New and excited!!!

[LuckyKelleyK]

I have been lurking for a while but I am so excited that I just had to post! At the end of the month my 2009 True Red Mazdaspeed3 GT will be arriving, and I can't wait!!! I have already learned a lot from everyone, and I'm sure that I will learn much more when I finally have my car. So, thank you in advance!(cabpatch)

 

[stockms3]

good choice on the color!

As everyone knows red is the FASTEST!

 

[DaleNixon]

Remove the side moldings the day you get it!

 

[mazdaspeedster3]

And for true HP gains paint your rims black.

 

[LuckyKelleyK]

I don't know about the rims, but my brake calipers are definitely getting powdercoated!

 

[mazdaspeedster3]

Wow, that is quite the process to have done. You have to dis assemble the whole caliper for that you know... Not good for the seals. Powder coating comes before assembling the caliper... While you have them dis assembled though change out your pads.

 

[LuckyKelleyK]

Well honestly my dad is the king of powdercoating everything, and he has done it on other cars, so I was going to see what he said about it! I hadn't looked into it that much, but I also wanted to make sure it didn't void my warranty first.

 

[mazdaspeedster3]

Where are you at? I have some powder coating that I need done and surprisingly here in Detroit it isnt cheap. Just the sand blasting on our rims is over $30 a wheel. I have found chemical removal of our clear coat on the rims is about $12 a wheel but takes up to two weeks... Maybe I can ship my stuff to him/you and you can make some money off of me...

 

[LuckyKelleyK]

Where are you at? I have some powder coating that I need done and surprisingly here in Detroit it isnt cheap. Just the sand blasting on our rims is over $30 a wheel. I have found chemical removal of our clear coat on the rims is about $12 a wheel but takes up to two weeks... Maybe I can ship my stuff to him/you and you can make some money off of me...

I'm in California, my parents live in Sacramento. I will ask him if he's interested, he is always looking for something to powdercoat! He has already done the brake calipers on my old miata, the exhaust manifold of my civic (which I didn't even ask him to do) and every single part of his boats huge engine. My mom always says if she fit in his oven that he used, he would powdercoat her! ha.

 

[Savate]

"Red wunz go fasta!"
-Cult of speed

 

[BlackCherry06]

Damn.wish you were here. I'd like my wheels re-done.

 

[Antoniogut]

hey! welcome fellow sacramentian...or you live somewhere else?

well..im just gonna pm you instead

 

[LuckyKelleyK]

Just did the paperwork and reserved it "officially". It left Japan on 9/2, and I won't get it until around 10/2. (sad2)

 

[Byrnie]

And for true HP gains paint your rims black.

LOL

Random: I saw this and died laughing

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bPWZ7ASnhiE&eurl=http://failblog.org/page/2/

Enjoy

 

[LuckyKelleyK]

My car is finally here! I am picking it up today! (drive)(alright)

 

[DaleNixon]

Be careful with that clutch!

 

[ZooMIN3]

Alright!! Post the pics when you get a chance!! And gratz on your new ride!

 

[LuckyKelleyK]

Alright!! Post the pics when you get a chance!! And gratz on your new ride!

Thanks! I'll post pics after I get my windows tinted on Wednesday.

 

[LuckyKelleyK]

Here are some preliminary cell phone pics

 

[DaleNixon]

Nice color! (mj)