OK so a CBE is pointless so what about the TMIC

[chriscecc914]

everyone is afraid of voiding there warranties. the TMIC is like 2 bolts and 2 clamps. If anything breaks on the car it is so dam easy to just replace it back to stock and bring it in for warranty.

As far as hp, how much can the 3.5 inch ETC TMIC support?

 

[funkyman]

Steve photos are nice but it takes too long to load,i guess the photos are at least 1600x1200 very clean shots.

 

[funkyman]

Nice notebook too that is an Alienware correct?SO it must have a nice GPU in it.Few photos here.

 

[Hikaru9]

Nice notebook too that is an Alienware correct?SO it must have a nice GPU in it.Few photos here.

Nice pics, Funkyman. Got any tint on yours?

 

[Hikaru9]

I'm going badtz maru for my ride. I have a badtz maru and a hello kitty mazdaspeed badge. Ordered the badtz maru one and they sent hello kitty by mistake and sent me the right one 2 months later

Hello kitty is on my laptop which added 45MHz starts up a lot faster!

Badtz will go on soon as my car gets back from the body shop. Can't wait to see performance gains from that!

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lol~ you weren't kidding! I wasn't sure what badtz was, so I had to look it up.

I used to have a Mashimaro stuffed animal my sister gave me, but now I just have Digi Charat Dejiko and Rock Lee from Naruto as theft deterrent(?) in my MS3. *^_^*

Nice notebook!

 

[Kosh]

Nice notebook too that is an Alienware correct?SO it must have a nice GPU in it.Few photos here.

Yep. Got it as "the last laptop I will need for 5 years" and 3 weeks later they released the dual 512Mb SLI enabled gpu and new colors

Mine still has dual 256Mb SLI gpu which is more than enough since I pretty much quit playing games on it and use it for work only now

 

[iwannagofast]

Get that tmic and the kickass hood scoop like kosh has on his signature pic and you're set!

 

[Kosh]

Get that tmic and the kickass hood scoop like kosh has on his signature pic and you're set!

It is custom made out of some AC vents. You can pick them up from any home depot. Cutting the hood was the hardest part. Need to put in some chicken wire so I stop sucking in birds.

 

[CTGrey02]

And small children, don't forget the small children.

 

[funkyman]

tinted

A few tinted

 

[funkyman]

A few tinted

more photos

 

[funkyman]

more photos

 

[whitey4311]

Nice girl friend shot! I have some more you want to buy them?

I asked about the TMIC and my dealer rep said that it will void alot of s*** on the car that is important like the engine and turbo. If either failed they have you by the balls on this one so if you do it take it off every time its at the dealer so they never see it, even for oil changes.

As for the MS CBE they didnt even try to sell it to me and said it was a POS and didnt add anything over stock and for the price it was money poorly spent. Pretty funny they didnt even try and sell it to me with some lines of bull s*** they just flat out were honest.

 

[Kosh]

Nice girl friend shot! I have some more you want to buy them?

I asked about the TMIC and my dealer rep said that it will void alot of s*** on the car that is important like the engine and turbo. If either failed they have you by the balls on this one so if you do it take it off every time its at the dealer so they never see it, even for oil changes.

As for the MS CBE they didnt even try to sell it to me and said it was a POS and didnt add anything over stock and for the price it was money poorly spent. Pretty funny they didnt even try and sell it to me with some lines of bull s*** they just flat out were honest.

Not that I don't believe your sales rep told you that but how the hell is upgrading the TMIC going to hurt your turbo or engine? I think the sales rep is talking out of his ass. Modding your car does not automatically void your warrenty. If the mod causes problems then you run into warrenty issues but there is no such thing as 'I added xyz so now I have no warrenty'

 

[CaSHMeRe]

i kind of wish i got navigation now ...

at first i didn't, now i wish i did... o well

those pics are great of the red ms3

 

[whitey4311]

Not that I don't believe your sales rep told you that but how the hell is upgrading the TMIC going to hurt your turbo or engine? I think the sales rep is talking out of his ass. Modding your car does not automatically void your warrenty. If the mod causes problems then you run into warrenty issues but there is no such thing as 'I added xyz so now I have no warrenty'

They didnt say that it would hurt anything. I asked if I had it on the car and had say a turbo issue would they throw that back on the TMIC mod. They said yes they would and it would void all warranty for that part.

It doesnt have to "cause" the issue but if a turbo issue did come up and they knew I had this TMIC it woulf screw me big time.

I suppose I could go to Jiffy Lube and any time its at a dealer switch it out but I am not sure I want to go through all that. I am still up in there air if I will do this or not but I damn sure wont have it near the dealer with it installed.

 

[Hikaru9]

i kind of wish i got navigation now ...

at first i didn't, now i wish i did... o well

those pics are great of the red ms3

(iagree) Red is very nice indeed. I'm just too afraid of owning one since I get into enough trouble even without being spotted a mile away in red. If I ever get a Ferrari (probably never), getting anything other than red will be like a cardinal sin. Until then... no reds for me. *^_^*

I like the idea of getting an aftermarket TMIC for all the benefits it has to offer; however, I just don't like how they look. To me, they look like some cheap scrap metal thrown together. Hopefully someone will develop one with excellent fit and finish to rival that of the OEM products.

 

[funkyman]

(iagree) Red is very nice indeed. I'm just too afraid of owning one since I get into enough trouble even without being spotted a mile away in red. If I ever get a Ferrari (probably never), getting anything other than red will be like a cardinal sin. Until then... no reds for me. *^_^*

I like the idea of getting an aftermarket TMIC for all the benefits it has to offer; however, I just don't like how they look. To me, they look like some cheap scrap metal thrown together. Hopefully someone will develop one with excellent fit and finish to rival that of the OEM products.

Well said about the TMIC it does look a bit cheap and they normally cost 100-150usd anyway on EBAY,no name that is,If it were a Greddy or AEM TMIC or something 300-350usd would be the most one should pay,its only a peace of cheap metal.

 

[Kosh]

They didnt say that it would hurt anything. I asked if I had it on the car and had say a turbo issue would they throw that back on the TMIC mod. They said yes they would and it would void all warranty for that part.

It doesnt have to "cause" the issue but if a turbo issue did come up and they knew I had this TMIC it woulf screw me big time.

I suppose I could go to Jiffy Lube and any time its at a dealer switch it out but I am not sure I want to go through all that. I am still up in there air if I will do this or not but I damn sure wont have it near the dealer with it installed.

Having a TMIC upgrade and then having something wrong with the turbo does not always mean the TMIC is the cause of the problem. It would be something they would look into as the cause of the problem but they can't just automatially say you are screwed big time because you modded your car.

 

[Kosh]

(iagree) Red is very nice indeed. I'm just too afraid of owning one since I get into enough trouble even without being spotted a mile away in red. If I ever get a Ferrari (probably never), getting anything other than red will be like a cardinal sin. Until then... no reds for me. *^_^*

I like the idea of getting an aftermarket TMIC for all the benefits it has to offer; however, I just don't like how they look. To me, they look like some cheap scrap metal thrown together. Hopefully someone will develop one with excellent fit and finish to rival that of the OEM products.

You don't drive with your hood open so who cares what it looks like?

I don't think it looks any worse than any other TMIC on the market for any other car. And it doesn't look any worse than the stock TMIC.

Appearance = Boo!
Performance = Yay!