MX5 Update
I bought a spray can a while ago, but I haven't tried it yet. It looks awesome on those screw heads! I'm going to try it on my fading, ugly door pillars (2G TL)
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I bought a spray can a while ago, but I haven't tried it yet. It looks awesome on those screw heads! I'm going to try it on my fading, ugly door pillars (2G TL)
I bought a spray can a while ago, but I haven't tried it yet. It looks awesome on those screw heads! I'm going to try it on my fading, ugly door pillars (2G TL)
I would actually suggest wrapping it with vinyl. It will be the same sheen as the pillars were originally.
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Spray your emblems, let it dry..peel it off where you dont want it. Its sooooo easy to work with...and 100% reversible.
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Ill try and get some pics this afternoon. Masking it off was the tedious part. You have to remember multiple thin layers so you can peel it off easily if you don't like it. Thats what it looks like though.
Ill try and get some pics this afternoon. Masking it off was the tedious part. You have to remember multiple thin layers so you can peel it off easily if you don't like it. Thats what it looks like though.
Thanks for the suggestion. If the Plastidip doesn't give the finish I want, I'll wrap them in vinyl...I kind of just want to play with the Plastidip
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I don't know about the longevity of it, but damn its fun to play with.
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Nope. I masked under the rear lip spiloer so it wouldn't get under neath it, but the overspray just rubs off with a microfiber.
I'd mask a square around the emblem, probably an inch or two out on all sides. Spray a light coat, let it sit for 10 minutes, spray another light coat and let it sit for 10 minutes, then de-mask and enjoy your emblems.
I'd mask a square around the emblem, probably an inch or two out on all sides. Spray a light coat, let it sit for 10 minutes, spray another light coat and let it sit for 10 minutes, then de-mask and enjoy your emblems.
look in the 3G TL section, a bunch of us have done our grills with it. Looks pretty good and it doesn't chip like paint does (spray paint). And if you don't like it, peel it off and you are back to stock.
I will warn you now...thats the same mentality I had. Now, when I get home, I actively pursue things to plasticize. Main thing is, you have to trust it. When I started spraying things on my car I was a little cautious....but by the time I got to the front emblem, I didnt even mask it. I just sprayed away...let it dry, then pealed off what I didnt want.
I don't know about the longevity of it, but damn its fun to play with.
I don't know about the longevity of it, but damn its fun to play with.
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Header and Midpipe are put on hold.
I found a set of 17x8 Enkei RSM's for sale so cheap I couldn't pass them up. These RSMs to be exact.

Almost simultaneously, a friend emailed me asking if I wanted to take his silver RPF1s off of him in 2 months due to his car going on a trailer.
So...I no longer need wheels. I'll have the 17x8 RSM's which will be dailys, and the RPF1's which will serve for track purposes with monster tires.
I found a set of 17x8 Enkei RSM's for sale so cheap I couldn't pass them up. These RSMs to be exact.

Almost simultaneously, a friend emailed me asking if I wanted to take his silver RPF1s off of him in 2 months due to his car going on a trailer.
So...I no longer need wheels. I'll have the 17x8 RSM's which will be dailys, and the RPF1's which will serve for track purposes with monster tires.
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They arent quite on the car yet. They werent doing with the other car until about 3, and by that point I didnt want to mess with it. By the next time I see you, they'll be on and we'll go for a drive.
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Header, Midpipe, Muffler and Intake
Re-worked the exhaust.
Installed the Goodwin header, Midpipe, "Q" Muffler and Mazdaspeed Intake.
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Installed the Goodwin header, Midpipe, "Q" Muffler and Mazdaspeed Intake.
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I was going to do the speaker surrounds and the shifter surround, but opted not for that reason.
Im always up for a photoshoot.
I think my next/final mod for the interior is going to be Alcantara. I want to do the steering wheel, gauge hood, door pulls and both shifter & hand brake boots. I want black but I dont know what color stitching...maybe orange like the seats?
Im always up for a photoshoot.
I think my next/final mod for the interior is going to be Alcantara. I want to do the steering wheel, gauge hood, door pulls and both shifter & hand brake boots. I want black but I dont know what color stitching...maybe orange like the seats?



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