What have you done to your MS3 today?
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18x8.5" +48...5mm spacers on front. I was rubbin' on way back from the tire shop, so I took the rear spacers off. I hammered the tabs where the bumper bolts to the fender, so that might have fixed the problem, but I didn't try it with the spacers after. I HATE hearing the rubbing noise.
yea i know, i ended up taking a dremmel to that area and grinding it all down, now i rub the black plastic within the fenderwell, but i need to fully compress the suspension and hit the bumpstops for that to happen
SFCSpectre
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- Mazdaspeed 3
Over the weekend wrapped the center console (cupholder area and around the stick shifter) in 3M Carbonfiber vinyl. Also did the door sills where the aluminum Mazdaspeed logo is. Will slowly work my way up over the ashtray toward the radio.
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- 2002 Honda S2000
MM BOOST, s*** is looking good! can't wait to see more photos...
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- 2010 Mazda5 GT
Thanks man, I freakin' love the look. The picture I posted is from a cell phone and it makes the color look flat/dull. In person or in the sun, the color looks like its wet and has extreme metallic. I love it. I can't wait to get better pictures posted up. The stance is superb.
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- 2001 Mazda MP3
Alright just a preview picture for now. I installed:
-235/40/18 falken rt-615's on 18x8.5" rota svn's powdercoated a mixture between volk's magnesium blue and blue ice explosion
-muteki neo-chrome lugs
-g2 black calipers with white stoptech decals
-partplaza carbon fiber hood lifts
-jbarone shift weight with engine dress up kit
-redline goods shift, e-brake and arm rest boots to match factory interior
-progress rear sway bar on stiffest setting
-awr endlinks
-fixed glove box rattle
-switched to motocraft tranny fluid
I still have to install my semi-gloss black nextmod spoiler lip and mirror covers, and remove the rear wiper and replace with black honda plug that should be here today. I have a few other odds and ends to tie up this week before I get some really good pictures.
Here is the only picture for now (this picture was before anything else but the wheels were installed. I left from the transmission fluid change to head to my friend's garage to install all the parts listed above. I had to remove the wheels again when I got there):
My knuckles are skinned up and I have a sore neck, but I am beyond happy with how the car came out. The handling on the car now is phenomenal. Handles like it is on rails. And the transmission is so much more smooth with the new fluid and counter-weight. Car feels so much more solid now. These came out with a little more blue in the color than Volk's magnesium blue, but I believe it was the right decision, 'cause the color would have looked more purple on mine. Everyone that has seen them has had nothing but positive things to say and they have turned some heads for sure. I am thoroughly pleased and I will be getting some stuff under the hood powdercoated from him hopefully this summer.
man those looks good, need to get some pics from the guy who took the first ones on your build thread.
08SPEED3Veteran
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little teaser of whats to come...
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sadly there was a shipping error and i only received one half so far lol so itll be a while till the install.
sadly there was a shipping error and i only received one half so far lol so itll be a while till the install.
i say put them on one side, then warm them up and do a side by side comparison
08SPEED3Veteran
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i say put them on one side, then warm them up and do a side by side comparison
sounds like a plan to me(nana)
I wish I had more exciting stuff to post... but a replacing the wiper blades for a nice clear view was the extent of my modding this past weekend. That and replacing some defective yellow foglight bulbs that lasted only a month ($26 down the drain).
Taking the car for a good mountain road flogging was the high point of the weekend though.
Taking the car for a good mountain road flogging was the high point of the weekend though.
how much do they weigh?
tire dressing...only then can I say how it looks
SFCSpectre
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My friend just did this to his Subaru. It turned out really nice. Post pics!
Will take some this weekend while I'm at the carshow in Austin, TX. That way the car will be spotless clean.
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im not sure...i know that one rear rotor+1 front rotor+4 front pads weighs 30lbs even. i will have to bust out the scale and check.
