ds08tf's 2004 Hatchback - Ride Thread

Hey. So thought I would start a ride thread since it's gunna be warm again soon!
Here's the current mod list..

Performance
NOW
- Custom Piped Exhaust (Resonator Delete)
- JBR PMM (70) and RMM (70)
- K&N Short Ram
- Adjustable Camber Arms
- TWM Short Shifter

SOON
- Back Up Camera
- New K&N Filter
- Weighted shifter bushings

Appearance
NOW
- Eibach Prokits
- 18" Mazdaspeed Wheels Powdercoated Orange
- Various Exterior Parts painted matte black
- Window and Rear Tint
- Blue Tuner Lugs (Look like crap)
- Plastidipped zorro face on teh front
- AE Grill
- Side molding removed
- 8000 k HID
- Tinted Tails
- Eyelids
- I'm forgetting stuff..
SOON
- New headlights that aren't scratched
- Orange chrome paint on the chrome rings around inside of headlights... lol
- Angel Eyes
- Ice Blue Fogs
- Indy Fog Mod
- Aluminum Pedals
- Orange Decals
- Orange Trim Plastidipping
- Debadge
- Two Tone Body Paint
- TM3 Plates
- Black or Neochrome Lugs
- Painted Caliper
- ARP Studs
- 10 mm Spacers
- Fenders Rolled
- Weighted Carbon Fiber Shift Knob
- Interior Vinyl for pretty much everything
- EVENTUALLY I will mod the lights so that they are blue and white not red and blue.

Audio
NOW
- 8 Inch JBR sub
- Stealth 8 inch jack enclosure box
- Phoenix Gold and Some Random Amp
- Eonon D5102 Head Unit
- 4 Pioneer Door Speakers
SOON
- Dynamat
- Fix vibrations

So ya that's about it... I'm forgetting lots... anyway here are some pics of how the car looks now. Spacers yay or nay?

http://i1241.photobucket.com/albums/...psc2fcc618.jpg

http://i1241.photobucket.com/albums/...psfb7215f4.jpg

http://i1241.photobucket.com/albums/...ps13517362.jpg

http://i1241.photobucket.com/albums/...ps0ce58396.jpg

http://i1241.photobucket.com/albums/...ps75045817.jpg

Ps this is how it USED to look... not much different..

http://i1241.photobucket.com/albums/...null-2171.jpeg

Wow. You put them on already? It's still winter last time I checked. Lol

Nice ride! I like the colours.

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Originally Posted by loosecannon

Wow. You put them on already? It's still winter last time I checked. Lol

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Ya the wheels I had on were rubbing so bad they were destroying my fenders... I tried getting an appointment to get them rolled but it would have taken too long and it was getting pretty dangerous. Really she's just going to be sitting in the garage and I'm only driving if there's no snow or ice. :( Also I was excited to put on my new wheels haha!

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Ya the wheels I had on were rubbing so bad they were destroying my fenders... I tried getting an appointment to get them rolled but it would have taken too long and it was getting pretty dangerous. Really she's just going to be sitting in the garage and I'm only driving if it snows. :( Also I was excited to put on my new wheels haha!

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Haha! I know how that excitement feels. But I'm waiting till spring lol

sweet looking ride, i like the blue orange combo. goes well together

If you put that zorro face on.... it's probably going to be rubbed off.

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Originally Posted by Hyperion

If you put that zorro face on.... it's probably going to be rubbed off.

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I put it on there with plastidip for fun like 3 months ago it's held up pretty well for one coat done by myself.
I'm taking it off soon though. Kinda tacky.

Wips old car with Kwoks old rims?

Nice car and I like the direction your taking, keep it up!! :D

Lookin good man!

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Originally Posted by Mitchell3

sweet looking ride, i like the blue orange combo. goes well together

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As long as its not over done. The orange wheels on blue looks great. I would think twice about adding orange to every little part.

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Originally Posted by JBale

As long as its not over done. The orange wheels on blue looks great. I would think twice about adding orange to every little part.

