My Cx5 so far

[ryan.andersen91]

Hey all,

Thought i would make a quasi build thread for everything I've done to my 2013 cx5 sport AWD so far.

Bought in 1/13 One of the last 2013 sport cx5s in the state.

A few days after I bought it.

First thing I did was rally mud flaps. There is a guy in my area who owns a rally mud flap company and is always looking for new cars to use as fitment. I offered to let him use my cx5 and I got free flaps out of it.

After that it was time to do my wheels. I'm on a budget and I like the look of the 17s so I just got them powder coated. I wanted something unique so I went with a flat bronze.

I got sick of having silver emblems so I set of to blacking them out. I used plastidip and did them still on the car. (didn't want to deal with the hastle of taking them off and not putting them back on correctly)

I like the sound of the stock stereo, and I actually really like the touch screen but decided I needed a little more bass. So I picked up a decent used amp and subwoofer. This is a before picture, I hadn't actually installed them yet. I ended up putting the amp underneath inside of the doughnut.

I got slightly tired of the glossy black bit on the front end and decided to carbon fiber it out. Used 3m 1080 flat carbon fiber. I didn't take anything off did it with it on.

I had some left over CF wrap so I put it on the back, right underneath the emblem to see how it looked, and if I didn't like it I would take it off. Ended up liking it and left it on.

All in all I haven't done too much other than make it my car. I don't like fitting in with the crowd and am glad I was able to make the car look the way I want it!

To do:

1. Foglights from dealer
2. LEDs put in headlight
3. Intake
4. Exhaust

Let me know what you think or if you have any suggestions.

Thanks!

 

[Seminole]

5. Tints

 

[NinjaNoises]

5. Tints

+1 on the tint.

 

[CX-SV]

+2 on the tint, important in Utah sun.

 

[edhchoe]

Lowering suspension?

 

[TreyP]

Leveling kit?

 

[NinjaNoises]

Good choice to replace the lugs with some blacked out ones, too. Silver lugs on dark wheels make the wheels look like hubcaps.

 

[ryan.andersen91]

+2 on the tint, important in Utah sun.

Yes forgot to mention, I already have an appointment to get tint done this week.

 

[Jcanracer]

Looks good so far. I also have a Black 2013, shows up all the scratches, but when its washed and waxed, its just a damn good looking car (drinks)

 

[Chris_Top_Her]

Have you considered replacing that "bmazda" license plate frame?

 

[ryan.andersen91]

Have you considered replacing that "bmazda" license plate frame?

Also a great idea. I'll have to look around.

 

[ryan.andersen91]

Lowering suspension?

I've thought of lowering it, but I'm not sold on it quite yet. I really like the stock height, and think the proportions are great.

 

[Jonesey]

Looks great! Don't lower it IMHO - euuuugh.

 

[Chris_Top_Her]

I've thought of lowering it, but I'm not sold on it quite yet. I really like the stock height, and think the proportions are great.

If you lower it with small wheels, it will look bad. Especially the stock wheels since they are offset a bit into the fender.

 

[piotrek91]

I really like the wheels.
My opinion:
-don't lower it
-don't tint it. It looks awesome in that freeway shot, and dark windows will ruin the look a little bit for me.

But do take off the license plate frame as suggested by Chris

 

[TreyP]

Looks great! Don't lower it IMHO - euuuugh.

My opinion:
-don't lower it

x3

 

[CX-SV]

X4, consider not lowering it if you want to maintain the very good ride/handling combo.

 

[senorpmosh]

Window visors

 

[ryan.andersen91]

Got my tint done this weekend. Went as dark as law allows here in Utah (43%) in the front and 5% in the back.

 

[IHeartGroceries]

My opinion is that it looked very classy to begin with.

The murdered out appearance really cheapens the overall appearance.