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Re: Vecia's 1994 MX-3

Posted: April 20th, 2011, 7:34 pm
by Vecia
yup. 5% I love it. Def keeps the temp down inside with no A/C lol

Re: Vecia's 1994 MX-3

Posted: April 20th, 2011, 9:41 pm
by Pritchett
Is that 1/2" MDF? I built my box out of 5/8" MDF and it weighs a ton with only 1 outta the 2 sub's in it. I was debating on having a stereo in my car once I went KLZE to minimize on the weight....Kinda thought of doing something similar, but I want to be able to pull it all out only a couple easy steps. Looking good man, keep up the awesome job!

Re: Vecia's 1994 MX-3

Posted: April 21st, 2011, 7:17 pm
by Vecia
Pritchett wrote:Is that 1/2" MDF? I built my box out of 5/8" MDF and it weighs a ton with only 1 outta the 2 sub's in it. I was debating on having a stereo in my car once I went KLZE to minimize on the weight....Kinda thought of doing something similar, but I want to be able to pull it all out only a couple easy steps. Looking good man, keep up the awesome job!
No, I went 3/4. I'm not too concerned about weight with this one as its my first build; more so for flash than speed. Next one I'll be more conscious of weight. 5/8 is good though for Amp racks and your main floor support. If you are doing like 8" subs you could go 5/8 too but I wouldn't do anything less than 3/4 for 10s and bigger. That is unless you go fiberglass. Then you could just stick with 3/4 mounting rings and be light as air. Plus, fiberglass, as long as its at least 1/8" thick, hit hard as hell. Fill with some light stuffing and you will bass deep. With the MX-3, I'm learning, its hard to get sub boxes built the way you want them in the trunk. I think I'm going to go fiberglass as well.

At any rate, showed up to the house with these at my door. :)

Power Window Master Switch.
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And these beautiful things! :)

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Too bad I can't afford tires yet :(

Re: Vecia's 1994 MX-3

Posted: April 26th, 2011, 5:38 am
by Vecia
Thanks to Night-Shade for the raised spoiler.

Allot of body work to do before she's put on.

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Re: Vecia's 1994 MX-3

Posted: April 26th, 2011, 9:56 pm
by _-Night-Shade-_
Always a pleasure to help out a fellow MX-3er. Nice to see it made it down alright, it was a tricky one to ship! Looking forward to seeing it on your car. On a side note, wow I've never seen an RS with a factory sunroof!

Re: Vecia's 1994 MX-3

Posted: April 27th, 2011, 5:44 am
by Vecia
I'm excited. This is the first foreign car I have ever fixed up in my entire life! Looking forward to getting it looking good.
_-Night-Shade-_ wrote:Always a pleasure to help out a fellow MX-3er. Nice to see it made it down alright, it was a tricky one to ship! Looking forward to seeing it on your car. On a side note, wow I've never seen an RS with a factory sunroof!
Very cool! Hopefully I can do something really different with this one. Thanks again.

Re: Vecia's 1994 MX-3

Posted: April 30th, 2011, 8:34 pm
by Vecia
Just a few new pics with better camera. Enjoy.

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Re: Vecia's 1994 MX-3

Posted: April 30th, 2011, 10:12 pm
by AaronTietje
I love the 94 style dash :love:

Re: Vecia's 1994 MX-3

Posted: May 20th, 2011, 6:19 am
by Vecia
Nothing new to report as of late. I've been working 7 days a week so I haven't had much time to do anything. Looks like I may at least have my new tires soon though. We will see. I'll keep you guys informed.

Re: Vecia's 1994 MX-3

Posted: June 5th, 2011, 3:30 pm
by Vecia
Been doing a little body work bit by bit. Also bought 2 tires for my wheels and I will get the other 2 week after this one.

Here are some pics.

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Re: Vecia's 1994 MX-3

Posted: June 5th, 2011, 7:20 pm
by Vecia
Paint and clear is done. Just have to compound and blend the clear into the existing paint. Not bad for my first body repair.

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Re: Vecia's 1994 MX-3

Posted: June 6th, 2011, 12:43 pm
by _-Night-Shade-_
Very good bodywork! How did you learn it?

Re: Vecia's 1994 MX-3

Posted: June 6th, 2011, 8:05 pm
by Vecia
Allot of youtube videos! lol

Re: Vecia's 1994 MX-3

Posted: June 6th, 2011, 9:34 pm
by Dragon1212
Vecia wrote:Allot of youtube videos! lol
Lol did you learn about pinholes?
Good for you.

Re: Vecia's 1994 MX-3

Posted: June 9th, 2011, 8:35 pm
by Vecia
Yup. Pinholes were avoided. Well, I had a couple but the self-etching primer took care of that.