u/7inful

I recently got an RX8 and sat down to fix the infamous rear light condensation problem today. I took the opportunity to make a scan of both of the gaskets, in case anyone ever wants to make their own and cannot find any templates online. The measuring tape (in centimeters) is included for scale so you can get an accurate size when printing the template.

The scans are made using an actual scanner so there won't be any distortions due to perspective like in a photo.

The length and width at the longest/widest points of the gaskets correspond to about 32.5 x 9.5 cm, so you will either need A3 paper to print these out, or you can try and squeeze them into an A4 sheet diagonally (or just print them over two sheets and tape them together).

Edit: I am stupid and forgot to mention these are from a 2003 (S1). Not sure if the gaskets are the same for the S2.

I've recently bought an S1 RX-8 and want to fit a US-style rear spoiler on it. The problem is that in Europe, the S1 never came with the wing, only the lip, so getting a hold of an appropriate wing is a massive problem. Replicas are also a no-go since I'm in Austria, where you have to get any chassis modifications approved by the authorities, but that is essentially impossible with replica fiberglass parts.
So I'm looking at the equivalent spoiler from the S2, which is much easier to get a hold of. Does anyone have any experience with fitting one of these on an S1? From all of the images I've seen, the S2 trunk looks to be essentially the same as the S1 when it comes to the spoiler, but I'm not 100% sure if that is really the case and if they're really interchangeable. I can't find any measurements for the spoilers themselves, so I can't do a direct comparison between the parts either.