OK...it's OFFICIAL...**Pics**
 

Without further ado:
https://www.mazda3club.com/attachmen...tid=4982&stc=1
https://www.mazda3club.com/attachmen...tid=4983&stc=1
You'll have to wait til it stops STORMING out here for me to take some better shots...otherwise....I'll let you guys know how many people's head turn when I drive home this evening...lol.
Looks damn good IMHO.
Lates,
:evilgrin:
-Phil

looks good but...dude...3 threads about these wheels?? let's combine them into if you dont mind.

:bt: looks awesome

3 threads, maximum coverage... just a post ho' work'n

Gotta work the corner...i mean streets.
Ok...delete the previous 2 Matty...I'll post updates on this one.

k

Ha ha...I LIED!



ok...I will.

Nice job, mister.

Oh, yeah! This is what I want: blacked out centers with polished (machined, whatever) lip. Looks really good!

I'm plannig on replacing the ADR center cap w/something else...not sure yet. I'm also thinking about have Mr. Matty P powder coat my lug nuts black....I can't stand them like that....silver stands out too much. I'd love to see what my car looks like rolling though...I'm always in the car and can't get to admire it myself.
:evilgrin:

<Paris>

That's hot.

</Paris>

Lol.

I'm sure it's the slimmest slimmest chance, but if your factory centers were the same diameter, you could paint them to match and have the little chrome mazda emblems in the center. Now, that would be schuweet!!

That's an idea....I'll look into that!
https://www.mazda3club.com/attachmen...tid=4997&stc=1
https://www.mazda3club.com/attachmen...achmentid=5000

OMG Ijust came :inthebum:

Lookin good man.

It's bout time! j/k Looks real good. Now you know why I went the Gunmetal and Machined lip on mine.

Yes sir!
I need to get my lip asap. CF hood & Sport20 tails are also on my to do list for this up coming month. my side view mirrors should be in next week, as well as the cf eyelids and trunk latch piece. Gotta replace my windshield...2 cracks from the SE Meet...other than that...A/V stuff. probably won't be done for NOPI in time, but whateva.

So...like I said before, if you've got extra cash lying around....

You'll be getting some cash money.....lol...for those uber sexy lights!
:)

Woo Woo!


You know I got to start modding out the scoot now ... ;)

Turbo it!

With the smallest turbo in the world? :cookoo:

Ask Matty!

Hahaha, yep. Matty's planning on using a t-04 or something. Iddy biddy, but more than enough for a 150cc single piston bike, haha.

pssst...
 

shhhhhh. :crook: :shift:

nice.... :)

Mirrors arrived last night, I spent some time & installed them. I have to redo my pass. side, because the stock rubber seal thing isn't sitting correctly, would've redone it, but by time I got done, it was damn near 11pm.
Anyway...here's a few pics I took earlier in the day yesterday.

https://www.mazda3club.com/attachmen...tid=5022&stc=1
:evilgrin:
I'll have some with the mirrors later today.
-Phil

Here's a quick set of what the CF mirrors look like on the car. This weekend I'll get the LEDs hooked up to my turn signals...stay tuned.
:evilgrin:
-Phil

look'n good...

not too shabby

Thanks guys! I still have to rewire my turn signals...if if doesn't rain...I'll attempt it tonight.
Has anyone doen this before?

Installed CF eyelids
Painted calipers (will have to re-do, since they are ORANGE) (Ha ha...go Miami!!)
Will redo them red tomorrow if the weather co-operates
Re-wired side view lights for a ultra clean (no visible wires) look & took a pic of them at night.

https://www.mazda3club.com/attachmen...tid=5053&stc=1

https://www.mazda3club.com/attachmen...tid=5054&stc=1

I used some hi-temp paint and yes...I got some on the rotors. No biggie as a quick ride around town took care of that. :evilgrin: Looks good, but once I change the color, it will look alot better IMO.
-Phil

why orange?

The damn thing was supposed to be "burnt orange" (red/black/orange)...thought it would look nice...subdued if you will...naw, I was wrong...BRIGHT orange and it throws the color coordination the 5 has way off. Too contrasting, so I will be going the old fashioned way...RED...lol....maybe something else may catch my eye, but a dab of red back there I think will look good.

Daddy likes:
https://www.mazda3club.com/attachmen...tid=5055&stc=1
https://www.mazda3club.com/attachmen...tid=5056&stc=1
Eyelid'd up son!

OK....here are the updated pics of the calipers. They are now RED & look alot better!! Enjoy!
Front
https://www.mazda3club.com/attachmen...tid=5066&stc=1
Rear
https://www.mazda3club.com/attachmen...tid=5067&stc=1
:evilgrin:
-Phil

purdy..... how long did it take you? i wanna do mine soon

Matt, the pics don't do them justice (being I took that this morning overcast and I was in the shade)..I'll get a nice sunshine pic (probably when I leave for sunny Miami tomorrow night).

I had to do everything by hand since I can't paint at the auto hobby shop here on base. I did however had to use the impac on the 2 rear wheels since I couldn't break them by hand. After that, I had to hand crank each side up w/the stock jack. All 4 took me roughly an hour to do. If I had a floor jack it would've been 30 minutes tops. If I had a floor jack & a set of jack stands, 15-20 minutes, since you can go through all 4 at one time.

I did not tape off any of the areas, I simply used the cardboard that I used when I did them the first time, cut off a flap, stuck it between the caliper and the rotor and hit it w/the paint. Flawless.
:evilgrin:
-Phil

awesome. i've been wanting to do this for awhile but i don't have anywhere to do it. we're not suppose to work on cars in the parking lot. every time i try to work on my car the bitchy old lady next door to me reports me to the association.