Mooneggs 92 MX-3 Daily Driver IP 2013 in review

[Evo_Spec]

oh man, i love the invader hood, i plan on getting one eventually.

lookin good moon

[Mooneggs]

How dark is the tint on your side windows? Car looks good...would look better with paint on it...but it does look good.

I'm running 20% on the sides and back as well as a 20% 9" strip on the front window... yeah I would like to get one of them painted eventually but for now I really do love the flat black look

[GIjoe]

you have replicated EXACTLY what I want to do with my MX3!!!! very nice!!

[wytbishop]

Your JDM car in Mighty Grey would be my favorite car in the world. I'm just saying.

[OutlaW]

Speaking of teeth, now your rear passengers have something to clamp onto
I can't wait to see how you do at AutoX!

in my country , that could never be approved for a DD car ... if someone travels in the back seats and the car gets a back impact, the back passengers will die 100% sure with crashed skulls.

[fowljesse]

His car is about 10X more safe than ½ the cars on the roads here. You'd be horrified what scrapes, smokes, and rattles down the freeways. Also, I bet your laws make it difficult to get a driver's license, whereas any senile, atrophied 4 foot tall person can easily get a license. I'm quite sure he's not going to have passengers.

[Ryan]

He could remove the rear seat belts to save on weight. You'd be surprised what they weigh. Wouldn't be aesthetically displeasing either.

[Mooneggs]

Yeah I may eventually remove the seatbelts in the back... I had them out for a while and then put them back in. If I have to I could transport people as long as they are children or midgets that fit below the bar

Anyways, I drove up to Seattle last week and picked up a set of SE front seats and an SE rear bottom and back seat. The rear is mint but the front seats needed a little work. Fortunately I had a set of 2 driver's side bottom seats. This of course required me to do a little bit of work, but it was well worth it! The new seats feel absolutely amazing!!

Basically I took both seats completely apart. I swapped the entire cushion/frame to the driver's side. On the passenger side I had to remove the new cushion from the frame and reattach it to the passenger frame. This required to remove and replace the hog rings. I bought a set of hog ring pliers and by the time I was done I was pretty good with it. But it still wasn't easy... I should also note that the leather covers ARE slightly different between driver and passenger. I wasn't worried about the difference since it wasn't noticeable I was also pleasantly surprised to see an intact passenger side seatbelt holder I looked up the part number for the driver's side and I ordered it so I'll have seatbelt holders on both sides Hopefully it will have the little holder for the seatbelt too. If it does I'll probably order 2 more for the race car seats. I also looked up the retail on just the bottoms and it was $1200 a piece I got both bottoms for $40 bucks off ebay about 2 years ago!

Anyways it was alot of hard work but these seats are truly amazing, they feel so good and new it's pretty awesome...

I also finally installed my front fog light switch instead of having it hang below the dash
















new compared to old

[fowljesse]

Too....many... pictures.
Slow... connection.....must...see... in...person.
Congratulations!
I had seat belt holders until Sarah broke them

[Mooneggs]

So this weekend I just couldn't wait any longer to test out the CF hatch... even though this isn't the car it is meant for, I wanted to test it out in the rain and driving with it! I am really pleased with the final product of this... I thought it would not fit correctly but it ended up being just about perfect!

Lot's of pics for those that wanted to see this 1 of 9 in the world rare mx-3 part

































I also put in the full rear interior...

[solo_ryder]

Awesome! Looks REALLY great. I can't wait to see it in person Mark

[_-Night-Shade-_]

Hey Mooneggs I've finally finished reading your worklog! Some amazing progress, it's astonishing to see how far it's come along. I love how you drove around back in the day with it half red/half grey haha. You've done a lot of things that I eventually want to do to mine, namely the JDM bumper, lip & side skirts; maybe you can help me find a set? =P

P.S. - So when are you going to get a proper paint job? ahahaha sorry I couldn't resist!

Keep up the good work!

[fowljesse]

Those leather seats are comfy! Mine are rocks compared to them. You need more pics in your worklog
Every time we hang out, you take pictures of your car. I don't blame you, though
I just want to mention that Mr. Eggs is a great driver. He'll keep you on the edge of fun, and fear. We have to get videos soon.

[Daninski]

Stupid question but what was the hole in the front JDM bumper used for. I have the same front end.

[Mooneggs]

it's for the OEM tow hook... check out page 9 in this worklog it shows some pics with the bumper off and the tow hook on...