Arthur's 1993 mx-3 rs

[Daninski]

I hope you wanted green. Looks good, nice and shiney. Have you sourced out any new seats yet?

[racycle]

Haha, yea I love the paint so much. As for seats, I was going for something sorta like these

http://www.ebay.com/itm/2-PC-BLACK-LEAT ... es&vxp=mtr

Anything black leather with the slots in the top for the seat belts and around $300 has my interest .

[Evo_Spec]

a lot lighter of a green than i thought it was gonna be, but still looks great!
is the area on your passenger door and fender a little off? or is it just that picture?

[racycle]

Yes the spot with the body line in the fender is a little off. I think the fender turned out great for being bent to hell via a poll or something . Also here is a picture from my friends phone after we got the lights in. I will take a picture of my black taillights contrasting with the green tomorrow when there is some day light.

[Evo_Spec]

a little light for my liking but still looks awesome

[AaronTietje]

Nice work. I like it as well as the emblem and antenna shave.

[racycle]

Thanks guys . A few people suggested it to be a little darker , but I love it. The de-badgeing and antenna shave was already done when i got the car. I think the guy who took the badges off yanked them off , as those spots were risen up, so some re-shaping was required. same for the antenna, I had to sand all of his bondo pretty much off and redo it. The antenna being gone dose look a lot better but I do kinda miss my radio .

I was thinking of getting and putting a short one somewhere close to the gas door, sort of like in this picture.

[Evo_Spec]

i dislike the radio, USB stick and ipod for me =D

[racycle]

Haha, I rarely used the radio to but I like having it there if I ever want it.

[Josh]

mmmm looks minty.. nice work!

I think you should paint the inside of the headlights to match. Do you have different wheels to go with the new paint job?

[racycle]

I plan to get aftermarket headlights. The ones I have now don't have the housing inside as a separate piece So can't really paint them. :/

For the wheels I did a quick fix until I get the money for some new rims. Here they are.

before--



during-- (tape and towel behind the rim)



and after --



Kind of hard to see but all finished.

[Josh]

very nice! wheels look good.

I think a black front lip and sides would really compliment the color.

[racycle]

Maybe A friend said when I finally get a wraparound wing that I want that I should paint it black. My only issue with the lip , I would have to make it into one piece. I don't like the clamp that goes in the center or how sometimes it sags down a little. As for sides , I haven't really looked into them . I have been pretty happy with the factory look so it never crossed my mind.

looks like its time for me to bust out the Photoshop for some test .

[racycle]

So , spent a good while on Photoshop! I haven't had a need to use it in months so I'm pretty rusty. I used one of mooneggs photos for the side skirts and lip, wheels from the photo I posted in the wheels/tires section. I couldn't find a good picture of a wrap around spoiler so I had to draw that on myself lol. Then darkened the headlights (closest I could get to the after-marker vertical LED ones) and darkened the glass for some fake tint.

[MrMazda92]

I can't believe I didn't see this worklog before... that computer chair is ingenious! I had the seats out of my '93(They're '94+ seats), when I was reinstalling the carpet, and left them in the living room for an hour or so. I come in to grab the seats, and there's my girlfriend sitting in one watching TV... Sure as hell, she thought it was so comfortable she is "allowing" me to make a set for our game room... I'm thinking I may keep the rails attached, since they will be mounted closer to the floor, I think it will be interesting. Mad props for thinking outside the box, I'm glad this idea has been tested before!