did the exact same! stoked for how it turned out. also smoked my taillights and side signals!
Ran all the amp wiring this morning... Surprisingly quite easy in my Mazda!
SOLD - 2012 GX Hatch
Bought 16w black mica paint at Crappytire. It's about time I found that paint. Been dying to paint the new badge less grill I got and do some touch ups on the trunk lid I got before installing it
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Took out my cp-e intake....I guess I should install the cs widepath now eh?
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Installed the 3pc Street Unit motor mount kit, washed the engine bay while 1/2 the parts were off, installed grounding kit, painted a few under hood items, and finally put in my James Barone Short Shift Kit. Much to my amazement, the motor mounts have made the car so much tighter in take off, throttle response, and drivetrain reaction. Downside...the gear whine is annoying....time to add more amps to drown it out![]()
Installed my eBay shift boot and knob today. Not perfect, but I like it so far.
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Current: 2012 Mazdaspeed3 Tech CWP
Mods to Date:
Custom Halo headlights, DRL delete, Kenwood DNX890HD, Kenwood KFC-3009 x2(12"), Kenwood 1800Watt Amp, LED interior lights, LED switchbacks, LED fogs.
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Oh happy day. My shocks and struts arrived. Now I will pair with my Cobb springs for a glorious ride. Will be pulling out the 2 month old sport lines![]()
greyseason (07-09-2014),Kiewan (07-08-2014),mickey_g (07-08-2014),Mr Wilson (07-08-2014),S.F.W. (07-08-2014)
Man, my bilstein 5100's took 3 months to show up. Apparently there was a design update or something. Jealous you got yours so fast.
Anyways, I bought a oribital buffer, and did a 2 stage polish and wax yesterday. Paint's looking near brand new again!
Got rear ended. Luckily no real damage that I can see, scraped the plastidip and probably the paint underneath. Bumper could use a repaint anyway. Video to follow.
Edit: last night I turned down the impact sensitivity on my dashcam one notch. Apparently now it doesn't even detect rear end impacts, when before it would go off for small potholes. Anyway, like I said there isn't much damage thank goodness.
Last edited by Aitch; 07-10-2014 at 09:09 PM.
Aitch (07-10-2014)
Got the dual channel dash cam installed. Learned that even on the second lowest setting, stiff suspension and super stretched tires will trigger the shock recording setting.
Modifications? I've forgotten more than I remember. Click here for the list.
Got the Frs detailed by Hamza.
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DumpInfo (07-11-2014),greyseason (07-11-2014),Jackal (07-10-2014)
Negative. Just got rear-ended (albiet with no real damage). Still enough to give me a headache. Dashcam didn't record it, and by the time I drove home, the "normal" driving recordings had written over that time period.
Leave it 1 setting above the minimum and it will just over-write events as it fills up that portion of the memory.
Kiewan (07-11-2014)
Not sure what one you have but the zalman from the group buy will store in another folder if you hit the REC button; 30 secs before and after button press.
Of course that requires you to remember to hit it which you might not think about in an event. Doesn't help during parking lot events either of course.
2008.5 Mazdaspeed 3, CWP
Forged internals + GTX2871r
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I got my car rust proof by Krown hehehe...