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Here are the links to the pics of donny's car. Great looking car I might add, love the color.

Let's see how long I last until my personal webspace starts sending my death threats :o:

http://home.insightbb.com/~kyleo/grayfd1.jpg
http://home.insightbb.com/~kyleo/grayfd2.jpg
http://home.insightbb.com/~kyleo/grayfd3.jpg
http://home.insightbb.com/~kyleo/grayfd4.jpg
http://home.insightbb.com/~kyleo/grayfd5.jpg
http://home.insightbb.com/~kyleo/grayfd6.jpg
http://home.insightbb.com/~kyleo/grayfd7.jpg
http://home.insightbb.com/~kyleo/grayfd8.jpg

WHOA. NICE!!!!

I hear the "Spirit R" questions comming already.

the color is an actual factory Mazda color. Its called "dark titanium metallic" or "dark shadow gray on the Fords" It is a color option off of the 2003 Mazda Tribute SUV, believe it or not. As soon as the black carpet gets here I can re-install the interior. I dyed all of the tan panels black and are going to have the seats re-covered this winter in black leather and maybe some small charcoal inserts. Then the motor is getting re-built, polished, and I am going with a single set-up, probably a TO4S or similar. I had the Apexi kit on my last FD and loved it, spooled as quick as the twins, but I want low 400rwhp this time. Apexi kit was making 355rwhp at 14.5psi on a non-ported motor..

nice car, love the color.

i LOVE IT!!! it does look very spirt r color!! amazing!

absolutly gorgeous. Did I mention that it was gorgeours. That is exaclty what I want to do to my car. I think its great that you took the time to do it right. That color is perfect. Did you paint it yourself in your garage? to bad your in MN, I would have loved to help, then we could have done my car next. ;)

I give you props. Is the front bumper and rear wing genuine mazda. Looks great, I get sick of all the riced out FD's, I think that car looks beter than almost all FD's.

May I ask how long has this car been in the works??? And how much you have spent on her?

Looks Awesome!

Doooooood...Sweeeeeeeet! Can't belive you are doing all that in your garage...hats off to you!

Wow! Good stuff..... Love all the um........ foil. bling bling!! Talk about mad bank.....

-Dan

More like mad skill and work ethic.

Man thats awesome. I love the 99 spec look. That is the road I'm going when the time comes for aesthetics. So gorgeous.

I especially like the GT2 on the wall in pic #6 ;)

Oh my goodness that car is amazing!!! I love the color./front end/wheels/ everything, it's absolutely gorgeous!! Good job man

Jack

I started this project about 3 months ago and I would have been done 1 month ago if the carpet would ever show up. I have a lot more pics if I could just figure out how to down size them so they will post. I guess I about 1k in materials for the paint and supplys. I did everthing in my garage but rented a paint booth to spray the exterior of the car. I wanted to do it the right way that is why I gutted the interior and painted that too. Even though you will never see it, I know its not red and wont be if a panel is ever removed. i will do the rest of the engine bay this winter.. I will post more pics as I complete the car. I have some Apexi side skirts on the way, they were the least rice looking I could find and the closest to the OEM Mazda, but way less money...

man...that looks absolutely amazing...

you can post all your pics here http://briefcase.yahoo.com and then just post the link. THis is the easiest if you don't have web space.

By the way, if you ever come to Chicago with your car i would love to see it.

Later

ME TOO ME TOO!! :D

great work

Wow, your FD is so nice. One of the nicest and cleanest I've seen in awhile. Awesome car :bigthumb:

What size wheels are those?

18" volk te37. 8.5" front and 9.5 rear. 235/40/18 and 275/35/18 in the rear. Nitto 555.

awesome job! Where did you learn to spray. Did someone help you? I would just like to get mine repainted in the stock red just to get rid of the rock chipped front end that it had when I bought it.

By the way. Where in MPLS? I grew up there. Now I am one hour north of LA. Do you go to Midway ever?

I used to paint at a body shop. I have been to midway, not this year though, yet..

Wow looks so good I downloaded all those pics on my 56K!

Thanks for doing a good job on it, so many FDs are getting crappy repaints. It is good to see someone do it right.

i give mad props!!

That looked like Mazda just built it! very nice man.
I,m assuming you used a base and clearcoat?

even painting in a booth you get a liitle dust in the paint,have you got a extractor because it looks so clean for what looks like your garage.

The car looks real good man. I like it alot. Nice choice on the paint.
Send more pics when you get it done.

gosh, thats so nice, if i ever get another fd, i'm going to be copying you :D

The car should be completely done in a week or two, except for the seats, so I will post some better pics then. Thanks every-one for the response. I figured I am going to have this car for a while so I might as well do it right, especially if you are going to change the color of a car. it was alot of work but is really showing to be well worth it. I cannot wait to get the motor work done. I must save some bling, bling though first. Well, there is always the credit card???? Bad idea....maybe

To MP5 question about the paint. It is a base coat clear coat, I would never use a single stage paint for the exterior of a car. Single stage paints dont have a very good UV protection, tend to fade very quickly, and just dont look as good in general. I dont have an exhaust fan in my garage, so it did get very cloudy when I was spraying, but remember, I rented a paint booth for the exterior panels. If you clean your garage very well and wet the floor down before you spray you can get a very clean job. It is almost impossible to duplicate a factory paint job, even in the nicest paint booths. Factorys' have multi-millionaire dollar equipment and everything is computer controlled,( air temp, air quality, spray patterns and pressure, etc.) However, with a good knowledge of painting, the right products, and a lot of time wet sanding and buffing, you can get a finish that is 10x better than a factory job, it will look like glass....

Now thats doing it right!

Looks great!

man, i juz luv the car. i guess u r the first one ever do this..i juz add u to my buddy list..u'r my idol now LOL :)

looks damn good :D

thanks