal limits. You might want to check the seamail rates for that.

The bumper and fenders likely exceed mail size limits. So you are stuck with couriers who charge a lot.

Redbul

iTrader: (26)

Back bumper is the rare and unique "euro-style" with the space for a wide plate and unique back up lights..

yannis-supras

I have pondered about that a lot but the car is beyond going back to stock form. I have fitted the Burnout kit and I have done it the right way, i.e.: metal rear arches welded on the rear quarters instead of the fibreglass addons, so there is no going back. And I'm happy with that to be honest because the changes are shuttle and I love the result.
All those parts, as well as the car itself, have been sitting since 2010, so believe me this is not a rush decision. I believe it's a shame for those parts, in the great condition that they are, to just stay in storage when I know full well that I won't be using them, when somebody else might need them and could make much better use of them.


👆🏻 This is one of my most favorite angles of the car!

Redbul

iTrader: (26)

Ironically, a kid here spun-out his car with the burn-out kit, but insurance would only cover taking the car back to stock

I had to give up my spare SSM bumper and fenders to help him out.


We had to keep repairs under C$25,000 or it was a write off. In any event it took a year to pull together all the parts.

yannis-supras

Yeap, sideskirts are not an issue, EMS 8-10 day service, $160 👌🏻

For the larger items like I said above, that sea freight option for $150 I think is very economical. The "NY delivery only" is a bit of a bummer, but I guess if someone really needs the parts at least they'd be more than half way there this way.
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yannis-supras

I have had a mould made out of it and had it replicated on the burnout bumper 😉👍🏻

How are the backup lights unique? I thought they were all the same, small reverse lights within the reflectors, no?

yannis-supras

The insurance in Greece is the least of my concerns as it's only a certainty that they will not reimburse me regardless of stock or non-stock body...

Good to hear that you managed to save it after all 👍🏻!!!

Redbul

iTrader: (26)

Now that you mention it, I guess I was referring to the "rear fogs" on either side of the license plate recess, not the back up lights.

I'd be curious to see what the Greek Spec interior looks like. LHD or RHD?. Unique cluster?

yannis-supras

LHD and I don't think there's major differences, if any, from the US cars as far as I am aware.
These are very old pictures, low resolution, either the very day I got the car or the day after:

Redbul

iTrader: (26)

Oh wow! That is a terrific interior. Very rare to be in such good condition. The clean 280 kph speedo is very unique. Maybe similar to the French spec. That also explains the black rear mudflaps, which, I believe, were stock on the euro-spec cars (oddly).

Also, I believe, the euro-spec cars had superior sound systems.

yannis-supras

Yes, the car was indeed in fantastic shape!
I have the Knight Sports 305 speedometer that I intend to replace the stock with but in all honesty I never quite liked its fonts compared to the stock one's.
I think the mudflaps were stock, yes, but the sideskirts were an extra option.
The sound system in my car was not the Bose one, and quite average to be honest.

Redbul

iTrader: (26)

What i have seen from the European sales brochures, they stuck the black mudflaps on every car regardless of colour of the rest of the car.

Made the side profile of the cars look somewhat different.

I have been puzzled by that styling choice.

The 7000 redline on an manual is curious.

I wonder if it had something to do with fuel quaility?

yannis-supras

The import of a car of such high price tag back in the early '90s in Greece is a very curious case and how it was spec'd back then would only add to the odd circumstances.
And by saying that I mean that a car that was on sale for +$50.000 back then in Greece is crazy. And that's +$50.000' 90s money, not counting today's inflation etc.
But it was clearly circumstantial as the tax system back then favored anything under 1.4L displacement and harshly penalised any vehicle over that displacement. Owning a 2.0L back then was unheard of. If you could afford anything over 1.8L you were definitely upper middle class.
So the fact that the car was imported back then and how it was configured (black mudflaps standard, odd rev counter etc) was a mixed bag and only permitted due to the 1.3L official displacement.
Regardless, what matters is that we were actually blessed and can only be greatful to have had that masterpiece of an automobile officially imported when owing a mere BMW 318 e30 was a big deal then 😁. Even in such low numbers, >420 maybe, I think we were still close to 1/3 of all European imports so in that regard we received a huge piece of the EU import "pie" considering how small of a country Greece is!

Redbul

iTrader: (26)

Unless it has been updated Wikipedia says 1152 FD went to Europe, including 446 to Germany, 210 to the UK and 168 to Greece. These figures would not have included subsequent "grey market" imports (which were probably not that many).

Does your car have bins or backseats?

yannis-supras

Oh wow, I don't know... I'm pretty sure I have read somewhere that our official imported number was around 420 units or less and obviously there are no grey imports in that number and that it was under 1200 imported in Europe in total.
I mean Wikipedia numbers would've made my car even more special and unique, 168 is super super low, but to be honest I think it must be closer to +400 as I remember the fact that the source I got it from was a reliable one but can not recall it right now.
Nontheless, 168 or 417, they're both super low numbers that make the car very rare over here.
And even at 168, that would be almost 15% of all European imports, to a 10milion people country...!!!! I think that's one of the very very few things that we Greeks did good 😁😁

It's got bins, thankfully!