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[mazda3zoom]

Just got in from taking off my side moldings and waxing my 3 for the first time this year.tell me what u think.
In the first pic notice my lisence plate.lol

 

[bluntman]

I like the dark rims on the Winning Blue combination. Good job!

 

[mazda3zoom]

I like the dark rims on the Winning Blue combination. Good job!

Thanks

 

[Glowspeedp5]

Does slotted rotors come on your 3. I just notice that in your pic.

 

[mazda3zoom]

Naw those are aftermarket and as u can see in one of the other pics i havnt had time to puut in the new front brakes yet.

 

[dread]

looks awesome. What do you mean by taking off the side moldings?
How much to get the rims painted?

 

[dread]

Never mind about the side mouldings. I definitely have to do that. How long did it take?

 

[mazda3zoom]

The side moldings are those strips that run down the side of the car. ill post a b4 and after pic. The rims i did myself, i sandblasted them first then used some self etching primer (dont know what it does but a bodyman told me to use it) then bought the paint and some clear and went to town.

 

[mazda3zoom]

by the way its dupli-color "performance" wheel paint.

 

[dominoy2k1]

selfetch restores the corrosion protection on the substrate. i dunno if the wheels look good with the 3. it just doesnt look right to me.

 

[mazda3zoom]

i think it will look better once i get my lowering springs. (i hope at least)

 

[dread]

any techniques to remove the side mouldings? and how long did it take? Now that i have seen your car without them I have to take mine off.

 

[djltoronto]

looks great...

I notice you have mud flaps too? Where did you get those?

 

[mazda3zoom]

The side moldings took about 20 minutes to get off. I slipped some fishing line behind it to get it started then i just pulled it the rest the way off. there was only a little bit of sticky stuff left on there and that just came off with my finger nail.

The mudflaps are just some universal ones that i got at autozone last year. They were like 2 or 3 bucks and they serve their purpose (keep the side skirts from gettin all chipped up even more). I had to cut em to size a little bit but other then that they just screwed into the inside of the wheel well.

 

[MidnightSpeeder]

I love the work you did on the wheels! Those would look wicked on the Lava Orange!

 

[FreeStyLinDrive]

sweet lookin car... your license plate reminds me of mine. I have the letters, "M a z d a" as my personalized plate.

 

[CHICO2003]

looks awesome. lose the antenna and you'll be golden.

 

[mazda3zoom]

looks awesome. lose the antenna and you'll be golden.

Yea ive been wanting a stubby antenna for a while but the radio recption alread blows as it is so i dont want it to be worse.

 

[splitvizion]

I don't think that titanium look goes well with the blue. Just my opinion though...

 

[MazdaAxela]

Look not to bad. Good work.