Got my front and rear lips ordered

[Kojack]

ordered my 2 lips from bayson R. got the JDM 1 style front and DS rear style.

gonna look sweet i think

can't wait to get them

 

[Menzo23]

That's exactly what I did too (thumb). They are both installed and indeed it looks sweet. I will post pics tomorrow.

 

[Kojack]

please do,

i want to show the wife what her car will look like

 

[Menzo23]

Well... I took 5 minutes to take some pics... here they are...

 

[dima_rus]

The front looks good, the rear in my opinion does not look good with that lip, at least not on white color.

 

[Kojack]

I think it looks awsome! great job. i would have left the fog light surrounds black for a bit of definiton of the bumper but its awsome.

Dima your just jealous you dont have one ha ha....just kiddin bud! thats the best part about tooling around with your cars...everyone is different.

everyone knows black is best anyways..ha ha.

there are 5s driving around all over the place here now. amazing cars they are!

 

[dima_rus]

I think it looks awsome! great job. i would have left the fog light surrounds black for a bit of definiton of the bumper but its awsome.

Dima your just jealous you dont have one ha ha....just kiddin bud! thats the best part about tooling around with your cars...everyone is different.

everyone knows black is best anyways..ha ha.

there are 5s driving around all over the place here now. amazing cars they are!

LOL, no jealousy here, but you are right, to each his own. Great job everybody. I'd still like to see that rear lip on your car.

 

[mazdaspeedster3]

Looks real good... I am getting all the "stuff" to do the home depot lip today. You need to pull those door moldings though for sure, that would smooth it out completely.

What did you do to black out your tail lights? I am tempted to take mine apart and paint everything but the chrome around the light tubes but am afraid of leaking once the seal is broken.

 

[jasma1]

Menzo,

C'est donc toi que j'ai vu passer sur Av. Gat... Je reconnais le background des photos! Si jamais on se recroise, on se fait signe! La mienne a des HID low et fogs. Mme couleur que la tienne. Pas bein bein manquable!

 

[dima_rus]

Menzo,

C'est donc toi que j'ai vu passer sur Av. Gat... Je reconnais le background des photos! Si jamais on se recroise, on se fait signe! La mienne a des HID low et fogs. Mme couleur que la tienne. Pas bein bein manquable!

Now please in English

 

[VenomDesign]

French is Ok ! Fait du bien de voir du monde parler en franais sur un forum anglais ahhaha! Parce-que c'est souvent le contraire.

 

[AwaKeN]

Ouais je me sent plus comme chez nous !

 

[Menzo23]

Salut Jasma1

Est-ce que tu as un enfant la garderie le Tamanoir Gatineau ? Je dis parce qu'il y a un gars avec une Mazda 5 blanche avec des HID la mme garderie que ma fille. On s'est dj salu peut-tre...

 

[antlind]

Well... I took 5 minutes to take some pics... here they are...

Looks good,.......but your wheels look too small now with the bigger lips....Time for some 18s or 19s to even it up a bit.

 

[Menzo23]

What did you do to black out your tail lights? I am tempted to take mine apart and paint everything but the chrome around the light tubes but am afraid of leaking once the seal is broken

I don't think leaking would be a problem if you break the seal and use carefully a hot glue gun to put the cover back. I first intended to break the seal and paint the inside of the tail light but I decided to tint the outside. Less complicated.

I removed the tail lights and applied maybe 5-6 coats of VHT Niteshade. Be careful it's easy to mess up the job (and those tail lights cost $300 each... ouch !). The tint is dry in few minutes.

 

[Menzo23]

Looks good,.......but your wheels look too small now with the bigger lips....Time for some 18s or 19s to even it up a bit.

I agree. My father recently bought a RX-8 (60 years old crisis I guess and got new chrome wheels with it.

I'm trying to convince my father to take my 17" wheels and give me his 18" RX-8 wheels as he uses them as winter rims.

Could you believe that... 18" RX-8 wheels as winter rims !!!! It's horryfying !!!

 

[Kojack]

ha ha.

I can't go with 18's, they would be messed up in no time with the roads we have....

I would love to have a set of 18" Bronze volk te37s on it tho...

 

[jasma1]

Menzo, I PM'd you!

Dima: French is great too! Was just saying hello to him, since it looks like we pass eachother everyday.

 

[antlind]

I agree. My father recently bought a RX-8 (60 years old crisis I guess and got new chrome wheels with it.

I'm trying to convince my father to take my 17" wheels and give me his 18" RX-8 wheels as he uses them as winter rims.

Could you believe that... 18" RX-8 wheels as winter rims !!!! It's horryfying !!!

Easy solution....run his RX-8 wheels in summer and give them back to him for the winter....It mean having to switch tires but it's an easy compromise....

 

[Menzo23]

I can't go with 18's, they would be messed up in no time with the roads we have....

That's my main concern : canadian roads, even worst Quebec roads. Now I own 205-50-17 tires and it is a bit harsh (the Mazda5 is heavy) I'm wondering how it would be with lower tires like 215-45-18 or 225-40-18.

Any experience with 18" ?