Ryan's MX-3
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My order for the Bilstein shocks was cancelled by the supplier and no reason given :evil: :evil: So for the record, http://www.eurocarparts.com/ do not have the MX-3 shocks.
Anyone recommend a good (& cheap) supplier of either KYB or Bilstein shocks? Either is fine.
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Right, well I just saved a lot of money, I can get KYB shocks for 40 euro each :shock: :shock: That's about 32/33 quid UK money, which is much cheaper than anywhere on the internet.
I know someone who is off in Poland for 3 weeks and he's getting said shocks from there and bringing them back for me, they are brand new and all that shizz too, not robbed from an old Lada Riva or anything :lol:
I've decided on Eibach springs too, so the 30mm drop should be grand on the KYB's.
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Oh… Any chance of a larger order?
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Not right now since he's there now & buying them with his own money and then I'm to repay him when he is back. He's over and back regularly so I would probably be able to get him to get some for anyone in the future. I'm going to try and get a number/e-mail for whoever/wherever he's getting them from so any of us here who want to avail of cheap shocks can. :D
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Sounds like a winner to me bud :)
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Some boring updates, haven't actually done much though.
Got the new shocks this evening :D just need to fit them now. Sorta wishing I'd saved for a little while longer and just switched to coilovers though tbh. Also finally decided on Toyo T1R's 'cos they are working out a good bit cheaper than I initially thought.
Grabbed some clear side repeaters from a Mazda 6 in the scrappy so want to fit those after it's resprayed, will de-tango the front indicators while I'm at it too. Should be getting the timing belt kit, engine service kit and a couple of other bits from fordprobestore soon. I've EBC Green Stuff brake pads to go on also.
I'll be booking it in for the NCT soon (Irish MOT), so once it's passed that it'll be off to a sprayer to work his magic and make her look sexy again. I'll be soooo glad to have the car back on the road, by end of October I'm hoping.
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My skirts arrived! :D They aren't actually original full length ones, but I worked away with the dremel for a while and chopped some bits off and they are starting to look more and more like the original ones. Which was my original plan. Now they just need more cut out and then fiberglassing.
An MS Paint pic outlining the bits that have been cut off and that are still to be removed:
Then they should look like these:
If anyone wants to do the same these are the ones I ordered:
http://www.tuning-rs.eu/sklep/?id=7&prodID=612
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Looks good Ryan oh, and you've got a flat tyre :lol:
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Looking good bud,
Also,
Love the MX3 in yellow!
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@2db15cd48e=nightstalker:
Looks good Ryan oh, and you've got a flat tyre :lol:
That's the better side! the 2 on the other side are flat. :lol:
@2db15cd48e=Lori:
Also,
Love the MX3 in yellow!
I found it on minkara, which is like a Japanese cardomain, soooo many sweet looking MX's there! :P
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@fdb87bd6ee=Lori:
Looking good bud,
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Love the MX3 in yellow!
Did they do the MX3 in yellow? That looks like Civic Jordan Yellow ever so slightly to me. Looks good. Hmm, now thinking when I can afford to get a respray might go for yellow/black instead of white/black.
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Just checked the colour chart on mx-3.com and they did.
It looks cool. Seems to be a rare colour though.
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Got the new seats fitted:
Sprayed the splitter:
Just have to do the sideskirts & wraparound spoiler now.
If I keep the car (I'm contemplating selling up once the paintwork is sorted) I'd like to source & fit a set of RX-8 front seats 'cos they look fantastic.
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Looks mint, nice one :D
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snap but you need some better pics to show that aggresive lip off
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Put the wraparound spoiler on for a look today. Needs the seal putting back on it and a lick of paint, so heading to halfords tomorrow for some rattlecans to spray it and the sideskirts.
Can't wait to get the skirts on. 8)
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nice that lip look good
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Primed the sideskirts. Was too cold & wet for me to spray the paint onto them, will do that soon though.
Really happy with how they look…not as good as the real J-Spec ones, but I can't complain! :)
Need to sort out where the skirt meets the front wing, not sure whether I'll just fiberglass the 'space' in or reattach the bit I cut off.
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looking good fella
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I ended up ordering & fitting Kumho Ecsta SPT's, got a cracking deal off camskill so couldn't say no. Talked to a couple of people who are running them and they're very happy with their performance & longevity….and for 50 quid a tyre who can complain. 8)
And snoooooowwwwwww! :P
Good fun but too cold to be spraying things. Bah. :(