New pics as promised...

laracroft

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MazdaSpeed Protege 2003.5
Well, here they are. Keep in mind the look I'm going for. I've somewhat modeled my car after alot of the guys in the SCCA. Eventually I'm going to get racing seats (and no, not the APC kind... lol), a roll cage, trunk cage, new darker studded wheels, hopefully also racing harts, tubular manifold, etc. (I could go on forever... ) Anywho, here'ssssssssss Johnnnnnnnnnnny:

(friday)
 

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And no, the decals are not going to all be permanent. There is such a thing as ruined paint and sun damage. I may keep the roll call on the side, tri-point and mazdaspeed on the hood. But thats about it.
 

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I'm going to be getting magnetic numbers for the races. And yes, it will be going to the track and a dyno when I get the chance. I want to go to a racing school in Arizona but if I move to Florida, there's one there too. But between home, work, family stuff and other expenses, it'll be a slow process.

Most of the things I did was for HIN. Which is funny, because when I was there, guys would come up to me, ask me who's car it was and if I was modeling for them. I said NO, THIS IS MYYYYYY CAR and there IS a mod list on the car that has my name on it. They said OHHHHHHH my bad, but hey, can I get a picture of you NEXT to your car??? lol I tried to stay away from modeling. I wanted more attention for the car, not me. I think a few people were mad about that because they'd stand there holding their camera, looking like they were going to ask me something, then Ghost gave them a kinda dirty look. lol

And NO, I'm NEVER selling my car. I'm going to driving this b**** until I'm 70. G*d willing, I'll still be able to drive stick. hahaha
 
I've always respected your guys' mods, but I'm not quite feeling the stickers. Or the diamond plate floor mats. But it appears to be a show car, so those thigs get points I guess. I liked it before, it was just clean and smooth, now it looks a bit cluttered. I do like the new MAM FMIC though!

Britt
 
I'm torn between a street racing car and a show car. I have to attend shows, so alot of what I do is show related. On the other hand, the performance mods I do are for the street and track. The decals were for the HIN show in Charlotte which is in one of the pics. Decals DO RUIN your car, so I wont be keeping alot of them, but I will keep a few. When I get myself another car later down the road, I'm pretty sure I'm going to strip it down and run it on a local dirt track down south. But that is into the future. I don't just throw things on the car for nothing. Everything... and I mean almost everything, has a purpose. One day it might be for a show, the next it'll be for the track. I've got ALOT of plans for this little car. You can see what I want to do if you look at the Tri-point 6 and MP3's and the Cusco SCCA car. That will be the end result.
 
Oh Lara what have you done :( I liked how your car looked origionally when ghost posted the first set of pics. Way too many stickers IMO. But thats just my opinion.
 
I'm pretty sure I'm going to strip it down and run it on a local dirt track down south. But that is into the future.

"Just the good ol' girls,
Never meanin' no harm,
Beats all you've ever saw, been in trouble with the law since the day they was born.

Straight'nin' the curve,
Flat'nin' the hills.
Someday the moutain might get 'em, but the law never will.

Makin' their way,
The only way they know how,
That's just a little bit more than the law will allow.

Just good ol' boys,
Wouldn't change if they could,
Fightin' the system like a true modern day Robin Hood."

Sorry, I had to.

I think I have a line on a Trans Am for you!

Just kidding, dirt track is just redneck drifting.

Redneck = RDM style yo!

I think Donna Mae Mimms just felt a cold breeze blow through her...


Britt
 
Yeah, you guys dont listen too well. lol The DECALS are NOT perm. They were for the show. Wow... settle down Beavis. lol I actually just had them put on about.... 3-4 days ago. I took pics before I took them off. Which I won't get around to doing until later this week. Shows = lots of stickers and bling, bling. And I cant polish the manifold cover anymore, there is already dried blood on there. Did anyone know that once that stuff is caked on, it will NOT come off with a buffer????

Yeah, leave the redneck nonsense for the trailer hounds and the cars on blocks. When I say dirt track, I mean RALLY. If I wanted a good ol' boy track, I'd say "I'm gettin me a nice Trans Am or Camaro and hittin that b**** like a hog on sh*t".
 
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laracroft said:
Yeah, you guys dont listen too well. lol The DECALS are NOT perm. They were for the show. Wow... settle down Beavis. lol I actually just had them put on about.... 3-4 days ago. I took pics before I took them off. Which I won't get around to doing until later this week. Shows = lots of stickers and bling, bling. And I cant polish the manifold cover anymore, there is already dried blood on there. Did anyone know that once that stuff is caked on, it will NOT come off with a buffer????

sand + polish
 
toucci said:
sand + polish

And by that you mean sand blast? I'm going to be getting a new mani year. I used 'mothers' automotive metal polish and it worked ok. I didn't have enough time to do everything 100% perfect. No thanks to the 10 hour FMIC install.
 
Lara, very nice. Something different. And don't worry about those people who complain about your vinyl. You do what you want. But I like it.

Now if you wanna talk $hi+ about graphics, look at my car. :P
 

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