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This guy, listen to him

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Originally Posted by sawatsky

This guy, listen to him

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ya
Ya I'm thinking a sticker on the back window and maybe some orange hella horns or something... too much orange = badd

Car looks good. After reading to mod list (soon column) I think you might be over doing it with orange

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Originally Posted by greaves82

Car looks good. After reading to mod list (soon column) I think you might be over doing it with orange

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Ya I'm going to take it slow with the orange. Most of those mods (plastdip orange) probably won't get done. I'll stop with the orange when I think I have the bare minimum to link it through the car.

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Originally Posted by ds08tf

Ya I'm going to take it slow with the orange. Most of those mods (plastdip orange) probably won't get done. I'll stop with the orange when I think I have the bare minimum to link it through the car.

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May I suggest orange fender markers?

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Originally Posted by JBale

May I suggest orange fender markers?

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Newb question... I googled it cause I wasn't sure but is a fender marker the light? By the fender? Or do you mean actually ringing the fenders in orange (thin line)

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Newb question... I googled it cause I wasn't sure but is a fender marker the light? By the fender? Or do you mean actually ringing the fenders in orange (thin line)

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Fender marker is the turn signal light on the fender. Ive seen it wrapped in orange vinyl another member has it and it looks really good.

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Originally Posted by Rob23

Fender marker is the turn signal light on the fender. Ive seen it wrapped in orange vinyl another member has it and it looks really good.

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Agreed^

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Fender marker is the turn signal light on the fender. Ive seen it wrapped in orange vinyl another member has it and it looks really good.

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Yeah the turn signal. I was rocking them for a while I painted mine with a candy orange though. Also ran orange rear bumper side reflectors, something that I picked up off of the early euro models.

http://i61.photobucket.com/albums/h6...0/IMG_1589.jpg

http://i61.photobucket.com/albums/h6...0/a4171fe6.jpg

You still debating spacers Darien?

I ammm... I have ten mm ones and I'm thinking of doing it front and back with the ARP studs when I get my fenders rolled...

imo, if you do spacers, must go lower.

nice looking car, like the way it's headed

Woo, long day installing angel eyes and non-scratched up headlights, and yesterday I did a backup camera install that links to my eonon head unit. I will be putting on some more parts very shortly... more better pics to come.
http://i1241.photobucket.com/albums/...sdede240b.jpeg

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Originally Posted by GWN

imo, if you do spacers, must go lower.

nice looking car, like the way it's headed

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I'm on the lookout for a cheap set of tein s springs. But until then I think I'll stay on prokids. Although I think lower with spacers would be amazing.
Darien

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Originally Posted by ds08tf

Woo, long day installing angel eyes and non-scratched up headlights, and yesterday I did a backup camera install that links to my eonon head unit. I will be putting on some more parts very shortly... more better pics to come.
http://i1241.photobucket.com/albums/...sdede240b.jpeg

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Sweet that you got everything figured out! And I feel your pain I spent all day swapping my TRS clear lenses over to my new head lights

Found out yesterday I need another angel eye ballast so waiting on that to be shipped before I unveil pics.... but in the meantime I installed a twm short shifter, wasn't as hard as I imagined it would be!

In other news I ordered extended open ended white lug nuts as I think I'm scratching the black completely out of my setup and going instead for a very minimal theme with some body paint/work that will be white (White CF wrap or White Gloss) along with some white and blue interior pieces. The orange in the wheels will compliment the white better than the black and this way I can add subtle orange hints to match but if I get bored of orange it will be easy to switch.

Many will be skeptical now but MANY photos to come and we shall see ;)

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Originally Posted by ds08tf

Found out yesterday I need another angel eye ballast so waiting on that to be shipped before I unveil pics.... but in the meantime I installed a twm short shifter, wasn't as hard as I imagined it would be!

In other news I ordered extended open ended white lug nuts as I think I'm scratching the black completely out of my setup and going instead for a very minimal theme with some body paint/work that will be white (White CF wrap or White Gloss) along with some white and blue interior pieces. The orange in the wheels will compliment the white better than the black and this way I can add subtle orange hints to match but if I get bored of orange it will be easy to switch.

