I never noticed the brakes heating up with the Moon Discs on. I drive the old gurl pretty hard too! LOLfowljesse wrote:I love the hubcaps. You should paint them flat black, too. You can easily sand it off, if you want to go back. I want to put some on my fronts, but don't want the brakes to heat up too much.
They are more money then regular hubcaps, but much cheaper then wheels. You can get them here:
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Two small problems of being that cool. The valve stem is under the cap, so you have to remove them to fill up your tires. The other small problem is gravel! You can hear graval rattling around in there up to a week after going down a gravel road.
To me they are worth it though 
Unlocked some MX-3 secrets this weekend. My MX-3 is about to split in two from a questionable quarter panel repair! I had figured the car had been re-sprayed silver over red, but it turns out only one quarter panel is red underneath the car was originally silver. Some evidence of a fender bender on the left front corner also. Saturday morning I drove the MX-3 into the garage and 2 AM Sunday morning I yanked the empty rusty shell out of the garage with my 323 and a tow rope. My neighbor's likely didn't even know what was going on as one of them was having a very loud party. The wheel-less MX-3 sled/plow was likely not heard over the yelling ya-who's at the party, as I dragged it up the gravel driveway! The car had a full tank of gas, so I pulled the tank to empty it. I was emptying it into a huge funnel in to some gas cans for what seemed like an eternity! Then I noticed it had a brand new shiny black filler tube with a fresh Mazda part number decal on it! As I sat there I noticed the tank had been recently repaired with new soldered on nipples. Then to my surprise I saw tiny shiny hex head bolts holding the sending unit in. (instead of Philips head machine screws). I opened it up and sure enough a new fuel pump inside! sweet! This was the best parts car ever! the only minor misgivings were a untidy electrical repair in the harness at the accident repair (signal lights), a non functioning aftermarket alarm that seemed to be scotch clipped to every wire in the car twice and hacked stereo wiring. A little bit of wire, solder and some heat shrink and it will be as good as new. I spent most of today cleaning up / out my garage and making decisions. Dorky stained 323 seats or cool comfy worn out MX-3 seats?? (that kind of deal). What to keep, what to pitch, what to sell action. Next trip I will focus on broken bolt and rust repair on the 323 shell.
