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Old Nov 26, 2009 | 05:35 PM
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Cool Better quality pics (Wheels and front lip) for those who asked!

Hey guys,

Some of you asked for some better shots of my car and I went out today and took some. I did some searching in a local junk yard and came across a Mazda 626 front lip. It was the only one that had one out of like 9 total. But I cleaned it up and painted it. Installed it and the white is off but I'm not worried about it. It'll get the right color next time it's off.

Anywho... I'm pretty happy with it overall. Had to do some minor trimming and I'm not really digging the 2 piece design and am going to see about getting it molded into one piece. Btw... used a different camera for these.

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Old Nov 26, 2009 | 05:54 PM
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Beautiful.

Happy thanksgiving.

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Old Nov 26, 2009 | 06:13 PM
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simply WOW. gorgeous car. i love the new wheels,

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Old Nov 26, 2009 | 07:17 PM
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or paint it black. mine was to rough to paint white. spray truck bed coating FTW !
lol at the caliper difference

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Old Nov 27, 2009 | 02:06 PM
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man dont jack his thread you can have your own lol



flippin money shot!
S4 never looked soo good =P
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Old Nov 27, 2009 | 04:30 PM
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just suggesting a easier solution than finding the exact paint color that looks good is all.
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Old Nov 27, 2009 | 04:34 PM
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looks great
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Old Nov 27, 2009 | 05:05 PM
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if you can ****** another lip some time or cut end pieces off another one, you can plastic weld em onto the end to extend the corners to match the fenders. =)
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Old Nov 27, 2009 | 05:34 PM
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I would but my buddy is already planning on fixing it completely. He's going to mold it into one piece, reinforce it, extend the ends out, and color match paint it.
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Old Nov 27, 2009 | 11:30 PM
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like the lip
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Old Nov 29, 2009 | 09:12 AM
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Old Nov 29, 2009 | 11:44 AM
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everything looks bad *** dude but you shuold throw the Jspec S4 tails on. that would look so awesome and complete the look of the car
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Old Nov 29, 2009 | 11:54 AM
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This is the last thread of yours i'll ever click in to. That car makes me jealous as ****.
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Old Nov 29, 2009 | 10:39 PM
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humm I really liked the old wheels but these seem to fit alot better.....ok still looks HOT!
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Old Nov 30, 2009 | 12:20 AM
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The old wheels are for sale! With brand new G-force sports on them...
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Old Nov 30, 2009 | 01:38 AM
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I want you to drive that thing over so I can oogle all over it.
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Old Nov 30, 2009 | 01:56 AM
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I'd love to visit California so don't tempt me! Oh lord I love roadtrips! haha.
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Old Nov 30, 2009 | 02:05 AM
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looks great.(much better then when i did mine. LOL) once its finished post pics i'm sure colormatched and fixed it'll be amazing.

also i took your previous photo to make a sig (for a SOTW contest)



what you think?


woohoo photoshop to the rescue LOL


(i once pieced the lip and extended it and colormatched and drool. 100% drool.
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Old Nov 30, 2009 | 03:25 AM
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Old Nov 30, 2009 | 02:15 PM
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fck, i can't stop looking at this thread.

worthy repost...



you're my hero. lol
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Old Nov 30, 2009 | 10:44 PM
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This car is so beautiful, yet so simple. Ill admit it. I'm jealous.
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Old Dec 1, 2009 | 01:35 AM
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what year 626 was it?
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Old Dec 1, 2009 | 02:22 AM
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wheel specs plz.
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Old Dec 1, 2009 | 08:05 AM
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Raid3n it was an early 90's I want to say. I can't be sure. Just google Mazda 626 on google. I think a couple of year models had them. But you do have to modify it to make it work. It's not bad at all. Using 2 people helped out a lot. I held it where I wanted it and a friend drilled holes and mounted it.

Puhpaper they are:

17x8 +35mm front
17x9 +35mm rear

I had to use a 3/8" spacer up front b/c of my older style Bilstein coilovers hitting the wheel and tire. I have a good 3mm of clearance now and am going to get extended lug studs to have some security up front.
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