My 1.6 16v

[SteeleMX3]

I feel like your taking bits that I really want and putting them in your interior, then posting pictures just to make me jealous! BTW, I like your gauges

also, nicely done on the splitter!

[nightstalker]

Been a while guys.

The car's now been lowered 40mm and a few things have been done internally and externally, nothing massive.

The changing of the springs wa a complete pain in the a-- though!


A seized and annoying nut!


A grinder


Still wouldn't shift!


Some more grinding!




And a victory for brute f**king force!


Some new leather


Some more interior spraying




Some carbon


Some cutting



Some tinted rear lights


and some new pics

[nightstalker]

Oh, who ever did this MX3, please talk to me (or if anyone can link me to a build up please do! I am thinking of doing this next year as I hate the tailgate on the MX3!).

[RS_OBD'oh_2]

don't you dare!!!!!

What's wrong with the mx as it is? similar to a vette or RX-7 etc. Shame.
if you were to search the del sol mx3 you will see the debate/hate. It was a FG hatch that is well past discontinued (or it better be).

[Dragon1212]

Man it your car but i agree NOt only do you lose most of the reason hatchback can carry large a-- objects you make car look Ugly, Lol,, Looks great now tho

[Nd4SpdSe]

Oh, who ever did this MX3, please talk to me (or if anyone can link me to a build up please do! I am thinking of doing this next year as I hate the tailgate on the MX3!).

That car even predates me, pre-2002. Search for Delsol hatch, a few have done it, some look ok, but nothing. Another option is the potential FD hatch, that's a close fitament and would probably be the least work. I think also that someone did a quick fit of an MR2 hatch on their Mx3, i know there's pics of that floating around...

[nightstalker]

Man it your car but i agree NOt only do you lose most of the reason hatchback can carry large a-- objects you make car look Ugly, Lol,, Looks great now tho

Sorry folks I think the MX3 is ugly at the rear end, but to be honest nothings happening to the car anymore, I've had enough of it so much so that I was tempted to give fresh coat of fire.

I'm selling up in the new year and getting an MX6 2.5 V6. For some reason the 6 (with much bigger and powerful engine) is cheaper for me to insure than the pissy 1.6 MX3.

Sorry guys, this car is just NOT for me and I've had enough

[Dragon1212]

Sorry if my post made you have enough of this car... But is it seriously cheaper to ensure the 6-cyl? Pardon me if that doesn't make much sense lol.

[nightstalker]

Sorry if my post made you have enough of this car... But is it seriously cheaper to ensure the 6-cyl? Pardon me if that doesn't make much sense lol.

Lol, no worries. No, I was having a few personal issues with my life and I'd started hating everything.

Yes, for some reason it is cheaper for me to insure a larger engined car, something I couldn't figure out myself. It looks like I'm keeping the car for now and next year I'm giving it a big makeover (no pick up mods ). I'm going to get the body work looked at and straightened out, resprayed, new wheels, new interior, better suspension and possibly looking to turbo......

[nightstalker]

It lives on.

Winter gave it a battering and bits of body need sorting out drastically.



so picked up a new front wing (in red!?)


But the bolts under the car are seized and need grinding off and drilling out

Gave it a ghetto two tone spray job in satin black



which is best when wet




Stripped


and I picked up some new wheels

Set of 5 17 inch Hijoin split 5 spokes

These required new wheel nuts due to the hole diameter



and on the car



decided to tidy up the interior mods, replace the carbon center console vinyl and fit the gear and handbrake gaiter better




and also wired in some foot well LEDs



Fun fun fun

[Dragon1212]

Dude nice rims... i need to figure out how to attach my Neons.

[nightstalker]

Dude nice rims... i need to figure out how to attach my Neons.

Internal or under car? For the internal ones I took the center console out completely and cut the wire for the bulb near the ash tray and spliced the wires into that using some connecting blocks.

I have just put one under my front spoiler cutting the wires on one of the lower spot lights and splicing the wires into that using once again, connection blocks. I had used adhesive on the LED strip at first but it kept falling off, so now I have attached it using some small cable ties (drilling 2 holes either side of the strip and doing this in about 4 different paces across the underside of it, it works a lot better- here's the result)




The lights cannot physically be seen until I turn them on so has been a good result

[Dragon1212]

Inside, mine is a actual 6 inch neon tube trying to mount it to the underside of the steering column.

[Sleeper6]

Was that a legit MS you snagged that fender from???
If so you better go back and get the rest of it man theres some serious snagging potential there!

[nightstalker]

Was that a legit MS you snagged that fender from???
If so you better go back and get the rest of it man theres some serious snagging potential there!

Lol, no, it was just an auto 1.6 with an MS badge on it, getting the other side off the guy soon (JayMX3). If it was a MS car I'd probably have been kicked out by the wife and sleeping in a nice looking MX3 (as I would have had it all and spent all our money)