Sam's Proper MX-3 - LT Turbo project *Parting out*
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What a great start to the Easter bank holiday weekend! My car is now being featured in a JDM Euro stance blog :D :D :D
http://r32taka.com/2012/04/06/the-rare-mazda/#more-6862
..and to finish it off went straight through the MOT :cheers:
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Did a bit more lowering yesterday! @ -125mm the bottom of the coilover body gets awfully close to the CV boot and I ground out getting out the drive!
It did look frickin amazing though…So jacked it up to -110mm in the front, ground off those two tow hooks underneath and cut back some of the plastic guards.
I Wont take anymore pictures of the whole car though till I get my new camera for my birthdays in a few weeks :P
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Its not low enough…. lower it more! :bigok:
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ha ha your probably right should of stuck at minus one twenty .still got a bit of wheel gap so I'm on the lookout for some sixteen's in the future to get my Fitment on point :-D
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haha how do you get around that low?! I think I'm about half as low as you :lol:
Great to see some turbo components back in the log ;)
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Had to change my driving style fo sure, by sticking to the speed limit :rofl: or sometimes under! When I first went to work in it on Monday I must of bumped the ground about 10 times, today about 3 times so you have to drive slightly towards the middle of the road to avoid the camber and potholes/deep drain hole covers or completely miss some roads out all together :D
Does feel quite gnarly though doing a big 'ol frame rail grind :bigok: Going to look see what damage if any I might of done to the sump at the weekend and try and formulate a plan to fit a guard in situ.
Yeah the kit is building up nicely 8)
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Well no real updates of any work carried out, just some more picture whoring!
Didn't scrape once today and the sumps seems ok so I might take off another 10mm and see what happens :shock:
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I love it! cant wait to see complete pics of it slammed
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Cheers Josh shouldn't be too long now hoping for a sunny weekend on the 4th of May 8) Fitting a replacement wing tommorow with Archenemy booked up for Sunday to come and roll and flare again. Had to pay extra to get them down as the local guy was out the country till end of May and I wanted it sorted before Japfest on the 12th, so the fella is having a 250mile round trip just to roll one arch!
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oh wow, yeah that is a trip to roll one fender :) It is looking good, can't wait to see that new wing on there either. nice progress!
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Aswell as His long journey down it looks like we might be in for some 60mph winds & rain on Sunday, us living very close to the sea it could get quite extreme!
So another pita thing about low is getting the car off the ground for work purposes. I have a three stage method now> drive up onto wooden blocks, scissor jack then fits undo the sill, then trolley jack under the front!
Old wing off was pretty easy really, managed it on my own :D
Replacement wing on.
whilst the car was up performed and Oil and filter change which should of been done a while ago judging by what came out…
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Looking good Sam you fellow stance monkey, are you planning on doing a scrape plate underneath? I'll soon be getting rid of my sleeves to replace them with some coilovers, the lads car I'm getting them off is slammed and he just told me they have at least another 3 inches to drop :bigok:
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Thanks Bro, I am indeed fitting a sump skid plate very soon as its had a few hit now, as have the wishbone mounting points and frame rails! Sumps the one Im worried about though for now.
Cool thats a big drop look forward to seeing yours with even more dumpage, its looking great btw according to your new signature pic.
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@0135ea6879=youdirtyfox:
Thanks Bro, I am indeed fitting a sump skid plate very soon as its had a few hit now, as have the wishbone mounting points and frame rails! Sumps the one Im worried about though for now.
Cool thats a big drop look forward to seeing yours with even more dumpage, its looking great btw according to your new signature pic.
Cheers, amazing what you can do with a photo editing program :mrgreen:
It's undergoing a few changes at the moment, tidying things up, replacing panels and front bumper, replacement rear arches :? All will be revealed sometime soon :imout:
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Ar yes the beauties of photochop 8) Archenemy been and gone and done His thing well pretty much a carbon copy of the other side :D Came all the way from NE London in a lovely little CRX on Work wheels
:bowdown:
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@5a188fb035=youdirtyfox:
Ar yes the beauties of photochop 8)
No Photoshop here bud, Photomatix HDR :bowdown:
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Sounds good I spotted a trial version I might have to play with that a later date. I use PS elements the cheap & cheerfull version.
Well bad news as I went to fit my sump guard tonight it's a bit too late as there is a crack appreared which is weeping! now Im on the hunt again for another or I wont be coming to Japfest…
EDIT > got one coming by the end of week, lets hope it IS the right one this time!
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Did I read that you changed your fuel filter recently? I just purchased one off. Was it a fiddly job?
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Yes I did. Its not too bad however I would recommend this tool:
A flexible hose clip driver for the lower fuel pipe, and lay some soft matting
on top of the engine to lay on.
But basically pull the IGN fuse in the engine bay, turn the engine over a few times to depressurize the system. Undo the top fuel hose to it. undo the fuel filter bracket so you can pull the filter forward and then use the flexible hose clip driver to undo the bottom hose clip, then pull the filter out and refit new one in reverse order.
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@2f8731e453=youdirtyfox:
Yes I did. Its not too bad however I would recommend this tool:
A flexible hose clip driver for the lower fuel pipe, and lay some soft matting
on top of the engine to lay on.
But basically pull the IGN fuse in the engine bay, turn the engine over a few times to depressurize the system. Undo the top fuel hose to it. undo the fuel filter bracket so you can pull the filter forward and then use the flexible hose clip driver to undo the bottom hose clip, then pull the filter out and refit new one in reverse order.
i invested in one of those tools there realy handy
