paimon.soror

iTrader: (15)

Some amateur shots, enjoy

Spin9k

Sweet! Nice pics

Roidz

Cool pics. I like the 3rd one with the sun peeking through the trees.

rodjonathan

iTrader: (6)

nice pics n the car looks great!

oskierox

nice pics mate cleaned mine today too :p (looks like you cleaned it haha :D )

SayNoToPistons

iTrader: (8)

Lowered in front only?

paimon.soror

iTrader: (15)

Thanks guys, I appreciate it


Nope, lowered both w/ stance c/o's. 1inch drop in the front with a 0.75 in the rear. It does look that way though... but stock the rear has a pretty decent gap.

Fortunate Few

iTrader: (2)

looks good, could be lower though.

paimon.soror

iTrader: (15)

Lol thanks! Dont tempt me though lol. Its speed platform city at work and with the height i have now I am jussst getting over these bumps @ 10mph without issue. Plus the S2's dont really give you much when it comes to lowering. When i was at the shop getting aligned the guy told me to be careful if i try going any lower because I have already maxed out my camber

dmp

I hate the fact the words "looks" and "Good" turn into ads.

Are you up for any constructive criticism for the pics? beautiful car! I've always said "For the 15 minutes a black car stays clean, it looks amazing!"

paimon.soror

iTrader: (15)

Sure I can take some constructive criticism, just go easy on my baby lol. Oh and i know what you mean. I clean the thing every week just to maintain its shine, or else i get some dust and spots or something from the weather here.

altspace

iTrader: (2)

Word of photography advice, take it easy on the extreme angles as they become distracting. Sort of a no-no in photographing cars. Lol.

BTW - We are having a Mazda meet in CT this weekend. You should check out our club called NEPOC (all Mazdas).
http://www.mazdas247.com/forum/forumdisplay.php?f=171

paimon.soror

iTrader: (15)

Thanks for the advice, yea im not much of a good photographer haha, I am actually quite impressed with some of the pics i managed to take. Oooo I will check out the meet and see if i can make it! Thanks buddy.

04_Mica Mazda

I enjoy the car! "Looks Good"

Seriosuly though, it is suhweeet...

paimon.soror

iTrader: (15)

Thanks a lot man, i appreciate it

altspace

iTrader: (2)

Then come to the meet and I will give you pointers.
Here's my blog. http://altspacerx8.blogspot.com/

jasonrxeight

looking good.

dmp

quick advice..

Process your images after you take them. Adjust contrast and saturation.

Watch your backgrounds. You have signs and trees, etc, 'growing' out of your car.

Location, Location, Location. Interesting photos have more-than-the-subject worth looking at. Be creative...look what an obscure alley can do for a simple photo:

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3637/...b572b279a2.jpg

or an empty parking lot by the beach, during a storm

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3581/...9984a1ce4a.jpg

(I added the lightning).

Keep shooting...dont forget, even Ansel Adams didn't take images straight from his camera and be done w/ them. He spent hours...days in the darkroom processing his pics.

Beefy98

Mint. I like pic #7. And the thru the headrest rotor too lol. Did u just wax the car--which wax? What point and shoot?

Oh, and 86 the front plate. It might be a law here in CT but its a law they don't enforce.

paimon.soror

iTrader: (15)

Oh really?? I used to live in MA so they were so **** about plates. I have been wanting to take off the front plate, maybe i'll give it a shot and see what happens...i'll keep em in the car just incase hehe.

I used a Canon SD500 (nothing special), and i use Meguiars NXT wash, NXT wash, their all wheel cleaner, as well as their showroom shine glaze lol. Yes im a meguiars fanboy.

9krpmrx8

iTrader: (46)

Great pics man!! Some 25mm spacers would really set your car off. You would have the perfect factory look.

paimon.soror

iTrader: (15)

Thanks for the props man. See I have never been a fan of spacers, though for no reason other than because I have heard some people saying bad things about their quality and its effect on suspension parts. Any truth behind that?

9krpmrx8

iTrader: (46)

Nope, I did a lot of research and they are used pretty often in racing, mainly on MG's and Miata's. Like anything else a lot of that depends on the manufacturing. Mine are Eibach but honestly I have seen a ebay set in person and they were machined very well and had grade 8 hardware so i would have trusted them.

I personally would not run non hubcentric spacers if you track your car or do canyon runs, etc. But I have had my car to limit running these spacers and it has not affected a thing. My car actually felt more planted during my first run with the spacers. I was little paranoid so I had the wheels off a couple of times after I installed them initially to check that they were still torqued properly and all is well.

They have not budged and as long as you install them correctly, using a torque wrench and star pattern for tightening I don't see a problem. I am now sitting on a 18 x 8" +25 stance running 245/40-18's and I love it.

Most people who talk **** about spacers have never run them and have no data or experience to back up anything they say. I did quite a bit of research and did not really find anything bad about running spacers. Hell many of the euro track cars run wheels adapters so they can run different bolt patterns and they don't seem to have problems either. the only problem I could see is with the spacers cracking or something like that and i just don't see that happening and I have never heard of anything like that happening.

There are many reputable manufacturers of spacers; Eibach, H&R, Ichiba, Kics (sic)

altspace

iTrader: (2)

Depends where you live in MA. I have not had a front plate on for over 6 years and I drive all over MA in a bright red sports car. Lol.

Like I said bro, come to the meet and we may be able to do a photo shoot.

paimon.soror

iTrader: (15)

After looking at these pics and my car a bit, I am toying with the idea of lowering the rear a bit. I think it is actually sitting a bit higher than when i first lowered it, mainly because i had the 175mm/6k in the rear and i swapped it out for the 200mm/7k. The only thing that blows is that I would need to unbolt the damper from the hub, remove the spring to access the height adjustment perch, and adjust that way. I could tweak the height a bit by adjusting rear preload, but thats never a good idea with coilovers