Mooneggs 92 MX-3 Daily Driver IP 2013 in review

[Nd4SpdSe]

I believe he got it from Oscar (EZ_4_FUN) but I'm not sure if he's still producing them.

No, his mold/CF guy is out of buisness it's been a few years....

[kulluminati777]

I believe he got it from Oscar (EZ_4_FUN) but I'm not sure if he's still producing them.

No, his mold/CF guy is out of buisness it's been a few years....

i joined the MX-3 game at the worst time...

[IMACHU2]

Does that rare JDM Lego man head air filter flow well? Great score on the autozam goodies. Those helmets are pure smut!

[fowljesse]

Lego head really holds it's cookies, if you know what I mean..

[Mooneggs]

lol I didn't even think about it but I could modify that lego head to fit around my PRM intake

I love legos. The top part of the head comes off exposing the brains (usually wrapped candy).

[Mooneggs]

So I have a couple things I'd like to talk about. Last Friday after about 4 years of searching, saving up, research and procurement I finally have my "starter" International Project race rim/tire combo. I was able to find a local business that appears deserted on Sundays so I did a quick test of fitment there I'll have to remember this place in the future!

I purchased Kumho Ecsta V710's in 225/50/15 and they fit wonderfully on the MS-01R rims! The weight of this combo is around 37 pounds. The fronts have about an inch +/- from the coil in the front but a little close around the arch and the rears have about 1mm between the tire and coil. Because of this, I'm considering raising the coilovers in the rear 1/2" and the front 1/4". Not sure if I'll have time to do that before the next race. I'm guessing I'll get an alignment with the 215/40/17 Dunlop Direzzas since that's the closest size wheel combo I have and I don't want to drive the new R compound tires on the street I have pics with and without caps.

The downside of using the caps is I have to use the OEM stubby lugnuts and if I happen to be racing with the TSW (because of potential rain or something) then I have to lug around extra lugnuts. The caps definately add a level of "completeness" and prestige but without the capsthe rim/tires still look quite aggresive... (at least anything I'm used to seeing on an mx-3).

A couple of weeks ago I decided to reinstall my MS front strut bar and had to cut some of the inner support fiberglass from the underside of the hood. I'm glad I did as I "think I feel" a difference and don't notice anything crazy going on with the hood. The hoodpins are still secured so I'm not sure what the con of this is... yet.

[RobMinhas]

Those MS rims are so nice! They look great on the car!

If only the AZ-3 middle light in the back matched your tail lights, it's the only thing that looks off.

Beautiful car regardless.

[IMACHU2]

The MS-01R rims are very retro kool, fuels my "wonder if I could squeeze 225/50/15's on the 326" dirty thoughts.

[kulluminati777]

O...M...G... I am officially in love with your ride and you better keep those caps on, if not you know where you can dump them....

[weede_klze]

great tires!

[Will Thomas]

+1 for the wheels Moon. I like the retro look.

[Mooneggs]

I love it when a plan comes together and most importantly the weather cooperates

After determined that the wraparound mud guards would not fit due to the angle at which I had my muffler welded on I decided that the wraparound guards were too fragile (and freakin expensive) to mess with. And after seeing the condition of my current muffle (within the last year I scraped it several times pretty badly, lack of cleaning maintenance), I decided to just buy/install/reposition a new one. Fortunately the place I take the car to be worked on is awesome and they let me fit the guard while it was on the rack to ensure the new angle/position would let it clear.

After that I came home and the sun was shining! So I whipped out a can of primer and sprayed the guards, then took the OEM guards off, then washed the car (and especially under the rear bumper). Test fitment took a while as I'm not good with 3m tape and body parts in general but I am happy with the end product and I think I got everything lined up pretty good.

Also I have no pics but I decided to fill in the space between the wraparound guard to the rear bumper with strips of gorilla tape until it is basically a solid surface with no inside lip. I'm afraid that a cone will go under my car and basically rip these guards off and hopefully this will help prevent that from happening. They are SOOOO fragile, basically I think if I hit anything with them they will shatter

I took alot of pics from different angles as they do look different depending how you look at the car (chubby, sporty, SICK, etc )

[mikeinaus]

those look wicked, but so unfinished with the gap in the middle. i remember you were saying something about making them one piece and i hope you go through with it. either way they look great. from your description of the being so fragile im guessing they are fibreglass?

[Mooneggs]

Yes they are fiberglass... I dunno, the space on the middle is growing on me (already). Maybe I will just spray the tire well a low gloss black - I think being able to see that (and it being off center) is what makes it look messed up. I do like the idea that it's the same width as the license plate space.

[mx3matt]

maybe some kind of mild "diffuser".

i love the look tho. i want!