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CoolColombian
10-03-2006, 11:32 PM
EDIT: I just wanna tell to all the guys and girls that have posted pics of their cars that all of them look awesome, thats why i'm proud and happy to be part of this club, b/c you don't see things out of place, just wanna say that for all of you, i'm not posting on every thread b/c i'm lazy to do it to each. ;D



This was taken with my phone, after mounting the new wheels at Tires.


http://img178.imageshack.us/img178/8531/3009061606xk3.jpg

oK, here are some more, not the best quality pics but much better than the one up here. enjoy.

http://img183.imageshack.us/img183/3472/1000658mx8.jpg

http://img192.imageshack.us/img192/8526/1000659qg4.jpg

http://img508.imageshack.us/img508/2497/1000660jf4.jpg

http://img508.imageshack.us/img508/9035/1000661pi6.jpg

http://img192.imageshack.us/img192/7707/1000662rv8.jpg

http://img192.imageshack.us/img192/2695/1000663qe2.jpg

http://img381.imageshack.us/img381/7764/1000664ej2.jpg

http://img82.imageshack.us/img82/7409/1000665rp7.jpg

http://img473.imageshack.us/img473/2734/1000666ap8.jpg

http://img473.imageshack.us/img473/56/1000667fd0.jpg

ZeroChalk
10-04-2006, 12:01 AM
Sweet.. nice choice of rims. ;D

b
10-04-2006, 12:32 AM
Looks good cc. I am jealous!

bubba1983
10-04-2006, 02:57 AM
so..yeah...what are they?

DrunknFoo
10-04-2006, 03:36 AM
Based on the distance, they sorta look like Work Emotion CR Kai's.
Those are some beatiful rims, a perfect match for your car and I'm sure your personality.

(Ahhhh I need money).

FLIPDADY
10-04-2006, 09:00 AM
Juan you should put up a before/after shot.

Nice choice though.

Chuckie
10-04-2006, 11:04 AM
HOT! HOT! HOT! HOT! HOT!!

ahhhhh water!! *dunks head in cold water**

Broli
10-04-2006, 02:34 PM
haha

u took the pic right at tires23

nice!

lol

looks good man!

MAZDA Kitten
10-04-2006, 02:46 PM
I LIKE VERY MUCH

CoolColombian
10-04-2006, 06:05 PM
thanks for the compliments guys, I wanted them to be 18s but they were more expensive plus i would have to get tires so for the next two months before winter i'm using the stock "BS"A , next year i'll be heading to Buffalo to get some cheap performance tires there and throw the RSA.

With the RSA the car looks weird sometimes b/c of the side wall being 50, with some 45s will look better.

The rims are 17"x7, +40 offset, Emotions CR KAI in Bronze with black tuner lug nuts and locks ;) ;D


The calipers are still painted red as they were for the stock set up, thinking on painting them black although some times i like how it looks with the red.


Its a big change, getting rid off of the side mouldings and puting the rims changed the hole look of the car, now looks even lower than before and more clean and sportier. I'll post pics of before and after, i'll try the same location for the pics, sorry for not posting them today, its been raining all day long.

Pimpin_29y
10-05-2006, 08:30 AM
Sweet rims Juan! ;D

swales
10-05-2006, 09:17 AM
The rims are 17"x7, +40 offset, Emotions CR KAI in Bronze with black tuner lug nuts and locks ;)* ;D




Pretty close to my combination

Looks good ;D

rsquared
10-05-2006, 09:19 AM
Looking good man!

Lol, we should start a "My 3 at Tires23" thread. :D

MAZDA Kitten
10-05-2006, 12:30 PM
next year i'll be heading to Buffalo to get some cheap performance tires there and throw the RSA.


Thats a good idea!
Mine are almost done

Do you have any locations that you recommend?

MazdaTree
10-05-2006, 02:42 PM
Try this place I always check it out when I go to buffalo.... I dunno about their prices tho
Precision Auto
7221 Niagara Falls Blvd
Niagara Falls, NY 14304View Map
7162830123
http://buffalo.citysearch.com/profile/7756486/niagara_falls_ny/precision_auto.html

CoolColombian
10-05-2006, 03:55 PM
There you go.

When I said "get some cheap tires" I did't mean get the cheapest ones but a good ones for cheap, ;) I wanna buy either a set of

BFGoodrige G-Force KDW

http://img360.imageshack.us/img360/9902/bfgoodrichgforcetakdw2nz4.jpg

or

Dunlop Direzza DZ101

http://img167.imageshack.us/img167/1573/dunlopdirezzadz101lgzt6.jpg

215/45/17.

majic
10-05-2006, 04:02 PM
There you go.

