Civic and Teg people have gotten that for free for a while now. Uninstall your hood, and before you reinstall, put a few washers between the hood and the bracket.
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Civic and Teg people have gotten that for free for a while now. Uninstall your hood, and before you reinstall, put a few washers between the hood and the bracket.
Tah-dah!
yeah but I mean we don't have many options for an aftermarket hood and instead of putting a big goofy ass scoop in the middle, I think it would be cool to make one maybe in fg or cf with a cowl type look with it raised and raked back towards the windshield. Just an idea.
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I removed the weather stripping at the edge of my hood, and raised the rear of the hood up alittle using washers. You can barely tell the hood is raised, and my engine bay is no longer hotter then the sun when i open the hoodEngine bay stays pretty cool, you can feel the heat rising from the rear of the hood when parked.
The problem with that is, the A/C-vent system pulls air from that area, so when you turn on the A/C, it won't be as cool since it will be sucking really hot air.
Care to share some more info about this?
ah, the 5 dollar mud flaps! definately a ingenius idea. basically someone discovered that you can make a template out of paper then put it on a plastic trash can, cut out the pattern, drill a few holes to mount and vola instant cheap and functional mudflaps.
here is the thread for the $5 mudflaps the owner posted it up in here the other day.
http://www.mazdas247.com/forum/showthread.php?t=123723423
http://www.mazdas247.com/forum/showthread.php?t=123723423
I've been thinking about having a shop custom make me a hood with this feature...but it would need a lot of testing to insure the best "highpressure" spot. I bet it would look fantasic! (2thumbs)
I'm not crazy about the stock wheels on the MS3. I'm thinking about painting every other spoke a dark gray so it will look like I have 5 spoke wheels until I can afford some desent looking real 5 spokes. I like the see thru look. I'm wondering though if the stock wheels help cool the brakes. Like a big fan. They fit very close to the brakes.
after reading this i sorta got annoyed of the air box talk.. but i thought about something that noone else considered apparenty... as we all know dealerships are extremely gay when it comes to warranty work.. if you alter the stock airbox and something goes wrong(CEL) and mazda just so happens to notcie your holes,yea... they can definitley choose not to work on the car until you put your stock airbox back on. good luck with that..
I tried doing something like that, but it didn't work out well so I took it off.
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Lets be honest...
1) Don't hack up factory parts in case u want warranty
2) Keep them after putting on aftermarket
3) Pay to play, who has honestly made a good improvement to their vehicle for free ?
As your parents have probably told you one time or another, you get what you pay for don't expect performance gains for free... EVER.
Lets be honest...
1) Don't hack up factory parts in case u want warranty
2) Keep them after putting on aftermarket
3) Pay to play, who has honestly made a good improvement to their vehicle for free ?
As your parents have probably told you one time or another, you get what you pay for don't expect performance gains for free... EVER.
i have for friends. unlocking of the trip computer pre 09 non gt cars... its free to gut your cats and you can gain some performance out of that... granted the swiss chese mod for this car is free its not something i want to do and when this was concived the only intake available was the mazdaspeed CAI at $300 and some a pop. there is the mod to unlock the traction controll all of these are free and going along the cheep mods that this was set up for there are a ton of cheep mods that can add value to the consumer $5 mudflaps come to mind there is the sticky mats for cell phones and other things.
sorry
Sorry for the rant in advance but (stupid)
1)gutting your cat is dumb, you can sell your cat for about the same price you can pick up a race pipe used.
2)if your gutting the down pipe, your spending so much time in work that you mines well drop a little bit of money and get something worth while.
3)I'm sorry but maybe you don't understand the whole FREE thing, just like the garage door sill lip and do it yourself mud flaps, they are not FREE and in my opinion why are you gonna take something that cost you over 20 grand and put something you made... unless you are a fabricator, on your car.
STOP BEING CHEAP, i am in college with limited funds but I still vow never to just throw some s*** on my car. I learned better with my civic at 16.
If your not going to do it right (getout) some honda forums would love yea.
Sorry for the rant in advance but (stupid)
1)gutting your cat is dumb, you can sell your cat for about the same price you can pick up a race pipe used.
2)if your gutting the down pipe, your spending so much time in work that you mines well drop a little bit of money and get something worth while.
3)I'm sorry but maybe you don't understand the whole FREE thing, just like the garage door sill lip and do it yourself mud flaps, they are not FREE and in my opinion why are you gonna take something that cost you over 20 grand and put something you made... unless you are a fabricator, on your car.
STOP BEING CHEAP, i am in college with limited funds but I still vow never to just throw some s*** on my car. I learned better with my civic at 16.
If your not going to do it right (getout) some honda forums would love yea.
Got mine for 119.00 shipped.
They are well worth it if you live anywhere where it snows a lot. but in Arkansas i dont think you have to worry about it. I am going to keep them on all year long because New England road crews suck and leave debris all over the road.
