What have you done to your 3rd Gen today?
September-4th-2007, 08:39 AM
#1202
I can has autox now?
Join Date: Nov 2004
Location: ASC, GA
Posts: 3,381
woot!!! general discussion ftw! i gotta get in on this one, too....
i got my rear msp skirt installed on friday - makes the car look 80000000000x better.
went down to Connecticut over the long weekend, hit a monstrously large dear carcus on rt 91 near springfield, mass. pissed me off, becuase it destroyed my autoexe lower arm bar.
fortunatly, didn't do anything else, except get the underside of my car all hairy and bloody.
i got my rear msp skirt installed on friday - makes the car look 80000000000x better.
went down to Connecticut over the long weekend, hit a monstrously large dear carcus on rt 91 near springfield, mass. pissed me off, becuase it destroyed my autoexe lower arm bar.
fortunatly, didn't do anything else, except get the underside of my car all hairy and bloody.
September-4th-2007, 08:59 AM
#1203
Banned
Join Date: Oct 2001
Location: Central New York
Posts: 1,241
i'm soooo glad i centered it, instead of hitting it with the wheel - that could have been scary - the thing was HUGE!!! the CRV in front of me almost didn't clear it... by the time i saw it come out from underneath him, it was too late to swerve
September-4th-2007, 09:07 AM
#1204
Tech/How-To/Northeast Mod
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Join Date: Feb 2006
Location: Rochester, New York
Posts: 2,517
the only time I hit a deer (in CT.. they seem much less common in downtown rochester for some reason lol) I didn't center it.. I smacked that bitches legs and ruined her life. Serves her right for runnin out in front of me.
No damage at all to the car
... oh yeah because I was in my Mazda B4000 and the bumper is steel and bolted straight to the frame lol
No damage at all to the car
... oh yeah because I was in my Mazda B4000 and the bumper is steel and bolted straight to the frame lol
September-4th-2007, 09:15 AM
#1205
Tech/How-To/Northeast Mod
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Join Date: Feb 2006
Location: Rochester, New York
Posts: 2,517
not only did that oil cooler not fit, I saw this just as I was about to test fit it: 
which tells me that the oil cooler was leaking coolant into the oil (well.. the other way around, as the coolant is only at what.. 1.1bar? so yeah oil into the coolant if it was hooked up to the car).. I'll have to discuss this with the dude I bought it from to see if he knew about that or if he just pulled it off a spare engine (as I believe all Mazda BP engines had the cooler.
which tells me that the oil cooler was leaking coolant into the oil (well.. the other way around, as the coolant is only at what.. 1.1bar? so yeah oil into the coolant if it was hooked up to the car).. I'll have to discuss this with the dude I bought it from to see if he knew about that or if he just pulled it off a spare engine (as I believe all Mazda BP engines had the cooler.
September-4th-2007, 10:05 AM
#1206
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Join Date: Mar 2007
Location: Rockland, Maryville
Posts: 837
I spent the weekend driving around CT/MA--nice up there! Ford Focus rental care ftl. It has a little speaker to fake the turn signal ticking sound--what the hell?
Fox - that door lock mod is ftw. I hate elbow-wrestling those little *******. They always win!
Fox - that door lock mod is ftw. I hate elbow-wrestling those little *******. They always win!
September-4th-2007, 12:04 PM
#1207
Spam Czar!!
Join Date: Aug 2004
Location: Cedar Falls, Iowa
Posts: 2,315
Thanks Josh, glad to hear at least someone around here likes my work 
It's a pretty easy mod, but just took me forever to get around to doing it. I hate removing the door panels, cuz I can never put them back on without making them rattle like crazy.
It's a pretty easy mod, but just took me forever to get around to doing it. I hate removing the door panels, cuz I can never put them back on without making them rattle like crazy.
September-4th-2007, 12:06 PM
#1208
Spam Czar!!
Join Date: Aug 2004
Location: Cedar Falls, Iowa
Posts: 2,315
On a side note, I added two additional lighter ports yesterday so I can finally have my radar detector & phone charger plugged in but not be in the way of the cupholder. See pics below..
September-4th-2007, 12:10 PM
#1209
Tech/How-To/Northeast Mod
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Join Date: Feb 2006
Location: Rochester, New York
Posts: 2,517
nice placement. That one in the rear suggests that you are attempting to make the car nicer or more convenient for rear seat passengers. Kansei does not approve lol. Rear seat passengers are ftl --I treat my car like a 2-seater that can fit a third in a pinch, even though it's quite roomy back there from what I gather.
September-4th-2007, 03:01 PM
#1211
Spam Czar!!
Join Date: Aug 2004
Location: Cedar Falls, Iowa
Posts: 2,315
nice placement. That one in the rear suggests that you are attempting to make the car nicer or more convenient for rear seat passengers. Kansei does not approve lol. Rear seat passengers are ftl --I treat my car like a 2-seater that can fit a third in a pinch, even though it's quite roomy back there from what I gather.
September-4th-2007, 04:02 PM
#1213
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Join Date: Mar 2007
Location: Rockland, Maryville
Posts: 837
Damn the server's dragging today.
Roomy enough.
Poor, man--almost unpostable!
I don't have rear passengers often, but today was a rare exception. Drove some people for lunch today and, to my embarrassment, it rubbed. I rolled the rear fenders last winter! It rubs on the superwide sidewall that forms the rim protection ridge. That thing is 1/4" wider than it needs to be and ugly. Sooo ftl. Wish I could get through these tires and on to some more appropriate 205/45s.
Roomy enough.
Originally Posted by KrazieFox
LOL!! That's just my old *** camera Josh .. 2.0MP FTL!
I don't have rear passengers often, but today was a rare exception. Drove some people for lunch today and, to my embarrassment, it rubbed. I rolled the rear fenders last winter! It rubs on the superwide sidewall that forms the rim protection ridge. That thing is 1/4" wider than it needs to be and ugly. Sooo ftl. Wish I could get through these tires and on to some more appropriate 205/45s.