Post The Best Pictures of Your Mazda
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shaundizzle
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- 1993 Mazda MX6 LS
Here's some old pics from 2006 - bone stock:
With the stockers/studded tires on:
My buddy's clean Xtreme:
Some other randoms:
With the stockers/studded tires on:
My buddy's clean Xtreme:
Some other randoms:
fishdonotbounce
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- 08.5 CWP Speed3
The 01+ proteges weren't much to look at either.
Yes, if the would of came stock like that, but since they didn't, fail.
man. i wish my RH's looked that good =( previous owner neutered them a bit and i did a little bit too =(.
wonder how much it costs to get them refinished... or is there a how to
? id walk to work for a week to mint my wheels.
wonder how much it costs to get them refinished... or is there a how to
? id walk to work for a week to mint my wheels.hmmm. can you powder coat over the OE paint or would it all have to be removed? or would it be better to just paint them with basecoat/clearcoat system? thinking i could refinish these np. just grind, fill sand, prep, paint, done.
justanothermp5
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powder coat them!
just have them sandblasted first and they'll turn out great
just have them sandblasted first and they'll turn out great
so get them sandblasted, then fix the curbing, then get them coated? i want the same finish as oem, which is kind of metal flake. is that offered with powdercoating? also, is it safe to have alluminum wheels sandblasted? wont that pit the surface mad? then what do you fill it with to get them mirror like again before powder?
shaundizzle
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- 1993 Mazda MX6 LS
DAMN YOU GUYS! I post a bunch of pics of my MX6 and all you Protoge guys can do is talk about rims... wtf. Sell me some of those RH rims, they would look dank on my car.
And while we're on the subject of those Racing Hart's... i'd say (from personal experience) sandblast those rims, and paint them flat-black... they would look HELLA clean that way.
And while we're on the subject of those Racing Hart's... i'd say (from personal experience) sandblast those rims, and paint them flat-black... they would look HELLA clean that way.
trying to stay away from the whole bee car thing if i can. seen some really nice split spoke rims in satin black i liked, machined lip... but i dont have $1000 for rims with a baby on the way
and sorry to make your mx6 feel unloved lol. really tempted to pick one up actually. or an mx3. something that i can learn to weld and work on cars with and not worry about breaking cause its not my daily heh. then of course break it at the track
I really just love my girlies mx3 v6 so much.. its auto but it still has balls for sure. i **** so many ricers in that thing, pink vegas fuzzy dice and leopard print steering wheel pad, and all
and sorry to make your mx6 feel unloved lol. really tempted to pick one up actually. or an mx3. something that i can learn to weld and work on cars with and not worry about breaking cause its not my daily heh. then of course break it at the track
I really just love my girlies mx3 v6 so much.. its auto but it still has balls for sure. i **** so many ricers in that thing, pink vegas fuzzy dice and leopard print steering wheel pad, and all
Laser Blue
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- '03.5 Mazdaspeed Protege / Laser Blue Mica
The 03.5 "hypersilver" color is a 3-stage process; black, then silver, then clear. Its the most expensive color to restore. I was quoted $250 per wheel and even then I'd have to wait until he had several jobs lined up at once, since he had to buy the special paint in quantity at nearly 1,000 bucks at a pop. You can get close to the color if you sandblast and powder-coat with a gunmetal color, but it won't look quite the same... not as deep or rich as the original.
do you know the color code by hand? if not can probably make something similar for a midcoat at most body shop supply stores. though metal flake sucks so much more than pearl to lay out. pearl is supposed to land uneven and stuff where flake is really easy to feck up.. might have to try a few samples and mixtures to get it right, but might be worth it to mint these rare wheels =).
Saskatchewan17
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- 2008 TR Mazdaspeed 3
You can fix curb rash yourself... there's a how to somewhere. Then get them PC'ed... it will save you tons of cash that way.
Wagonbacker9
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- 2004 'Hoe
I think I found the set I'm gonna polish out... course, i've been wrong before.
found a video on youtube about brazing to repair wheels the "right way" makes sense. melt this metal substance into the rash, build it up, grind it smooth, paint.
grinding it down to smooth wouldnt be that easy me thinks though. to line it up right anyway.
grinding it down to smooth wouldnt be that easy me thinks though. to line it up right anyway.
