DJMARCOPOLO'S - The GREEN RIVET



  • Well my online shopping trip came to a head today and everything from around the world all arrived today :D :D :D

    Today I got my 6k HID kit from japan, my stainless decat pipe from florida and my M3 halo's for the spot lights from china.
    Looks like a busy sunday this week :D :D




  • Been spending money on the car and not fitting anything so when hammy came down to do his cambelt I fitted the 40mm lowering springs I bought of sam youdirtyfox a few weeks ago

    I found an MX3 being broken on ebay that was a surprise when he sent me photos of it,
    lost in the postal system somewhere is a full stainless system from headers back that I paid £50 +£20 p&p
    Then I asked for a photo of the engine bay and have now bought everything good off this engine for £60 inc p&P so will have loads to fit over the xmas holiday

    Have now received a replacement HID kit after the other one was broken so will be fitting that.

    The decat pipe is being modified this week so will be fitting that soon

    Will get some pics of the car uploaded of it 40mm lower



  • Some pics of it lowered now, doesnt notice much excpt driving it now :D :D




  • Nice one, looks better :D
    How do they feel?



  • @351455f0ee=youdirtyfox:

    Nice one, looks better :D
    How do they feel?

    The equipe came with softer than standard uk springs so dropping on these is amazing the handling is soooo precise now love driving it even more now :D

    Thanks for those sam, they are spot on



  • Excellent news!



  • Put my new alloys on today

    GOOD + BAD

    Good is I think they look great

    Bad is because I have lowered it, if anyone is in the back or hard bumps the rear arches touch the tyre over hard bumps.

    I also found that one of my konigs has cracked on the inside of the rim and the crack travels from the edge 40mm into the rim.
    I cannot swap them back because the konig is a write off :cry:

    Anyway heres some pics of them.




  • they look better



  • They look nice, got yourself a bargain there!! What you doing with your konigs? might be interested if they are for sale at a good price, including damaged one? Just the rims mind no tyres



  • @b963247727=mx3gulf:

    They look nice, got yourself a bargain there!! What you doing with your konigs? might be interested if they are for sale at a good price, including damaged one? Just the rims mind no tyres

    Because they touch now and again I want to get something similar but back to 17" so I am willing to do a straight swap with something similar in a 17" with tyres

    Gulfy if you like the konigs I will get the tyres removed and you have have the set for £80 - theyre an £800 set new but I also paid a fortune because they need special tuner wheel nuts and I also found lockers for them that cost £45 for the nuts alone so £80 for wheels and nuts



  • Pm'd



  • I'm gonna be honest and say "no….....no, no, no" sorry.

    Goodbye. I'm off to go stick my head in the snow.



  • @d592d53b2e=nightstalker:

    Goodbye. I'm off to go stick my head in the snow.

    Talking of which, you had much snow over there.? it's usually 30+ degrees C here around this time of year, but we've had a heap of rain instead these last 3 weeks…



  • This is a pic of the crack in the rim of the konigs



  • Well found why the tyres were battering the arches, forgot I had over 50kg in club lights in the boot. :oops:
    Now thyre out the wheels arent grounding into the arches but still think they are a little over size so still want to swap them off.

    My new exhaust started getting unwrapped today :D



  • why do the tyres/wheels rub? are they 205 tyres ?, wheels look like 18" wheels :shock: !. is the offest quite large ?.
    only seen one large exhaust on mx3 and it sounded insane!!. But wasnt to everyones taste. Cant wait to see it tho!



  • @6cea2b917d=Garfy1981:

    why do the tyres/wheels rub? are they 205 tyres ?, wheels look like 18" wheels :shock: !. is the offest quite large ?.
    only seen one large exhaust on mx3 and it sounded insane!!. But wasnt to everyones taste. Cant wait to see it tho!

    They are 18" wheels-225/40/18, you cannot get any larger tyre in there than those, there is 10mm space when on full lock and about 10mm between the tyre and the spring at the bottom of the strut.
    because I have lowered the car 40mm the wheels bounce up into the wheelarch lip and just rub the edge of the tyre.
    It is all down to the springs, if they were standard they would fit perfect



  • I was a bit bored today so I put my 6k HID kit in today. Gotta say it is bright, lights everything up slightly blue and you will never miss a road sign again.

    I also replaced a damaged bulb holder in the rear lights and checked the oil, I put the battery on the OEM equipe project and it fired up first time. :D

    Heres some pics of the HID kit




  • looks well, always fancied these myself but too obsessed with reducing items in the bay atm! Good work.



  • @81cab18796:

    looks well, always fancied these myself but too obsessed with reducing items in the bay atm! Good work.

    They are a pain in the arse, they have to have an almost perfect grounding to them otherwise they suddenly go off while you are driving. I have to say when they are working the amount of light they give out is amazing and make everything very bright including road signs

    The 18" wheels are up for sale and have found an astra with a hideous bodykit on it with some nice 17's so I am going to knock his door to try and swap them :D

    Anyway christmas has come early and I can see what I will be doing boxing day, I may even go for it with the big exhaust next week too

    6 x Splitfire leads
    Ally oil filler cap
    Imported Weapon R induction kit with carbon fibre filter

    Another ebay bargain, I wont tell you how much that lot cost because you will all feel sick but I was extremely lucky to get it


 

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