Ryan's MX-3
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If you want JDM parts try here - bit pricey though
http://stores.ebay.com/jdm-pro-store:shock: Those wind deflectors! I want some deflectors but not for that price $179.99
I have one of those, a passenger side one in the loft, I had a pair but doing about 95 on the motorway in severe gales head on gusts of a total around 160 ripped the drivers side one off
Make me an offer for the passenger one, its just sat upstairs doing nowt
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Okay, well I haven't really done anything with the car since I updated this last but I've got the Eunos Presso lip ready for primer.
I went around the car and identified every bit of paint & bodywork that I need to fix, since I'm completely broke it won't be done very soon, but I've applied for an ESB apprenticeship so hopefully that comes through so I can get some money together to get the car resprayed.
My only real source of income until/if I get the apprenticeship is to spray and sell these two Vespas which I bought a while back:
I've a compressor and spray gun at home so when I'm respraying these I'll do them in the black my MX-3 is and spray the MX's front & rear bumper with the same paint. I don't want to do the rest of the panels myself so I'll let them onto a professional crowd.So here's all the bits that need fixing on my 3:
I took the pics while it was still a bit wet. The most obvious problem is the front bumper.
The passenger door was resprayed at some point and some of it has started to come off, the door itself is grand, there's no dints or anything in it, it just looks slightly scruffy because of paint.
The rear bumper has a parking scuff in it.
Above the rear number plate there are some scratches in the bumper from where a dog or something was climbing into the back, and the paint has some very light cracking.
There's a couple of minor dents are scratches on a few other panels but they are very minor, I might just get the whole car resprayed if I'm fairly flush.
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Im loving those two scoots fella, px 125 or p200e
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PX80's!
Both were imported from Germany by the same dealer, they are the same year, and the reg numbers match almost exactly! Got a nice Simonini pipe to put onto one of 'em too. :D
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i could just see a nice malossi 125 kit on them….nicely tuned
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No money to do anything like that with them :(
Just spraying them up and selling them on, started stripping them today.
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Long time no updates!
Well I'm still broke but managed to get my JDM front lip into primer :D
Deciding on a colour for the Vespa at the moment and if I'm confident enough after doing that I'll have a bash at doing the MX myself too.
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:D
Some of you probably read my thread about the car, and well for those who didn't I lent it to a family friend who attacked a ditch with it. :evil: Well it seems the damage to the car isn't as bad as we thought, the outer sill getting a smack has pushed the door a bit out of place, we're gonna have a go at pulling the sill out as that should fix it and apart from the standard splitter being bolloxed she's grand. Best thing though? I don't have to pay for it and hopefully I'll be able to spray it all outta the money he'll be giving me.
HOPING all goes well so the MX can live to fight another day. :D :D :D :D :D :D
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that's harsh, I bet they felt like such an ass after that happened!
well if you can't get it working right and wanna get rid of that JDM front lip, let me know :D hehe
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Went at the sill today and the door is opening and closing grand now :D :D, bit of a kink in the bottom of the door though, but it'll fix. Looks like the car is a keeper, which I'm ecstatic about. :D
Pulled the insurance off the car now for a while 'til I get her looking pretty again. When she hits the road again she'll be rolling lowered on KYB shocks with a full respray and some other nice bits 8)
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that's harsh, I bet they felt like such an ass after that happened!
well if you can't get it working right and wanna get rid of that JDM front lip, let me know :D heheI was fairly furious when it happened but now I'm happy enough 'cos I'm getting given enough money to fix it and more. :D
Ah I need the JDM lip now cos my standard one is busted!
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Excellent news bud, it would have been a shame to get rid of it. Keep us posted with the repairs :D
(still wanna sell the V6 splitter then :P )
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You have mail. :)
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arnt u selling the jdm lip :?
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I need it now that the cars being put back on the road and my standard one is busted.
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I'd fancied the full length JDM sideskirts for a while now, but doubt I'd be able to afford/own a set for the forseeable future. So I went to the shed and took out the standard sideskirts from my old Nissan 100nx, I always thought that with a bit of a trim they would be a good enough replica of the full length MX-3 skirts, so I measured them up for size and they basically fit perfectly onto the MX-3 lengthways.
The only real problem is that they are in 2 pieces, but I'll just join them together and fill the remaining seam. I'll start cutting down the large lip on the back wheelarch side of them so it's more accurate to the real 'skirts.
I'm guessing that the OEM ones just attach onto where the side spats mount, which is grand, But to anyone that owns the real deal, how did you attach it to the outer sill of the car? Double sided tape?
Should be moving the car to a garage in a few weeks to start rubbing it down for a respray too. :D
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Nice touch, if its being resprayed what colour are you going for :D
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Black again :D
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BORING !!!
was hoping you were going to do some mad colour to make it stand outBlack ones do look good though, if you are using a base paint and lacquer stick a load of gold metallic flake in with the lacquer that would look nice and you would not need to change the documents
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Collected my early style seats on Monday (thanks Simon :D ), grand condition except for a rip in one of the drivers side bolsters, got someone fixing it there next week so I'm happy out. :D
Sooo glad to be rid of the seats that were in it finally.
Also, probably buying another MX-3, or a Nissan 100nx, I'm unsure. Gonna use that as my daily and have this black MX as a project.
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go for another mx the nicer looking than the 100 thats just my opinion