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tmac4t4's '96 GS

Posted: September 3rd, 2009, 9:47 pm
by tmac4t4
my new project.
got a good deal on the car, only 200k on the body and only 100k on the 1.8v6 under the hood :welder: ...so far ive put on some new drilled rotors, some new rims,,which are almost identical to the ones used on the new mazda3's,, i also have mazda 3 floormats,shift nob and am currently searching for a mazda3 steering wheel...i still need to paint the front bumper and hook up my turn signals...

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Re: tmac4t4's '96 GS

Posted: September 4th, 2009, 2:43 am
by OutlaW
lower your car , pretty soon you will have homeless people living under there :wink: :roll:

Re: tmac4t4's '96 GS

Posted: September 4th, 2009, 2:48 am
by edger0587
Liking the rims...

Re: tmac4t4's '96 GS

Posted: September 4th, 2009, 3:50 am
by hgallegos915
the hell with lowering it, BOOST IT!

Re: tmac4t4's '96 GS

Posted: September 4th, 2009, 4:06 am
by OutlaW
hector ... come on , the dude has a MX3 , the most beautifull car in the world .
he doesnt want to own a boosted BigFoot ...

Re: tmac4t4's '96 GS

Posted: September 6th, 2009, 5:21 pm
by tmac4t4
lowering is definatley on my To Do list..mind you i kinda like how soft the ride is right now :shrug:

today i claybarred the car for the 3rd time since i started driving it..it needed it bad..top that off with a nice coat of wax and she's lookin pretty mint!
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Re: tmac4t4's '96 GS

Posted: September 10th, 2009, 1:28 pm
by mx3autozam
clay bared it 3 times. dude once was enough. Start buffing it and it will look alot nicer. Nice pics at Wilsons, It seems that everyone who owns an mx works there now.

Re: tmac4t4's '96 GS

Posted: September 10th, 2009, 3:23 pm
by 93vtecklr
I like the Mazda 3 lookalikes!! They do look similar to the snowflakes! All the new interior appointments will definately modernize the ride, good find and good luck with the build. I'm going to keep my eye on this one.

Re: tmac4t4's '96 GS

Posted: September 11th, 2009, 9:47 pm
by tmac4t4
mx3autozam wrote:clay bared it 3 times. dude once was enough. Start buffing it and it will look alot nicer. Nice pics at Wilsons, It seems that everyone who owns an mx works there now.
once wasnt enough, the car hadnt been washed in well over a year...n im the only one with a mx3 :D

Re: tmac4t4's '96 GS

Posted: September 11th, 2009, 11:43 pm
by mx3autozam
ya but in the past me and fieromx3 both worked there.

Re: tmac4t4's '96 GS

Posted: September 14th, 2009, 10:59 pm
by tmac4t4
finally got around to installing my turn signals, figured while i had the bumper off id install some mesh to fill in all the empty space...also gutted my trunk and sprayed it with some rocker guard, there were a couple rust spots that needed some attention and im hoping it will help in the way of sound deadning the interior a bit aswell...it also looks alot cleaner better.

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Re: tmac4t4's '96 GS

Posted: September 15th, 2009, 8:41 am
by Ukrman
The rims looks awesome... great choice :) and it definitelly needs to be lowered

Re: tmac4t4's '96 GS

Posted: September 15th, 2009, 5:32 pm
by 93vtecklr
You need to tell us about those turn signals!!!

Re: tmac4t4's '96 GS

Posted: September 15th, 2009, 10:17 pm
by tmac4t4
the signals came with the bumper when i bought it...you will see this bumper on other mx's..but this one has been modded for these lights...in the pic above, with the lights on you can see the arrows all lit up, when i signal my turns however, the arrows light up sequencially in the direction they are pointing...it looks great at night time, especially when your looking from your rearview :welder: ...ill take some better pictures and maybe make a short video of the signal functioning.

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Re: tmac4t4's '96 GS

Posted: September 18th, 2009, 9:48 pm
by tmac4t4
took the car in for emission test yesterday..IT PASSED!!! :D...i was having idle issues big time but at the last minute i was able to put it in diagnostic mode and mess with it a little bit and actually to get it to at least stay at a steady rpm...i threw in a bottle of octane booster, 20 bucks worth of 91 octane gas, and drove the PISS outta the car for a good 20 minutes...i was mearly taking it for the test to see why it was going to fail, since there is a check engine light on...turned out to pass first time around :shrug:
:D also passed certification today :welder: