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    Quote Originally Posted by FD22 View Post
    Switched from almost worn-out noisy tires to just almost-worn out tires. yeye!

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    Quote Originally Posted by Rob23 View Post
    Im just teasing cause you said the same about my ar hoisted up
    Phil is not original

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    Quote Originally Posted by loki View Post
    Phil is not original
    how so?

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    Quote Originally Posted by Rob23 View Post
    You should get yourself a decent set of tires
    Didn't have the budget for it right now. Hoping to get by on somewhat okay tires this season, and hopefully get a set of nice ones (V12's maybe?) for next season.

    Update for others who weren't already aware: those N3000's are loudddd

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    Installed my curt hitch:




    What a pain in the ass to install...they say 20 minutes in the instructions but took me closer to 2 and a half hours by myself. Maybe with help and up on a hoist and you've done it before it would take under an hour.

    Fishing bolts through the frame rails is a pain. The instructions say to do it first then lift the hitch into place, but gaurenteed you would lose bolts in the frame doing that. So I got the hitch lifted up (pain to fit it around the exhaust on the passengers side, had to really give it a good push and scraped up a bit of the finish on the hitch itself which I touched up after) and then fished bolts one by one doing up the nuts finger tight as I went. Torquing down the bolts is also difficult, 3 of them you can get with a straight shot with an extension on a proper torque wrench. Two I had to do with a box end wrench as there's no way to get a socket on them, and one of the back ones did with a ratchet and deep socket.

    All that said, fit is beautiful once it's in and it feels very solid. Unlike hidden hitches and such, you can't see the cross bar at all, it's tucked right up behind the bumper...all that you see is the receiver poking out.

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    Installed my roof rack and dashcam, and went for a drive with as many windows open as possible.

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    Made the switch.
    NO CREW

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    Alignment at Altech this morning!

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    Follow up. Did the wiring...very very very easy. I spent a bit of extra time really tucking away the wires under the panels and stuff but you could literally hook it up in 5 minutes if you didn't want to hide the wires. Really is just plug and play.

    Then I washed the car, cleaned the interior and vacuumed and such.

    Busy day.

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    Painted calipers. Of course someone was there to supervise, in case I explode the car, or some how the car ends up upside down.
    I took the wheels off and put them on all by myself... that right. All me! Actually I lie, a friend helped.

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    Quote Originally Posted by 6strings View Post
    Painted calipers. Of course someone was there to supervise, in case I explode the car, or some how the car ends up upside down.
    I took the wheels off and put them on all by myself... that right. All me! Actually I lie, a friend helped.
    why put stupid picture of your face
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    Small paint brush. Must have taken a while. What paint did you use? Any finished product pics? Congrats on not squashing yourself.

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    Quote Originally Posted by 07carbon3 View Post
    why put stupid picture of your face
    I was dropped in a cement mixer when I was a child.

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    Small paint brush. Must have taken a while. What paint did you use? Any finished product pics? Congrats on not squashing yourself.
    I was doing the edges near the pads because I don't want to have red pads and calipers. I used a bigger brush. It took my friend less than an hour to do his. But it took me much longer. But it was a learning process and I didn't end up stuck under the car. I used Duplicolor, turned out better than I thought.
    Pics coming up.

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    Productive day. Switched to my alloys, and changed the cabin air filter which I've been meaning to do for awhile. Wasn't even that dirty with 60k + on then

    Here's a pic

    Dat wheel gap.. Looks more pronounced without winters.
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    Decided to bond more with my car and install rmm. Now I'm feeling her and she feels so much better, almost like she is purring


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    today -full detail on the inside
    yesterday... had the passenger and drivers mounts installed
    Quote Originally Posted by Lmmorden View Post
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    Just go to automotive and ask to see their nuts
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    Quote Originally Posted by sawatsky View Post


    Made the switch.
    finally!

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    I installed an aftermarket fog light kit. Yes, the one with no instructions that had me pasting together various tid bits of advice from other online Mazda forums. I managed to pull it off. Here are some photos. I did not do a step-by-step because I did not think I could pull it off.

    This is just the relay and fuse. There was also the cables to the left and right fogs.
    [IMG][/IMG]
    This picture contained the piece that was most difficult to figure out. It had the part going to the switch (makes sense), but then there was this yellow wire that came off. Eventually I just cut the wire free and ended up pairing it with a black and orange wire that attached to the aftermarket wiring (behind the dummy switches...it was a green switch) for the fogs.
    [IMG][/IMG]
    Going through the firewall wasn't a problem and making the other connections. When I finally had power to the switch, it felt great.
    [IMG][/IMG]
    Eventually I got the front bumper off (I hear it was easy, but the 8mm screws under the fender were tricky to reach).
    [IMG][/IMG]
    Here are a couple of closing images of the lights in the car. I really should have them on, but I don't.
    It also figures that after I washed it this afternoon, and waxed the car, it is now raining. This is a long post, but I feel pretty good about completing a mod that has confounded a lot of members. When I have a chance, I will piece together the most useful information and post it up to help some others through this mod. I know it has been done before, but it won't hurt.
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    ^^ That looks like a lot of work. Well done figuring it all out. You must have been out there most of the day.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Proudfoot View Post
    I installed an aftermarket fog light kit. Yes, the one with no instructions that had me pasting together various tid bits of advice from other online Mazda forums. I managed to pull it off. Here are some photos. I did not do a step-by-step because I did not think I could pull it off.

    This is just the relay and fuse. There was also the cables to the left and right fogs.
    [IMG][/IMG]
    This picture contained the piece that was most difficult to figure out. It had the part going to the switch (makes sense), but then there was this yellow wire that came off. Eventually I just cut the wire free and ended up pairing it with a black and orange wire that attached to the aftermarket wiring (behind the dummy switches...it was a green switch) for the fogs.
    [IMG][/IMG]
    Going through the firewall wasn't a problem and making the other connections. When I finally had power to the switch, it felt great.
    [IMG][/IMG]
    Eventually I got the front bumper off (I hear it was easy, but the 8mm screws under the fender were tricky to reach).
    [IMG][/IMG]
    Here are a couple of closing images of the lights in the car. I really should have them on, but I don't.
    It also figures that after I washed it this afternoon, and waxed the car, it is now raining. This is a long post, but I feel pretty good about completing a mod that has confounded a lot of members. When I have a chance, I will piece together the most useful information and post it up to help some others through this mod. I know it has been done before, but it won't hurt.
    [IMG][/IMG]
    [IMG][/IMG]
    good job doing it all yourself, now install those s-tech's

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    It was a long job. A Mazda forum member from the US said the job took him 9 hours and I couldn't understand why. Figuring out the wiring bit was the trickiest, especially hooking up the connection to the existing wiring. Very satisfying.
    I can see why picking up an OEM kit (including the new stalk with the fog thingy on it) might be easier. That would be all plug and play.
    Still, the $70 kit from China seems pretty cool.
    Thanks for the props.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Proudfoot View Post
    It was a long job. A Mazda forum member from the US said the job took him 9 hours and I couldn't understand why. Figuring out the wiring bit was the trickiest, especially hooking up the connection to the existing wiring. Very satisfying.
    I can see why picking up an OEM kit (including the new stalk with the fog thingy on it) might be easier. That would be all plug and play.
    Still, the $70 kit from China seems pretty cool.
    Thanks for the props.
    What I am trying to say is that I get why he said 9 hours because I was at it that long as well. I think my wife thinks I am nuts. Getting in a wash and a wax was pretty risky, given the time I devoted to that mod yesterday!

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    Last weekend: Tint and deck install at Audio Heaven.

    Today: Painted calipers and put summer setup back on :-)

    Have you seen my stapler?

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    Quote Originally Posted by Proudfoot View Post
    What I am trying to say is that I get why he said 9 hours because I was at it that long as well. I think my wife thinks I am nuts. Getting in a wash and a wax was pretty risky, given the time I devoted to that mod yesterday!
    They work:
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    Yeah, it crossed my mind about the lowering install.

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    Banged out a little tab in the front wheel well so that she can sit lower without killing my tires.
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