The thermostat housing is deff different but is the thermostat itself the same?

 

Yeah it's the same...but hot tip is to get the ralliart thermostat

 

Ok cool. Yea thats what i want but no one has them in stock right now so im putting in my brothers thermostat since his car is down and using that for the mean time until i get one.

 

I would strongly recommend you check with mitzy. I almost got a 8 ralliart thermostat for my VII. You can get overheating problems switching thermostats and waper pumps from different series of cars. 8 and 9 might be the same. Just friendly advice. That information came from Ralliart.

 

Yea it turned out they are both different. Next time if you dont know something for sure dont give them advice.

 

Sorry my bad. I have the RA thermostat on my IX - looked the same as the one on my bud's VIII