Modify stock front bumper

Post by **Mooneggs** » October 16th, 2007, 10:50 am

Kirk95gs wrote:LOL yup! bring it right over.... gotta love the maritimes... it seems most of my pic's have beer in the background somewhere...

HAHA I was going to make a comment about that... every pic has a bottle in it LOL

colinsmx3 · Post by **colinsmx3** » October 18th, 2007, 9:47 am

Yea I used a 2003 Miata Mazdaspeed front lip!! worked well for free and all! if you wanna mod the rear get a RSX Type S rear lip! here is mine!

Nd4SpdSe · Post by **Nd4SpdSe** » October 18th, 2007, 10:19 am

Not bad Colin, not bad at all

We need painted pics tho

Post by **Mooneggs** » October 18th, 2007, 10:30 am

oh wow I like that alot... I have been thinking about a rear valence for some time...

I would probably round the edge off some more... but WOW overall nice job! LOL you have custom modified your entire "body kit"

mx3autozam · Post by **mx3autozam** » December 12th, 2007, 5:37 pm

Hey Kirk. You filled in the sidemarkers on the side.

Can you exolain what you did. Did you fiberglass them too. How did it hold up because the fibrglass is very ridgid and doesn't flex. Di it eventually crack or what?

Highbody · Post by **Highbody** » December 24th, 2007, 2:50 am

i like that lip... looks like it could be stock but if you see it next to another one you would see its not... i like it

NorCalMX3 · Post by **NorCalMX3** » December 31st, 2007, 1:31 pm

colinsmx3 wrote:Yea I used a 2003 Miata Mazdaspeed front lip!! worked well for free and all! if you wanna mod the rear get a RSX Type S rear lip! here is mine!

How long did it take you to do that? that looks wonderful!

neutral · Post by **neutral** » December 31st, 2007, 3:24 pm

mx3TheOnlyLoveOfMyLife wrote:
colinsmx3 wrote:...if you wanna mod the rear get a RSX Type S rear lip! here is mine!

How long did it take you to do that? that looks wonderful!

I agree, that looks straightforward to do and really really nice. Details? Source for the rear lip?

colinsmx3 · Post by **colinsmx3** » January 1st, 2008, 11:39 am

well actually I got the rear lip from my work since I work at a Mazda dealership and we have a Honda/Acura body shop in the back. I pretty much noticed they did not take this off a damaged bumper and so I figured I could make it work! but all I did was cut about 2 inchs off each side then inset a few screws and filled them in and VUALA!

I like free parts!

Kirk95gs · Post by **Kirk95gs** » February 21st, 2008, 6:42 am

mx3autozam wrote:Hey Kirk. You filled in the sidemarkers on the side.

Can you exolain what you did. Did you fiberglass them too. How did it hold up because the fibrglass is very ridgid and doesn't flex. Di it eventually crack or what?

I used that ( I think it was call Cat Hair f/g premix) anyways it came in a quart can.. filled the sidemarkers with it untill they were flush with the front. Then a small peice of f/g cloth on the back to cover the hole housing. Then I useed body putty to shooth out the transition.

It held up really great. even after I hit the racoon and broke the front lip off. It never cracked.

I will be fixing the lip and selling the moded stock bumper this spring...

amnguitars · Post by **amnguitars** » September 1st, 2008, 10:30 pm

kk those are all sik ideas about modifying the stock bumper but i am having a problem with my front bumper i cannot seem to find a way to remove my front bumper off and same with my headlights i dont know how to remove them can someone help me out cause its starting to piss me off lol

Thnx for the help

neli_nael · Post by **neli_nael** » September 2nd, 2008, 1:41 am

amnguitars wrote:kk those are all sik ideas about modifying the stock bumper but i am having a problem with my front bumper i cannot seem to find a way to remove my front bumper off and same with my headlights i dont know how to remove them can someone help me out cause its starting to piss me off lol

Thnx for the help

its in here somewhere
http://www.mx-3.com/manuals/index.php

amnguitars · Post by **amnguitars** » September 2nd, 2008, 4:16 pm

thnx alot for the link but does anyone know an easier way to show me how to remove my front bumper because the website that you sent me was alittle to complicated to understand because there are so many pictures.

Thnx

Ryan · Post by **Ryan** » September 2nd, 2008, 10:37 pm

Here's mine at the moment. I pushed my PS cooler up too, because I thought that it looked retarded. I just bolted it up higher on my hood latch mechanism.

I am also wondering, if you could create the JDM style just by cutting the whole bottom out and adding a GS lip? Anyone tried?

And removing the bumper... some around the headlights, some screws actually attaching it to the hard plastic bumper(in the middle, just look down), some up behind the turn signals(lay down and look up into the holes), one in each wheel well, one just infront of each wheel well... and I think thats it.

Post by **Mooneggs** » September 3rd, 2008, 12:16 pm

Ryan wrote:I am also wondering, if you could create the JDM style just by cutting the whole bottom out and adding a GS lip? Anyone tried?

are you talking about the aggressive JDM lip? it's a completely different style...

I think cutting out the bottom part would only mess up your bumper and make it unstable

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