Ok, this topic has been a long time waiting, never really had the time to write here on the US forum.
So... 2008 Mazda 2 1.3 with everything on it, here it's called "Te Plus" brilliant black, got it after some rather hard financial effort to get a credit from the bank, would have gone for the 1.5 but I didn't have the money right then and besides, I wanted some fuel economy for long trips, since for the previous 3 years I was a Nexia LPG (very economic).
So, first mods done:
- painted the rims black (FAIL)
- painted brake calipers and drums in racing red (success)
- installed a cheap sport muffler (success)
- installed a panel filter from K&N which I later on sold to another 2 owner (success, fail economic-wise)
- bought a JBL GTO 75.4 amp from a friend
- powder coated rims flat black (success)
- painted the mazda emblems glossy black (success)
- 2 red striped on the car, I don't longer have them on the car (success)
- black tints on the rear windows (95%) and 27% on the front windows (success)
- black foil on the tail lights and the Lucas side signals (success)
Next stage with mods done:
- H&R lowering springs -40mm
- H&R spacers - 25mm on each side, for the rear axle
- LED light bulbs all over, inside and out (except for the headlights and fog lights of course)
- LED red footlights for all four passengers
- LED white light in the glove compartment
- LED red light in the opening where you stick your hand to open the trunk
- fitted a BMC DIA 70-130 cold air intake, following the advice from the guys from VDS Racing Greece, they put the same air filter on the 1.5 with very good results.
- fully dressed the car in flat white and glossy orange, using Oracal products
- powder coated rims glossy white
- stickered on some decals, some decals are still being drawed (vectorized in Corel)
- installed an In Phase XTB 10R subwoofer (pretty small, but very powerful. I still got room in my trunk, yey! )
Wait, not done with the text...
Next mods:
- custom exhaust, using 48mm pipe, custom header and custom Lambda fitting to trick the ECU (I'm keeping the cheap sport muffler since the sound is amazing)
- ECU remap - rated at 95bhp and a +13Nm, hopefully it will be more since I have the (very effective) intake and the custom exhaust
- Turbo project - postponed for next year - target is 0,5 bar with a boost controller, will fit an intercooler and water spray on the intercooler, I'll need it for the summer
My OLD Mazda 2 album is here:
album
I will upload the newest pics to Imageshack in just a second, so that everyone can see the recent photos I have of the car.
10x
So... 2008 Mazda 2 1.3 with everything on it, here it's called "Te Plus" brilliant black, got it after some rather hard financial effort to get a credit from the bank, would have gone for the 1.5 but I didn't have the money right then and besides, I wanted some fuel economy for long trips, since for the previous 3 years I was a Nexia LPG (very economic).
So, first mods done:
- painted the rims black (FAIL)
- painted brake calipers and drums in racing red (success)
- installed a cheap sport muffler (success)
- installed a panel filter from K&N which I later on sold to another 2 owner (success, fail economic-wise)
- bought a JBL GTO 75.4 amp from a friend
- powder coated rims flat black (success)
- painted the mazda emblems glossy black (success)
- 2 red striped on the car, I don't longer have them on the car (success)
- black tints on the rear windows (95%) and 27% on the front windows (success)
- black foil on the tail lights and the Lucas side signals (success)
Next stage with mods done:
- H&R lowering springs -40mm
- H&R spacers - 25mm on each side, for the rear axle
- LED light bulbs all over, inside and out (except for the headlights and fog lights of course)
- LED red footlights for all four passengers
- LED white light in the glove compartment
- LED red light in the opening where you stick your hand to open the trunk
- fitted a BMC DIA 70-130 cold air intake, following the advice from the guys from VDS Racing Greece, they put the same air filter on the 1.5 with very good results.
- fully dressed the car in flat white and glossy orange, using Oracal products
- powder coated rims glossy white
- stickered on some decals, some decals are still being drawed (vectorized in Corel)
- installed an In Phase XTB 10R subwoofer (pretty small, but very powerful. I still got room in my trunk, yey! )
Wait, not done with the text...
Next mods:
- custom exhaust, using 48mm pipe, custom header and custom Lambda fitting to trick the ECU (I'm keeping the cheap sport muffler since the sound is amazing)
- ECU remap - rated at 95bhp and a +13Nm, hopefully it will be more since I have the (very effective) intake and the custom exhaust
- Turbo project - postponed for next year - target is 0,5 bar with a boost controller, will fit an intercooler and water spray on the intercooler, I'll need it for the summer
My OLD Mazda 2 album is here:
album
I will upload the newest pics to Imageshack in just a second, so that everyone can see the recent photos I have of the car.
10x
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