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Re: Mooneggs - 1992 mx-3 gs "fast car"

Posted: July 23rd, 2008, 8:38 am
by Steve_SK
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This picture shows them best, at least one. :)

TERRIBLE WONDERFUL CRAZY PERFECT

:D

I definitely need to do this job. :P

Re: Mooneggs - 1992 mx-3 gs "fast car"

Posted: July 23rd, 2008, 9:07 pm
by npspears
I'm liking it better than the stock headlights. So what did you paint exactly?

Re: Mooneggs - 1992 mx-3 gs "fast car"

Posted: July 23rd, 2008, 9:12 pm
by Mooneggs
I have a whole right up on what was painted:

http://www.mx-3.com/phpBB3/viewtopic.php?f=17&t=64674" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

Re: Mooneggs - 1992 mx-3 gs "fast car"

Posted: July 23rd, 2008, 9:17 pm
by npspears
cool, but you have to have a set of JDM headlights? Darn, I wanted to do it.

Re: Mooneggs - 1992 mx-3 gs "fast car"

Posted: July 23rd, 2008, 9:19 pm
by Mooneggs
npspears wrote:cool, but you have to have a set of JDM headlights? Darn, I wanted to do it.
yes this only works on JDM/Euro headlights so as a warning for everyone:

DO NOT PAINT YOUR HEADLIGHT INTERIOR HOUSING IF YOUR BULB TYPE IS 9004

Re: Mooneggs - 1992 mx-3 gs "fast car"

Posted: July 28th, 2008, 7:42 pm
by Nd4SpdSe
why?

Re: Mooneggs - 1992 mx-3 gs "fast car"

Posted: July 28th, 2008, 7:59 pm
by Mooneggs
because the 9004 bulb uses the entire interior housing to reflect light. The H4 bulb only uses the rear chrome piece to reflect light.

2 piece design (H4) vs. a one piece design (9004)

Re: Mooneggs - 1992 mx-3 gs "fast car"

Posted: July 28th, 2008, 8:04 pm
by Nd4SpdSe
Not quite, there is that small outside corner...

But ya, it's not that you don't want to paint the housing, you don't want to paint the reflector, which on the 9004 headlights, it's pretty much the whole thing

Re: Mooneggs - 1992 mx-3 gs "fast car"

Posted: August 1st, 2008, 1:28 am
by V8KOMX3
Car loks good man I wish I would have known you came to Wyoming we coulda taken our mx-3's out n had a good time

Re: Mooneggs - 1992 mx-3 gs "fast car"

Posted: August 1st, 2008, 3:46 pm
by Mooneggs
V8KOMX3 wrote:Car loks good man I wish I would have known you came to Wyoming we coulda taken our mx-3's out n had a good time
that would have been sweet but you would've had to have met me on the highway... lol I was rolling :) and I think through wyoming I had a few nice top speed runs :mrgreen:

made the whole trip in less that 40 hours :o

Re: Mooneggs - 1992 mx-3 gs "fast car"

Posted: August 11th, 2008, 1:41 pm
by Mooneggs
went to the drags friday night and ran a total of 11 times! Most of these were 14.8, and several 14.7 runs... my worst run was a 15 flat... but in the end I drove away with my best timeslip ever!

14.545 @ 95.69 mph @ 88.9 decibels LOL

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Re: Mooneggs - 1992 mx-3 gs "fast car"

Posted: August 11th, 2008, 2:07 pm
by tmac4t4
thats genius what you did with the headlights :welder:
how come the slow car gets the nice rims ?

Re: Mooneggs - 1992 mx-3 gs "fast car"

Posted: August 11th, 2008, 5:56 pm
by Mooneggs
tmac4t4 wrote:thats genius what you did with the headlights :welder:
how come the slow car gets the nice rims ?
because those nice rims are very heavy... and it's already slow so a little extra weight won't hurt :D

Re: Mooneggs - 1992 mx-3 gs "fast car"

Posted: September 11th, 2008, 5:49 pm
by Mooneggs
here's an update with what has been going on with the slow car...

http://www.mx-3.com/phpBB3/viewtopic.php?f=15&t=66477" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

Basically I took the car to a roadracing event and was driving it hard in 110 degree heat... by the time I got home and it cooled down, the next time I drove it I had problems losing oil from the oilpan seal and the cylinder head plugs.

I ordered some new plugs from mazda and they should be arriving tonight...

Re: Mooneggs - 1992 mx-3 gs "fast car"

Posted: October 13th, 2008, 8:49 pm
by Mooneggs
sigh... still haven't fixed the fast car... I'm procrastinating :x

but I did get it some new awesome floormats :mrgreen:

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