Many will be skeptical now but MANY photos to come and we shall see ;)

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Excited to see!

Nice! you got them on sooner than i thought. i'm liking the color combo, but like others have said i wouldn't go over board with the OJ.

Ps. This is me! The driver of said blue beauty.
http://i1241.photobucket.com/albums/...psb6430d24.jpg

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Originally Posted by ds08tf

Ps. This is me! The driver of said blue beauty.
http://i1241.photobucket.com/albums/...psb6430d24.jpg

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Just gonna throw this out there, but I feel F*ckin short next to you.. and i'm 5'11.

Night Pics of Temporary Headlight Set Up... just AEs on.
http://i1241.photobucket.com/albums/...ps27bfadd3.jpg
http://i1241.photobucket.com/albums/...ps9fb4e05d.jpg

!!!!Updates - :bana - Updates!!!!
Short Shifter Installed
New Totoro Sticker (Ill be impressed if anyone knows what that is)
Pedals Mostly installed (few screws still missing)
Headlight Project Very Much Underway...
Lug Nuts Ready to Be Installed (White Open Ended Lugs)

Totoro
http://i1241.photobucket.com/albums/...ps171db6bb.jpg
Short Shifter (TWM)
http://i1241.photobucket.com/albums/...ps913716d0.jpg
Aluminum Pedals
http://i1241.photobucket.com/albums/...ps44d871d0.jpg
Clear Coat and Blue Mica Paint Compiments Of KRIS!!
http://i1241.photobucket.com/albums/...ps62627251.jpg
http://i1241.photobucket.com/albums/...psdb0fae98.jpg
Old Lenses taken OUt Ready for TRS Ready to be put in soon
http://i1241.photobucket.com/albums/...ps2dfa6ac8.jpg
http://i1241.photobucket.com/albums/...ps99719bc0.jpg
http://i1241.photobucket.com/albums/...psd909e116.jpg
That's my gf Kristi just helping me outttt
Headlight Lens Before
http://i1241.photobucket.com/albums/...ps21ea11c9.jpg
Headlights Lens After (Not Perfect but Better)(Sanded from 220 incremental to 2000) (Then a Scratch Fixer)(Then UV protection)(Then Wax)
http://i1241.photobucket.com/albums/...psb76aa7b3.jpg
Parts Before Hand
http://i1241.photobucket.com/albums/...ps053e1ac0.jpg
Projector Housing Painted Winning Blue Mica
http://i1241.photobucket.com/albums/...ps1c5d1165.jpg
Rings Painted Winning Blue Mica
http://i1241.photobucket.com/albums/...psa6b7a630.jpg
Housing Painted CWP White
http://i1241.photobucket.com/albums/...psc579244b.jpg
Reflectors Painted White
http://i1241.photobucket.com/albums/...ps5b59f6d0.jpg
White Lug Nuts Ready To Go On
http://i1241.photobucket.com/albums/...ps3c72154c.jpg


coming together sooooon! When the white plasti dip and clear plasti dip comes in the whole theme will be revealed!

cool. cool cool cool.

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cool. cool cool cool.

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Whoops forgot to include the new LED agnel eyes, SIX rings that will be going in my headlights as opposed to the CCFLs I have now.
http://i1241.photobucket.com/albums/...pscf7408d8.jpg

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Originally Posted by sawatsky

cool. cool cool cool.

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:chuckle



Interested to see how the whole headlight project turns out. Looks like it's gonna be unique and good!

Hopefully... seriously though installing 6 angel eyes with a relay will be difficult for me as I have the electrical know how of a chicken.
I stuck many a fork in light-sockets.

Im interested to see how this turns out, I havent seen anyone do the 6 rings yet.

And I love the blue orange combo

Car looks great man. Looking forward to seeing your final product :)

I'm planning on painting my 2012's headlights sky blue and white to match my car too, just waiting on some more stuff before I jump into it.