Thought it was about time I started a log here after seeing a few UK-MX3.com guys posting, and with all the exciting stuff happening to my car now.
Bought it Jan '10 as a bone stock Irish spec RS (Comes with the full V6 bodykit as standard.
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Fast forward to now, car got vandalised amongst other stuff (
), so I decided to pull it off the road for a while and get it looking good again. I've so far collected these parts to fit to it:
- JDM Eunos Presso front lip
- 5 spoke GS Wheels w/ Eunos centrecaps
- JDM power folding mirrors
- JDM Wraparound spoiler
- Early MX seats
- EDM/JDM V6 front strut brace
+ a couple of other little things
Most not on it at the moment.
Here is the car as of a few days ago:
I've been wanting the full length JDM sideskirts since forever as well, and since I can't find any for sale I decided to make a set of replicas for the car. Won't be 100% exact but good enough for me.
Before the MX-3 I had a Nissan 100nx (NX1600/NX2000 to you US guys) which came with sideskirts as standard, before the NX was stolen & burnt out I took the 'skirts off. I took 'em out recently and checked if they would fit the MX and suprisingly they almost fit perfectly and don't require much modifying.
The NX skirts are in 2 pieces (the join is at the red line), I'm not using the rear 100nx piece, instead I'm blending the standard MX-3 side spat into the Nissan skirt. It should look pretty decent, will match my JDM lip very well too. You can see the outline of the spat from the silicone adhesive stuff left from removing it. It'll mean that I can use all the original Mazda mounting points for the skirts at the rear. Which is handy.
Got a friend to photoshop how it's going to look when done:
Should be back on the road mid August with all the stuff on it & with a full respray. Some of the pics are hosted from my facebook so if anyone can't see them I'll reupload them to my photobucket.
