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Old 22-01-2012, 06:12 PM   #81
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thanks everyone cant wait to put them on cause i will be lowering the car at the same time
and clean cookie if you read the post it never mentions matte lol i was gonna do a matte finish in a previous post but i like the gloss look alot better
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Old 23-01-2012, 10:08 PM   #82
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What filler and spray did you use mate?
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Old 24-01-2012, 10:30 PM   #83
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rims look sick man cant wait to see them on the car!
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Old 25-01-2012, 06:55 AM   #84
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Thanks everyone
I used jb weld to fill where there was curb damage then spray puddy then 2pak primer/2pak gloss black/2pak clear
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Old 29-01-2012, 02:15 PM   #85
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yesterday put the tyres on the wheels and went and bought a set of neo chrome titanium wheel nuts from jdmyard (btw these cost $300 a set)
and i have had another problem with andy auto sports dont buy from them im offically pissed off first of all they sent me the wrong set of coilovers 1st there not super streets second they are not for a mazda protege 5 they are for mazda 3 3rd they didnt have the adjustment spanner.
i just checked the invoice i should have checked it b4 but i was to lazy gonna gonna call them on monday and give them a blast for fcuking me around to many times i toke the the edfc back on saturday afternoon and will be picking up a set of king springs superlows on monday until then here are some pics of the 4wdness






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Old 29-01-2012, 04:43 PM   #86
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ohh that looks sick, enough though iits not lowered yett
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Old 29-01-2012, 05:14 PM   #87
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yesterday put the tyres on the wheels and went and bought a set of neo chrome titanium wheel nuts from jdmyard (btw these cost $300 a set)
and i have had another problem with andy auto sports dont buy from them im offically pissed off first of all they sent me the wrong set of coilovers 1st there not super streets second they are not for a mazda protege 5 they are for mazda 3 3rd they didnt have the adjustment spanner.
i just checked the invoice i should have checked it b4 but i was to lazy gonna gonna call them on monday and give them a blast for fcuking me around to many times i toke the the edfc back on saturday afternoon and will be picking up a set of king springs superlows on monday until then here are some pics of the 4wdness

I have a set of pedders lows springs here. Get your money back and buy them.
They will be much cheaper.
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Old 29-01-2012, 06:27 PM   #88
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i have seen your ad but i want superlows i want my car to be LLOOWW and also u r in qld im in nsw.
thanks smurfy i love how it looks but once its lowered it will be even better
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Old 29-01-2012, 08:13 PM   #89
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SL will just ask for a defect imho in that car. 30mm seems more sensible for these already low cars(compared to the BA for example!)
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Old 29-01-2012, 08:31 PM   #90
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Any lower than what I had and you will rub and not enjoy the ride at all.
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Old 29-01-2012, 08:48 PM   #91
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talk to trent about it even though he is still running the same wheels on a sp20. But he is crazyyy loww
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Old 29-01-2012, 08:49 PM   #92
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Love it man! I like the shiney better than matt finish.

the SP20 must be much lower stock. Mines still on stock springs and looks way lower...
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Old 30-01-2012, 05:38 PM   #93
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i installed the fronts today it droped from 3 fingers to 2 fingers will install the rears tomorrow.
i went with superlows cause of how sp-db-20/trent188 sits looks really nice
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Old 30-01-2012, 06:13 PM   #94
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umm, SL is like 50-60mm? 1 finger is 15mm, did you already have lowered stuff in there
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Old 30-01-2012, 06:37 PM   #95
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lol just relised my mistake it was 4 fingers now 2 but once it settles about 1 cant wait will put up pics tomorrow
this set up is only a temp till i sort out my teins with andys last time it toke 3 months to sort everything

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Old 31-01-2012, 02:24 PM   #96
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ok installed the rears happy with how it sits hopefully it will drop bit more but will let the pics do the talking





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Old 31-01-2012, 07:04 PM   #97
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Yeahhhh thats 1.8 billion times better!
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Old 31-01-2012, 07:14 PM   #98
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I reckon leave it at that height, suits the car nicely!
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Old 31-01-2012, 07:22 PM   #99
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just needs those ford center caps
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sits nicely!
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