Ryan's MX-3
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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,
Also,
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. :(
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I had those tyres on my old v6 rims and was very pleased. They are great all rounders and performed well in wet and dry. I got them when they just came out for 35 each then the brand started doing well and price went right up! So went over to yokohamas when I went on 17.
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Decided I'm sticking with MX-3's for the forseeable future, but for the money I'd put into doing up the bodywork on this and a few other little things I could just buy another clean MX-3, so that's the plan – find a clean black one within the next few months and transfer all my parts from this one over to it.
Also, from the Eunos Presso I found in the scrapyard a few days ago I nabbed a set of decent shocks with -35/40mm lowering springs. Fitted the rear ones yesterday just for a quick look, and dammnnn, a bit off the ride height really transforms the looks! 8)