When I said "get some cheap tires" I did't mean get the cheapest ones but a good ones for cheap, ;) I wanna buy either a set of

BFGoodrige G-Force KDW

http://img360.imageshack.us/img360/9902/bfgoodrichgforcetakdw2nz4.jpg


*sigh*.. those were supposed to be my next tires but seeing how the Exclaims are 1/2 the cost, i couldn't justify KDWs :'(

b
10-05-2006, 04:35 PM
There you go.

When I said "get some cheap tires" I did't mean get the cheapest ones but a good ones for cheap, ;) I wanna buy either a set of

BFGoodrige G-Force KDW

http://img360.imageshack.us/img360/9902/bfgoodrichgforcetakdw2nz4.jpg



My buddy had these on his g35 coupe. He is really fussy about tires. He used them for a month and bought new tires. I dunno if it was the car, tire or combo but I have bever heard him bitch so much. He got lucky. He works at bmw and a customer liked them on his car... he said they were for sale... and he was able to get rid of them and not loose much.

CoolColombian
10-05-2006, 07:20 PM
Humm, thats weird, all the reviews that i've read says that the tires are excellent, don't worry i'll find out. :D

majic
10-05-2006, 07:24 PM
My buddy had these on his g35 coupe. He is really fussy about tires. He used them for a month and bought new tires. I dunno if it was the car, tire or combo but I have bever heard him bitch so much. He got lucky. He works at bmw and a customer liked them on his car... he said they were for sale... and he was able to get rid of them and not loose much.


hrmmm .. weird.. i've read a shitload of good reviews on the tire.. and last year tirerack had pretty good deals on them.. ah well..

majic
10-05-2006, 07:26 PM
Juan,

the new pix loook GOOOOD.. btw.. i spotted you today (i think) on upper middle going east at around 6PM ;D

b
10-05-2006, 07:26 PM
I know I was suprised too. He said they were really loud and didn't handle as well as he read. Just wanted to give you that info up front.

As for the pics... Looking good!

CoolColombian
10-05-2006, 07:31 PM
Juan,

the new pix loook GOOOOD.. btw.. i spotted you today (i think) on upper middle going east at around 6PM ;D



jajaja, that was you!!, I saw the cooper red and i was like, humm this guy looks familiar but I would never thought to see you here in Oakville. lol

majic
10-05-2006, 07:37 PM
jajaja, that was you!!, I saw the cooper red and i was like, humm this guy looks familiar but I would never thought to see you here in Oakville. lol


actually.. it was VELOCITY RED :)

CoolColombian
10-05-2006, 07:46 PM
jajaja, that was you!!, I saw the cooper red and i was like, humm this guy looks familiar but I would never thought to see you here in Oakville. lol


actually.. it was VELOCITY RED :)


Now "Cardi" is gonna come and make look like i'm crazy you bstd!! lol

Chuckie
10-05-2006, 09:17 PM
This may be off topic but i've already commented on how hot your car is..

why is your rear calipers not painted?

CoolColombian
10-05-2006, 09:48 PM
Thanks Chucks.

I never did paint the rear ones b/c I don't like how it looks, I saw a Carbon G just before paint mines last year and didn't like it plus the rear ones are smaller than the front ones and IMO it doesn't look good when they are all painted.

mEtH
10-06-2006, 12:07 AM
Nice pics man, I see a semi flat driveway!!! ;) :P

oh and in regards to those tires, yah all I read is noise noise noise. I was looking into then back in the summer and just plain cut them out of my considering list.

James_N
10-06-2006, 12:17 AM
nice car now Juan, and i noticed u finally took ur mouldings off ;) you should of told me u were drp'ing by Tires23, i would of came over and said hello considering i work at the huge hotel that is sittin behind it

ArManI
10-06-2006, 12:58 AM
nice~
i notice that only front 2 calpers were painted, looks very different~

MazdaTree
10-07-2006, 02:04 AM
I really like the new look CC! Especially the rims! but where has the spoiler gone?

CoolColombian
10-07-2006, 10:51 PM
nice~
i notice that only front 2 calpers were painted, looks very different~


yup only the front ones are painted, couple post up I explained why is like that.



I really like the new look CC! Especially the rims! but where has the spoiler gone?


Thanks man, the spoiler had to go, its sold, i'm getting a new one, as soon as is available in canada, you'll see. ;)

Chuckie
10-07-2006, 11:13 PM
Looks so much hotter in person! ;D

MajesticBlueNTO
10-08-2006, 01:10 PM
There you go.

