Headlights?

[Mazdaspeed23]

I saw some people had the black housing headlights and i was wandering were they got em. I just got my speed and dunno were to get anything so i need some help. And also, what parts from the other mazda's will fit my car thanx

 

[Captain KRM P5]

they are Canadian spec head lamps

 

[dominoy2k1]

welcome, now post some side shots.....

 

[2K3 MSP]

Don't all the MSP's come with the darker housing?? Or do you mean they are BLACK. Mine are like a charcoal grey color stock.

 

[dominoy2k1]

or you could also get some protege5 headlights and paint em black...

 

[Mazdaspeed23]

here is the side pic

 

[Matthew]

very stealth looking

 

[dominoy2k1]

looks pretty cool...now all you need is a drop, for some reason looks like there is alot of wheel gap...have you autox it yet?

 

[Fakhelek]

here is the side pic

Dude. Did you paint your wheels?

 

[DevilsSi1481]

what kind and size rims r those and why is there so much wheel gap??

 

[Mazdaspeed23]

they are not painted. They are the matte black tenzo r sinkos. The reason for the gap is its not lowered and the tires are 205/40/17's

 

[nmaino]

Why on earth did you down size your tires?

 

[Mazdaspeed23]

Well, the factory tires were firestone (junk), so i put the rims and tires of my old car on there. They are yokahama parada spec 2. They are a thiner tire, therefore i dont have to worry about the tire doubling over when i corner hard.

 

[DevilsSi1481]

doubling over?? care to explain what u mean by that. by the way the speedo was calibrated to work with the stock diameter of the stock rims which is bigger than what u have now. if i were u i would get the right tire size and some nice grippy tires too and u should have nothing to worry about if and when cornering hard. a thinner tire wont make u handle better, usually a wider tire tread will give u better handling cause of all the contact that the tire is making with the ground. but unless u can conflict my opinion then u dont really have a reason to have thinner smaller tires on your car.

 

[Speedplease]

what do you mean the factory tires were firestone? My factory tires like everyone else were bridgestone potenza reo40. Which are actually very good tires.

 

[Blaze]

ummm

Well . . . considering that his speedo is a whopping 3 miles an hour off , I don't see a big problem there.

Mazdaspeed23 did state that these wheels were off of his old car, so he just slapped those on there because:

a. they look a whole lot better.

b. Lighter and a smaller overall diameter will make the car a tad bit faster.

c. I think the Paradas handle better than what was on there.

d. Not that it's that big a deal, but the car can be lowered a little more.

 

[KyRaceFan]

if the tires are 17's then i dont think the speedo will be off...

 

[Blaze]

well. . .

The stock tire has an aspect ratio of 45, while the Paradas have an aspect ratio of 40. This means that the sidewall of the tire is 40% of the tire width.

205/40/17

The first number is the width of the tire in millimeters, measured from sidewall to sidewall. 205mm

The second number is the aspect ratio. This is a ratio of sidewall height to width. 40%

The last number is the diameter of the wheel in inches. 17"

 

[YuYuRena]

Re: ummm

Well . . . considering that his speedo is a whopping 3 miles an hour off , I don't see a big problem there.

Mazdaspeed23 did state that these wheels were off of his old car, so he just slapped those on there because:

a. they look a whole lot better.

I agree with that, they look different than stock Racing Harts and it's nice to see different style of MSP out there.

b. Lighter and a smaller overall diameter will make the car a tad bit faster.

Lighter, probably. Smaller overall diameter will make the car faster to accelerate but your top speed will suffer a little bit.

 

[Scrapin 240]

the re040 are excellent grip tires as comapred with the paradas. the paradas suck once they wear down a little.

why mess with the best FWD handling car?