**Tommy D's** MX3 ZE **
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Hey, Update, Iv stripped the interior, got rid of all interor stuff from behind the front seats and backwards. Even taken out the rear washer bottle, Yeaaa Extreme! lol
Next are doorcards and also to replace windows with Perspex ones, im going to weigh everything so i can say exactly how much weight reduction my efforts have lead to….
I cant find anyone that will do the rear window, its so heavy!!! At least 20kg alone!!!! Ill get some figures asap
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For a new rear window piece of glass its over £900, so keep hold of it as their very hard to get hld of should you ever need another piece of glass!!! lol
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Cheers Bruce, there are always hatches going on Ebay so no biggie…..Im just doing the side windows for now and if feel the need ill look aound further still. I didnt know but Mazdaspeed did do a rear window some years ago for the MX so im looking into that. Its a bonded rear window so wouldnt have to be too accurate as the trim would loose in-tolerances of +/- a few (mm)
Here are some pics of the rear stripped out 8)
Seriously need a rear strut brace, looking for a nice chunky polished Alu one in the next few weeks, any links?
Im going to cut flat sheets of carbon fiber for the doors and just have a Flat piece covering all the holes etc 8)
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I don't usually like stripped interiors but you've actually made it look quite good somehow, nice one!
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http://corksport.com/store/category/53g3/mx3-suspension_misc.html
Third down and its canadian dollars again! :lol:
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seriously stripped :P
How ya find it? I used to love it when i had my colt gti. Was completly stipped and caged and you could hear every stone hitting the underside of the car! lol
Have you thought about maybe battery relocation and a fuel tank in the rear?
Battery relocation is pretty easy to do but is uber cool when its sat behind the drivers seat! :p
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I want the battery behind the Passenger as it will even out weight. I have bought the Front and Rear Corksport Strut Braces, they look lush… Just got to wait for them now 8)
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let us know what the fitting is like on the braces when you get them esp for the front. as once my swap goes ahead i will need extra support there
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Where'd you get the braces mate? Post some photos I'm looking for some nice meaty braces myself.
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Thanks to Micromark!!
http://corksport.com/store/category/53g3/mx3-suspension_misc.html
They work out at £101 delivered to UK i think with Air Mail 7-10day
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No bother mate. Just ordered up my set aswell.
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Cool, they are out of stock until the 24th of this month :( so will have to wait a while….....
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Been tidying up the doors today, the black sikaflex that holds the waterproofing on is a biatch to get off…..took 2 hrs and whilst i was at it i took the wires behind the panels in the door and neatly cabletied it all up....
From this.........
To this….....
Also here are the seats im after, just sorting out prices etc this week…They are 4kg each 8)
Here is the Strut bar (front) of the Set im buying….....
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All lookin great as ever mate, Just thinking that those seats look really painful if that's how they'll be going into your car or is the aim to cover them?
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they carbon seats. if so going to be a different sort of pain other than comfort if they break. no crack just shatter. ouch :oops:
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surely if you have a knock wothy of breaking carbon seats, that last thing you'd be worried about is comfort??
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I only ever do 20min trips so its no big problem. Ill get padding made if i need it and i will put them on polyflex seat bushes to allow a bit of movement, im not sure how it will feel but i like the look and weight of them so it must be done!!!!!
I also have some other pics to post up…..So many people on here buy the ebay rear lights but i have never understood why they dont rewire the Rear lights in paralell...I did it as soon as i got them 2yr ago!
Ring up a Mazda spare company and buy two extra Rear/Brake bulb holders with a good few inches of wire and wire them up in paralell.......Slot the new twin pair in where the Fog light spaces are and bingo! Just swap the fog back in for MOT 8)
Also you can all see my HID kit in the pics below, it is the way forward :shock: you can see for miles, except when there is 10tonnes of Sand in front, lol
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what the HD kit set you back. with the lights i was lucky as got the car for 900 last year. it came with the air filter supposed to be 70 quid the rear light mod and full sound system tweakers dvd screens and player oo and infin bass like. so the ice was more than car.
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@b0056764d1=Bellers:
surely if you have a knock wothy of breaking carbon seats, that last thing you'd be worried about is comfort??
True, they are Kevlar so wont shatter, the resin would simply crack around the fibres also if carbon as i would only buy Twill Weave 8) Kevlar is like Fibreglass but more flexible and shatter resistant…
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learn new things every day :lol: