Hey New Kit Idea

[Mnemonic]

How about we stop trying to get other car fronts and rears made for our car and get a company to make a look FOR OUR CAR, 1 our car isnt an evo, 2 it isnt a Honda, 3 deffinetly not an eclipse or any other car you can think of. I mean We may be a small group of guys, compared to other imports but why did we decide to get an mx3? i dotn think it was because we wanted to look like a civic or any other popular car. Ok so they mod the blitz front end to fit on ours, GUESS WHAT GUYS, you know own the same looking front end just on an
Mx-3. where is the difference in that? im not dissing anyone thats trying to get kit companies to mod them for us so that they will fit, i just dont see the point. I am a graphic designer and from the point i see it is like this, we're mooching 1 man comes up with an idea, several companies fallow that idea, then that idea is altered in a small way then next thing you know BOOM everyone has it, you do relise that these kits we want will be out of style quickly or sorta like rims everone has them so you need to go buy a new set.

I just dont see the point

But to those who want to do something for the mx-3 PLEASE post your idea's i dont care what they are napkin drawings ANYTHING that is original. Im just tired of seeing our scene copy off of others because we're the little guy and its the only way we can get things done.

[Spydie]

I like kits that's aren't overkill.

[kuruption1983]

One of the sickest ideas i have ever seen ( it will still be copying, but not everyone can do it) is the supra bumper that has the headlights integrated into the front bumper. We could somehow modify the idea to fit it on our car and at the same time have a unique front bumper. The advantages to this bumper was that there were 3 projector lights incorporated into the bumper, it was made of urethane, and at the same time we could design a hood that would match the front bumper and totally evolve the look of our car to what majority likes. It will be a fairly costly project, but if theres a devoted person out there with a passion for precidias, he/she could bring this to life, and change the way people look @ mx3s forever.
This idea seems very far off from reality, but everything is possible; bush became president, arnold became governer, why cant we have this.
My time it off, let me come off the podium and get back studying.

[fictionaldaydream]

I don't get it. What ever copy bumper came from a civic and migrated on a mx-3. It never looks like a civic. We should be happy theres even companies making kits for are car. I am grateful espically with aerogear coming on the site and making those kits. I am gonna get a full kit. I'm not worried because it will never look like a civic.

[Mnemonic]

i never said areogear i never picked out what company copied idea's from a civic which my friend there are many that came out 1st for the civic then long time later came out for the mx-3

[Mnemonic]

due excuse my ruff draft but i was thinking of somethinglike this may be intresting

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[ltjrunner]

me like...but follow the stock upper portion a little more and id say have the front lip go all the way across...or possibly get it so a front lip spoiler could be made for that. overall i do like that style man. its like the drift...nice and simple.

[marshmallow15]

hey kev that supra bumper you are talking about is called the abflug widebody kit for the supra... its the fortune series. it completely replaces the headlight with a 3-projector system. that would be interesting to see.

the idea of this is heading in the right direction, but think of it. most civics and accords dont have their own 'unique' bumpers. almost every car has all the same style bumpers. we should be happy that we're finally getting more styles. think of it the only cars that have their own bumpers that i haven't seen on any cars yet is the mazdaspeed kit for the rx-7. but this is japanese supercars we're talking about.

but if i had an option, i'd like to see that source designs kit that was being developed for the mx-3. that bumper is simple, subtle, and has an original look.

EDIT: and making a completely unique kit for the mx-3 is going to cost more. when molding kits to our cars, it was simple because the kit was already made, then you fit it to the car, and use it as a mold. here we have to find someone dedicated enough to sculpt a mold from SCRATCH. more expensive, more costly. a unique kit... hah. everything looks the same. all side skirts have vents. what... are the side skirts for our cars going to be mounted a little bit more to the side? personally it just seems like too much effort and money for making a unique kit that'll look like most kits anyway. now unless you mean something totally unique compared to other cars like that new hatch released from onderground, that's unique. something like the supra bumper with built in fiberglass headlight pods for our cars would be unique, because its only been done on one other car and the bumper itself costs $650.

<small>[ October 22, 2003, 07:02 AM: Message edited by: marshmallow15 ]</small>

[2.5mx3]

I have to agree with Brian that most of the aftermarket bumpers for the MX-3 are just agressive Civic-style bumpers modified to fit our car. I personally don't like an agressive bumper like the combat style or even the Evo... and that's why I sold my MP5 bumper: because Onderground decided to put that massive lip on the bottom of each side to give it a "combat" look. That's a shame, because it was supposed to be like the original MP5 bumper that was much less agressive.

The pic of the bumper you drafted is nice-looking. I'm wondering though if it would be strong enough with the huge grill opening and very large vents on the sides. It looks like it might crumble with the slightest impact. Still very cool though...

I'd like to see something along the lines of the Mazdaspeed front-end, only updated. I guess that's why I jumped at getting the MP5 - because it has that same style without being over-the-top. Too bad Onderground botched it. I'm not sure a lot of people would agree with me... most guys here seem to like the Combat/Evo look, but I'm just looking for something that looks quite different than stock, yet still follows the lines of the MX-3, and isn't in-yo-face agressive.

Like it or not, I think the original Erebuni "fish-mouth" bumper was a good example of a bumper that follows the rounded, bubbly lines of the MX-3... although I was never really crazy about the design. I do have the sides from that kit which look great with the stock bumper.

Anyway, sorry for the long post! Unfortunately I don't have any graphic design software, but if I get a chance, I'll see if I can sketch something out.

[ltjrunner]

if you actually look it seems that more people have the ms style front end than any other. or atleast thats just what im seeing.

yes a completly original kit will cost more than getting one fitted for our cars. and not much of it will be totally original cuz many of the designs are already really out there.

about the weakness of the front, the only strong aftermarket fronts look to be the ones that stay closer to stock(like the ms, mp5). i fully understand that putting an aftermarket front on my car does weaken it...but nothing compared to those damn t-tops!

and for a bumper, to fully come with its own headlight housing for 650 isnt a bad price. think, the housing that barry was considering he estimated 200 bucks. front bomper around 350. right there is 550, so a 100 bucks more for a projector housing fitted for our car wouldnt be bad. will this happen, more than likely no because of the simple fact not many companies want to take the risk. they are more for taking a kit thats already out there, getting it to fit on our car and there you have it a new style for our car. its cool that our car is getting new looks though, and i guess if you want to be original take fiberglass and body classes to come up with your own, custom design. then you could even use a carbon fiber lay for more strength, and paint over it just as you would fiberglass.

<small>[ October 22, 2003, 10:10 AM: Message edited by: ltjrunner ]</small>

[Mnemonic]

as for more expensive your actually right and wrong, your right on the fact that the 1st kit will cost alot, but after it would be cheaper because they then have a mold to work from so it would just be a self sacrafise

[kuruption1983]

this is what i was talkin about, think about it,,,

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[mitmaks]

can someone put that kit on mx3?

[marshmallow15]

Originally posted by kuruption1983:
this is what i was talkin about, think about it,,,

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yea kev that's the fortune widebody kit for the supra from abflug... i think the entire kit runs around $16,000. not only does it come with those pieces, but it comes with a shorter hood, different radiator support and mounts, and lots of carbon fiber rear diffusers and side diffusers that are inside the panels. crazy kit.

if you guys want an original kit, your best bet would to be to contact erebuni, pakfeifer, and mazdaspeed (their kits for the mx-3 are original) and ask them to make a copy of their molds and to modify those molds to make generation 2 kits (2nd gen meaning an updated kit like the mazdaspeed front 2 for the mx-3 or the pakfeifer front 2)

[kuruption1983]

[quote]Originally posted by kuruption1983:
this is what i was talkin about, think about it,,,
But my main point of showing that kit was to show the idea for the front bumper without the flares on the side. They are many many adv. to this kit, its got projektors (yay), its a totally sometin new that no other car ever had or will ever have cept for the supras, its not too aggresive, we could get rid of those damn ugly lookin headlights of ours.
Heres my ideas of how we can play with this thing; we could just make it in a way to replace our headlights, not to change the design of the existing headlights, lose the flares, keep the design of the rest of the bumper as its great for havin an FMIC. we could use it pak or FX sides since they look exactly the same way as this design.
But guys, think about it, projektors, totally unique and new design and that little hole on the side is amazing for CAI. Could someone please PS this on an mx3.