Appreciate the advice. Thats the only 2 I'm considering anyways.
Picked up AWR front & rear mounts already. 
What have you done to your MP3 today???
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Appreciate the advice. Thats the only 2 I'm considering anyways.
Picked up AWR front & rear mounts already. jonridinhi
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I replaced mine the other day and completed the AC delete. The room that frees up is amazing.
Did some initial hand work on the wheels last night b4 I went out. Wire brush & 120 grit done... Going to HD today to pick up some new sanding bits and drill accessories to speed up the process today. Doing the 120 grit by hand was strenuous, lol.
15mm spacers are installed. Flush is nice.
Too bad my rims are still crapped up... Next weekend I am hoping to paint the first 2 wheels.
15mm spacers are installed. Flush is nice.
Too bad my rims are still crapped up... Next weekend I am hoping to paint the first 2 wheels.
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Here's how the lip looks after I readjusted it last week.
Spacers...
Before
After
*Edit, Time to go do a mild roll on the rear fenders. Got some pretty mean rubs under hard acceleration thru turns this morning. I have a feeling after this spring/summer I'm going to have a lot of primer spots from rust and body repairs... Should be for the better in the long term tho. (shrug)
Spacers...
Before
After
*Edit, Time to go do a mild roll on the rear fenders. Got some pretty mean rubs under hard acceleration thru turns this morning. I have a feeling after this spring/summer I'm going to have a lot of primer spots from rust and body repairs... Should be for the better in the long term tho. (shrug)
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Well, just purchased some new lugs... Put in ~4 hours or sanding on the RH's this week, and I received a windshield washer reservoir & motor in the mail yesterday, so that will go in this weekend. And since I will be removing the bumper to throw that in, I will probably do 1 more adjustment session on the accord lip... Needs a couple tweaks, mainly around the main curve on the passenger side. And then I'll be putting in WORK on those rims this weekend... I'll probly order tires this weekend or early next week as well for the 2 new wheels. Trying to have the wheels mounted up in the next couple weeks. (rockon)
How long does Tirerack normally take to ship tires?
*Edit: Awaiting a paypal addy to send payment for a new shift knob, too.
New color scheme has begun...
How long does Tirerack normally take to ship tires?
*Edit: Awaiting a paypal addy to send payment for a new shift knob, too.
New color scheme has begun...
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That headliner looks great!
My Medieval mounts are all still in one piece so I'll keep an eye out for them.
Had the alternator replaced since I had a blown bearing (probably from the Medieval pulley that was on there since we had the belts tightened a couple of times). Burned out a PS pump as well due to the same thing, so I only have the water pump and crank pulleys left. Both items were OEM and had nearly 200,000kms on them so it's not like they were new anyway...
My Medieval mounts are all still in one piece so I'll keep an eye out for them.
Had the alternator replaced since I had a blown bearing (probably from the Medieval pulley that was on there since we had the belts tightened a couple of times). Burned out a PS pump as well due to the same thing, so I only have the water pump and crank pulleys left. Both items were OEM and had nearly 200,000kms on them so it's not like they were new anyway...
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does this 2001 brochure talk about the mp3 in it?
http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/2001...Z7912172772QQptZMotorsQ5fManualsQ5fLiterature
http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/2001...Z7912172772QQptZMotorsQ5fManualsQ5fLiterature
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MS3,Mazda3,MSP
Let me know how those tires work out for you because I'm going to be needing some news ones soon and I have been looking at those. How much where they a piece for you?
They are $90 each on Tirerack @ 225/45/17, I wanted to get some 225/40's but Tirerack has 2 tires available in that size, both track/race tires. They are gonna be some Meatyyyy ass tires, lol.
But... they are on back-order, so I'm gonna be in contact with one of their sales people and hopefully they get stocked somewhere soon... It will make shipping higher to get them from Reno, NV but their warehouse in Reno is supposed to be the first distribution center to get them on 4/16/10 I believe. Hopefully my wheels will be done in a couple weeks, so I may go with another tire if these are still on back-order in a couple weeks...
Other tires I'm looking @ are Dunlop Direzza Sport z1 star spec, Yokohama s-drives, and the guy from tirerack recommended Sumitomo htr Z III as a very comparable tire to the Hankooks... I may just upgrade to the dunlop's if I don't get the Hankook, they are a little bit more expensive (~$127) but they are super sticky tire, just less tread life.
^Nice! I plan on doing the headliner, pillars, and door inserts, as well.
Purchased 2 red upgrades yesterday...
Hopefully they get delivered this week so I can get them installed this weekend. Stoked!
Plans have moved along, I don't know what color I want to do the wheels, yet again... lol I'm getting super tired of the yellow paint. Thinking about transitioning to flat black... What are y'alls thoughts??
Purchased 2 red upgrades yesterday...
Hopefully they get delivered this week so I can get them installed this weekend. Stoked!
Plans have moved along, I don't know what color I want to do the wheels, yet again... lol I'm getting super tired of the yellow paint. Thinking about transitioning to flat black... What are y'alls thoughts??
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That looks really good. Making me interested in doing that to my car. What kind of material did you use and how much did you get?
