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What have you done to your 3rd Gen today?

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Old August-22nd-2007, 01:54 PM
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I have a friend who's 6'5". He physically could not get in my Miata's driver's seat. When seated on the passenger side, his knees were visible from outside the vehicle.

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Think I'll go visit a friend of mine that works at Carmax. I think they have a miata that I can try out.
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Old August-22nd-2007, 02:02 PM
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Originally Posted by JoshP5
I have a friend who's 6'5". He physically could not get in my Miata's driver's seat. When seated on the passenger side, his knees were visible from outside the vehicle.

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HAHAHAHAH yea that'd do it. I get a little extra room when I race it by taking the bottom cushion's out of the seats (they're only velcro'd down), so I can move a little closer to the wheel and sit a little lower in the car.
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Old August-22nd-2007, 06:53 PM
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Hmm, yeh I don't have the proper equipment to paint these myself. I'm not too broke to get them done proffesionally, I just wanted to gauge the job first to see if DIY was an option.

Off to the body shop when the front lip gets in.

I hope the wings west kit doesn't end up looking too ricey, it's pretty aggresive.
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Old August-22nd-2007, 08:30 PM
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Is the front lip also wings west? I had no clue they did one for the sedan.
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Old August-22nd-2007, 08:47 PM
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That they do...

Oh, and the front lip is the Mazda Front air dam, like what Nik has on his car.
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Old August-22nd-2007, 08:56 PM
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put on the simota CAI today, moving the reservoir was...different to move, I couldnt figure out how it was done in the (how to) section and so kinda did things differently, I used the bracket that it was originally mounted to and turned it and put the reservoir next to the fuse box and the intake pipe goes around it I will get some pics soon, now I need to drive it hehehe
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Old August-23rd-2007, 06:11 AM
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Originally Posted by J-Protege

I hope the wings west kit doesn't end up looking too ricey, it's pretty aggresive.
you mean like my 1st mazda?

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Old August-23rd-2007, 06:17 AM
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I reeeally like the wings west rear lip.. a lot.. damn there being no real lips for the P5 rear bumper
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Old August-23rd-2007, 07:51 AM
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Originally Posted by Jackelope
you mean like my 1st mazda?

was that car an automatic? Because if it is, I may know who bought it...and riced it up even more...with blinky lights...and... other things that make me want to kill him. STi type hood scoop... etc.
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STi hood scoop + lx wheels = mad tyght and ****
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it doesnt look right with those tiny wheels
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Old August-23rd-2007, 09:42 AM
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Originally Posted by Liquid_Ag
it doesnt look right with those tiny wheels
you should see it now........ assuming it's the same car...
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pics? does it have different wheels?
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I have no pics. It'd probably break my camera.
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