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Major Bodywork/Fabrication Opinion

Posted: January 4th, 2010, 9:14 am
by Mx3r gsr
my gs is at the local bodyshop because i cant decide on the direction i want to go with the custom body-kit im having made, and this is holding up my 2.5 swap so maybe i can get some opinions here? I was thinking of making it look like a 93-00 camaro in the front- and rear-end or possibly makin it look like a mini rx-7, i love my mx3 dont get me wrong but i just dont like the stock look, so please feel free to state your opinion


Thanks in Advance

Re: Major Bodywork/Fabrication Opinion

Posted: January 4th, 2010, 3:47 pm
by Mooneggs
You're probably not going to get alot of favorable responses to this...

Most of us on the forum are not into making the mx-3 look like another car...

I posted a thread a while back with a bunch of crazy modified euro mx-3's - you might be able to get some ideas from that :shrug: viewtopic.php?f=17&t=59798" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

To each his own :)

Re: Major Bodywork/Fabrication Opinion

Posted: January 4th, 2010, 3:53 pm
by wytbishop
Bring your Camero/RX-7 bastard to Edmonton...I would like to laugh at that in person.

Re: Major Bodywork/Fabrication Opinion

Posted: January 4th, 2010, 3:57 pm
by JWMX3
it wont be a bastard if they get married first ^^ :lol:


If youre that into FC and FD rx7s, why not just buy one ? :idea:

Re: Major Bodywork/Fabrication Opinion

Posted: January 4th, 2010, 8:34 pm
by nlsolja123
93+ rx7 i love the hatch swap pics om mx3s

Re: Major Bodywork/Fabrication Opinion

Posted: January 4th, 2010, 11:12 pm
by Mx3r gsr
JWMX3 wrote:it wont be a bastard if they get married first ^^ :lol:


If youre that into FC and FD rx7s, why not just buy one ? :idea:

I already have a 93 rx7 type-r...i just like the idea of having a "mini me" if you will if it makes you feel any better my rs wont be modded well body-wise anyways :love2:

Re: Major Bodywork/Fabrication Opinion

Posted: January 4th, 2010, 11:27 pm
by Inodoro Pereyra
Mx3r gsr wrote:.i just like the idea of having a "mini me" :
There you go...

http://www.hpiracing.com/products/en/7482/

MX-3s look better when they look like MX-3s...
It kinda goes with the name...ya know?

Re: Major Bodywork/Fabrication Opinion

Posted: January 5th, 2010, 12:21 am
by tripleMX-3chicMS
ouch... dude... tough crowd.

Re: Major Bodywork/Fabrication Opinion

Posted: January 9th, 2010, 5:28 pm
by 93vtecklr
I have the solution, sell it to someone who deserves an mx3.

Re: Major Bodywork/Fabrication Opinion

Posted: January 10th, 2010, 1:36 am
by nlsolja123
why do people like bodykits but hate major fabrication, I love the mini rx7 idea.

I say do what makes you happy. i put a 1500 $ bodykit on my zx2 a vis carbon fiber hood and trunk and headlights and mirrors and taillights.

To me i love it and i get so many compliments, But it looks far from a stock escort zx2, But people love origniality.

I plan on making a mesh hood for the mx-3 along with headlight swap from a infinity g35 and id love a rx7 hatch glass, But i also like the tastefull look of sourcing a canadian wraparound spoiler, euro front end or the mp5 bodykit if i ever find one. i love the mx3 for its chassis and i like originality. it looks better than the 1st gen protege and comes higher on my list than the escort gt i had. bodylines are slightly modernized for itS AGE.

GO WITH THE MINI FD RX7 LOOK. i stand behind you 100%

also heres a pic of my zx2 b4 the turbo motro build up, and i dont mean to threadjack , just stating mods r good
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Re: Major Bodywork/Fabrication Opinion

Posted: January 10th, 2010, 3:38 am
by Hoodzy
I don't get why you would start with a sexy stock car and change it!
Start with something ugly like any Honda, a protege even?? Anything but the sexy curved beauty of the mx-3 This car is proportioned perfectly anything changed just makes it look like a chop shopped waste of scrap.

Re: Major Bodywork/Fabrication Opinion

Posted: January 10th, 2010, 8:13 am
by WhiteFinish
Just do what you like best ;)

It's your car and if you have pleasure driving it when it looks pink with huge spoilers that should just be as okey as somebody who wants OEM look.

Re: Major Bodywork/Fabrication Opinion

Posted: January 10th, 2010, 11:35 am
by Inodoro Pereyra
Hoodzy wrote:I don't get why you would start with a sexy stock car and change it!
Start with something ugly like any honda, a protoge even?? Anything but the sexy curved beauty of the mx-3 This car is proportioned perfectly anything changed just makes it look like a chop shopped waste of scrap.
+1
Not to mention getting a car that, as it is, is VERY DIFFICULT TO FIND, and doing a hack job on it.
:freak:

Re: Major Bodywork/Fabrication Opinion

Posted: February 10th, 2010, 11:45 pm
by SteeleMX3
can you add a poll option saying "leave the MX-3 a beautiful, ahead of its time, MX-3"

Re: Major Bodywork/Fabrication Opinion

Posted: February 12th, 2010, 1:15 pm
by fowljesse
I'm gonna jump on the bandwagon. Some cars look better with a body kit, like the ZX-2, some don't, like the MX-3. IF you keep the lines, and maybe exaggerate them a bit, it can still look good, but I see it as pointless. My fast car has some body mod, but still looks like an MX-3. The FD hatch does look good on the MX-3. To be honest, I don't think the MS bumper even goes with the car; too angular.