When I said "get some cheap tires" I did't mean get the cheapest ones but a good ones for cheap, ;) I wanna buy either a set of


BFGoodrige G-Force KDW
(http://img360.imageshack.us/img360/9902/bfgoodrichgforcetakdw2nz4.jpg)

or



Dunlop Direzza DZ101 (http://img167.imageshack.us/img167/1573/dunlopdirezzadz101lgzt6.jpg)

215/45/17.



with the 7" wide rim, you should go for 225/45/17...the difference in overall diameter is negligible compared to stock.

b
10-08-2006, 02:20 PM
Yes... I kinda wish I had of went with 225 instead of my 215's

http://i89.photobucket.com/albums/k233/blackman99/cctires.jpg

CoolColombian
10-08-2006, 09:16 PM
with the 7" wide rim, you should go for 225/45/17...the difference in overall diameter is negligible compared to stock.


Could be, but, what i'm trying to do is to decrease the side wall height and as you can see the biggest diference is with the 215s, if I go with 225s the side wall height is gonna be almost the same, 101.09mm to 102.36mm from 225s to 205s, and with the 215s the side wall height goes down to 96.52mm.

Another thing is that the rims have an offset of 40mm, if I put 225s the tires are gonna stick out too much and I don't want that.

Anyway, thanks for your input.

ArManI
10-12-2006, 04:59 AM
how come u dont post up some of ur angel eyes pic?
if possible, can u post a picture of ur wirling setup for HID and angel eyes?
i;m ordering mine and will install them soon

btw, wut wire is that i need to cut? i mean to switch the plug... do i cut the whole plug-bucket or just one blue wire or one ground wire...?

is there a code/size for that kind of wire? i dont know where to buy them...

CoolColombian
10-13-2006, 04:09 PM
Here you go;

http://img107.imageshack.us/img107/5416/1000255om4.jpg


http://img104.imageshack.us/img104/6084/1000257bv1.jpg


About the wiring set up i'm gonna try to do a diagram during the weekend and send it to you.

BlackAxela
10-14-2006, 12:13 AM
theose rims look good on that

sbmonkey
10-14-2006, 06:53 AM
KDW2 is probably better. My old coworker had them on his Jetta and he loves them. Never heard a complaint except they cost him over $700.

CoolColombian
10-14-2006, 10:54 AM
theose rims look good on that


Thanks man, thats why I bought em ;)



KDW2 is probably better. My old coworker had them on his Jetta and he loves them. Never heard a complaint except they cost him over $700.


Yes KWD2, I noticed that I only wrote KDW but KDW2s are the ones I want, i'm going to do a good research on feedback on these tires before buying them, thanks for the comment.

invisibleCK
10-16-2006, 09:11 AM
"very different" +1 ....in a good way. Good contrast!

CoolColombian
10-17-2006, 10:55 AM
Thanks man, yea i think is a good contrast, thats why i chose that dark bronze.

Some pics from the C7 fall tour, some of you might have seen them already.

http://img183.imageshack.us/img183/296/carvx3.jpg

http://img183.imageshack.us/img183/3827/car2fg9.jpg

http://img179.imageshack.us/img179/9572/group4nc1.jpg

http://img92.imageshack.us/img92/4616/me2aw1.jpg

http://img225.imageshack.us/img225/4052/memr1.jpg

azn_outlaw
10-17-2006, 12:25 PM
Like I said at the C7 cruise car is looking great...

and another tire to mention that is high performance, excellent grip and great value

Yokohama AVS ES100

I think that would be a better tire to go with your new rims

Broli
10-17-2006, 12:34 PM
juan, i will send u the other pictures i have from the C7 soon!

CoolColombian
10-17-2006, 05:37 PM
Like I said at the C7 cruise car is looking great...

and another tire to mention that is high performance, excellent grip and great value

Yokohama AVS ES100

I think that would be a better tire to go with your new rims



Thanks man.

Yea I think i'm changing my mind about the KDWs, the tread on those wont look as good as i thought on these rims i've got.



juan, i will send u the other pictures i have from the C7 soon!


Oh thanks Alex for keep that in mind, it would be very appreciated my friend. ;D

DrunknFoo
10-22-2006, 07:36 AM
I can't take my eyes off of those rims!!!!!

Sorry bro, I know it's all about being unique with style, but I just might have to pick up a set of my own after winter* ;)

CoolColombian
10-22-2006, 06:47 PM
I can't take my eyes off of those rims!!!!!

Sorry bro, I know it's all about being unique with style, but I just might have to pick up a set of my own after winter ;)


no worries man, I'm not and I wont be the only one with those rims, if they match your car, go ahead man. Which color is yours??

DrunknFoo
10-23-2006, 03:38 AM
no worries man, I'm not and I wont be the only one with those rims, if they match your car, go ahead man. Which color is yours??


WB. I'm debating between the CRKais or the XT7s. Either or the CRKais are breathtaking.
http://www.ne.jp/asahi/hana/5550/car/axela/2005.jpg

CoolColombian
10-23-2006, 08:53 AM
Oh yea, definitely man, go for it!

I woud say get the CRs, they are more aggressive than the XDs which means a better look. ;)

CoolColombian
02-12-2007, 10:50 AM
My rims for sale here: http://www.torontomazda3.ca/forum/showthread.php?goto=newpost&t=16492

baymoe
02-14-2007, 12:10 PM
Damn, love that slammed look.

As for the tires, I think you should go with another tire cause I find them to exhibit quite a bit of tramlining on my corolla. They would follow road imperfections like no other tire I've driven on (not many =P). Other than that, they're awesome.


Like I said at the C7 cruise car is looking great...

and another tire to mention that is high performance, excellent grip and great value

Yokohama AVS ES100

I think that would be a better tire to go with your new rims

CoolColombian
02-17-2007, 11:18 AM
Thanks for the advise on the tires, the rims are sold so I'm going to get some regular summer tires for the stock rims.

CoolColombian
03-02-2007, 01:08 PM
My carbon Grey Vs Speed3 I went to have lunch at Licks on Burlington and found this speed3 in the parking lot so decided to take a pic. What you guys think? i still like the look of my 3 more. :P http://img143.imageshack.us/img143/1336/dsc01393st2.jpg

stas
03-02-2007, 01:16 PM
lets see

ur car:
-sedan
-carbon grey

speed3:
-hatch
-red

safe to say your's is better

Jeff-TheBiz
03-02-2007, 05:30 PM
lets see

ur car:
-sedan
-carbon grey

speed3:
-hatch
-red

safe to say your's is better

Gotta say, I would rather have my Sedan over a Sport with Turbo.

b
03-02-2007, 10:30 PM
My carbon Grey Vs Speed3 I went to have lunch at Licks on Burlington and found this speed3 in the parking lot so decided to take a pic. What you guys think? i still like the look of my 3 more. :P

Isn't that licks the best? Mmmmmm... I can taste it now... Too bad they are closed dammit. Mmmmmmm...

Skarbro
03-02-2007, 11:25 PM
I'm just shocked that someone is driving that Speed3 in this weather with those (I'm assuming) stock summer tires! Not the safest thing...

CoolColombian
03-03-2007, 10:01 AM
^^ Agreed, I've seen 2 or 3 ms3 in the Oakville, Burlington area during the winter with stock tires, not safe at all and there has been a lot of snow in this area lately.

CoolColombian
05-09-2007, 08:15 PM
So the rims are gone and now i'm back to stock rims but I got some new additions since the last pics; eye lids are back, Mazda front emblem is color matched, cross drilled calipers, tires which make a difference (Falken ZE512) and last HID fogs; enjoy.

http://img219.imageshack.us/img219/8968/dsc01505my7.jpg

http://img513.imageshack.us/img513/4274/dsc01508mh3.jpg

http://img516.imageshack.us/img516/5341/dsc01517ib0.jpg

http://img145.imageshack.us/img145/4084/dsc01533uf8.jpg

http://img517.imageshack.us/img517/4562/dsc01534sm4.jpg

http://img153.imageshack.us/img153/9920/dsc01545dl4.jpg

http://img517.imageshack.us/img517/808/dsc01549qp8.jpg

doughboyr6
05-09-2007, 09:12 PM
i thoughjt you said you're gonna drive with just the angel eyes and the fogs....

chinsterr
05-09-2007, 10:04 PM
i thoughjt you said you're gonna drive with just the angel eyes and the fogs....

he'll get pulled over for sure if he does

CoolColombian
05-10-2007, 06:00 PM
i thoughjt you said you're gonna drive with just the angel eyes and the fogs....


yes, thats what i'm doing and it looks wicked at night, you'll see.


chinsterrQuote:
Originally Posted by doughboyr6 http://www.torontomazda3.ca/forum/images/buttons/viewpost.gif (http://www.torontomazda3.ca/forum/showthread.php?p=179177#post179177)
i thoughjt you said you're gonna drive with just the angel eyes and the fogs....

he'll get pulled over for sure if he does

Well, as a matter of fact last night a cop passed me by and nothing happened, there is plenty of light to be seen from the other cars and i'm just driving like that around town, not in the high way. Although it might happpen, I just can't stop doing it now. :)