@53b256375a=youdirtyfox:
Very similar to the wheels i just bought and had powder coated!
Mine are 15 x 7J and et 35 so should sit out a bit further too.
Made by 'CT' and are multifit.
I plan to spin up a smaller 2.5" ish stainless steel center cap and get some small mazdaspeed emblems for them maybe. Im not a fan of those big plastic caps but thats just me, if the center caps turn out alright I maybe make you some if your intersted let me know.
Although I can let you have one of my old large plastic centercaps if you want?as I wont be using them.
Hey, thanks for the offer but I'm with you on this one, not a fan of the plastic caps either. I've taken them all off and they look a lot better.
just to through a spanner in thoughs i've 323 coilys in mine and the only problem i had was fitting the strut tops to the towers so 1 new hole in each and a bit of reinforcement and bingo!
I HATE POT-HOLES!!!!!!! On my daily drive to work i encounter at least 20 that i have to swerve round, i have cheshire county council on speed dial, report every single one…..
yeah did think price was maybe quite high, and maybe not a massive dirference from my yokohamas in tyre quality.
Im not keen on my wheels as they are far too heavy, love the rotas as they are nice and light. perhaps i can find a 2nd hand set on ebay and transfer current tyres across.
@950c818f2b=dubstep:
@950c818f2b:
I love the parada spec 2's, when I had 17's on my Civic I used to get them all the time, just waiting until the new year to get some for the 3, love em
They are good tyres in the dry. I had an EG vti Civic which came with spec 2s, they grip to a ridiculous level in the dry but are almost dangerous in the wet!
If I had money to burn on tyres id go for Pirelli P Zeros….. they are amazing! They grip well in all conditions and seem to last forever
Now you mention it, I did lose control of my civic at just over 30 on a pitiful excuse of a bend when it was wet….......
all the belts on an MX3 are flat type, while its not running look at the side with the grooves in it on the belt, if its full of cracks + perished its time to replace, sounds like if its working while you're driving and not while its on tick over, most common cause is slack belts.
Check the oil level in the power steering, thats the white bottle at the front above the drivers side wheel, should see a mark or about 3/4 full.
If its all gone, most common place for MX3's to lose the power steering fluid is the join from rubber to metal pipe on the left side of the engine, its very tight and you may not see it at all but I have done 3 now with that leak
We have the 323 in 4 varieties, you may be able to get a non power rack in southern ireland as they have some versions not available here in the UK, notably the NEO that has a clear perspex tailgate.
Import tax + duties are usually 25% total value, but I have found that large companies like FedEx, UPS and DHL do not bother to chase it up because they have such a vast amount coming through every day.
Parcel force + royal mail is the worse they do every parcel + charge you an extra £10 for the privelige of working out what you owe the government as for the others I import a lot of yacht spares and have not once paid the taxes
@d9f7f70ed1=rlryder21:
I'm thinking (dreaming of really) converting my Mx3's rear drum brakes to rotors, wondering if I will get a significant change in performance at the track?
A Disc/Drum setup is perfectly fine to be honest, if the car is just a general fun car then I'd leave the braking system as it is and just make sure you've got good quality pads and shoes.
I guess theyre like mini bellows you see on lorry suspensions inside that black dome, i expect theyre a bit smoother but is it worth that amount of money over some standard shocks.
Just looked online and they are the same prinicple as lorry shocks, they have bags in the black center section but you also need this to go with the struts and this is the basic unit
http://www.thehoffmangroup.com/helix/details.lasso?itemid=HEXCUBE1
no questions but i think i have a set of oem springs, bit old but still in good enough shape, no shocks though sorry. i dont mind posting the springs but it might cost a bit.
Here is my white MEX after a 40mm drop.
Not quite as low as i wanted but its sensible and it handles really well now.
The car seems to sit nicely on the wheels now where as before it was almost as if it was stood on tip toes! :lol:
allrite dubstep, do you know how wide you can go then, im gteing them bbs rs but duno what offset i could go im thinking -30- to 35 mm, but not sure
gona get the arches flared, n with the hydraulics get the arch to sit on the tyre…just need the fitment!
