Dropped and sharkfinned

[asi007]

So after all the talk of how badly my car needed a drop (and believe me it did) it's finally DONE!!! Tein H.Techs on 18x8 ET45 wheels, I only had it done a few days ago (at Street Performance, Jimmy is awesome) so it's still settling, but here it is:

BEFORE:

http://i252.photobucket.com/albums/hh36/gaganasi/IMG_0092.jpg

AFTER:

http://i252.photobucket.com/albums/hh36/gaganasi/IMG_0116.jpg

[dentinger]

Much Better!!

[asi007]

Thanks! Handles like a dream now too, so much confidence around the bends.

[Dragazn]

love the drop.... love the rims... not so much the sharkfin.... sharkfins should stay on the sedans imho....

[asi007]

Yeah a lot of people feel that way, I can respect that. The fin flows a bit more with the sedan, seems a bit like it's popping out of nowhere on the hatch, but I still love it :).

[Dragazn]

good to hear you love it. Thats what matters anyways... do what you want with the car, put a 10 foot spoiler on the car, in the end its what makes you happy.

[asi007]

lol my mod philosophy is classy differentiation. I want my car to be mine, but still look like it could have came that way. I think I'm doing a pretty good job so far ...

[asi007]

I'll be painting my calipers silver with gunmetal 'Mazda' decals next. I think it will still look pretty OEM.

[Dragazn]

thats exactly what I'm going for... i prefer the term stock+. Looks like stock.. but not really...

[tweak_s]

Very nice and clean man good job. :).

[Flagrum_3]

I don't see any difference!...... just j/k, looks much better, fark it looked like a tractor in the before pic :chuckle


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[nicker]

Looks nice, I really like that color and that color of wheels works nice with it. I will say too sorry but not a fan of the fin, they do look out of place on a hatch. Stubby all the way. But still nice ride dude!


oh and loose the rub strips!

[huyzel]

Looks nice, I really like that color and that color of wheels works nice with it.
.....
oh and loose the rub strips!

+1
/is it already tinted or is that just weird lighting & reflection?

[asi007]

Thanks for the comments everyone, I've thought of losing the side mouldings but I've seen cases on Mazda3Forums where people have done when their cars are a few years old and the colour is off or adhesive stays on the car and is hard to get rid of, just worried about something like that happening if I remove them now (the car is an '06 that I've had since halloween '05).

[asi007]

Oh, didn't see the part about the tint, it's not tinted yet, it's just the reflection, I'm planning on getting it done this summer though, I love the look of dark tints ... not to mention keeping the leather cooler in the hot sun.

[bluemazda3]

just a question... where did you get those Tenzo R Rims? I want them for my 07 mazda 3 but in 17"

[MAZDA Kitten]

much much better

nice look

[Cardinal Fang]

Love it! Wish I could drop my car.

[yearoftherat]

WOW...Your tires and rims look sooo small before the drop...
I agree with nicker..loose the door trim..looks soo much nicer without them..

http://i84.photobucket.com/albums/k22/cjlee9/IMG_0480.jpg

(My car btw)

[RallyPlaya]

Wow Sooo Much better Glad you like the Drop....I dont like mazda 3's at stock height ever since i dropped =P

[Takumi616]

looks good............ :chuckle

[LockOut]

Wow Sooo Much better Glad you like the Drop....I dont like mazda 3's at stock height ever since i dropped =P
Hahahaha, it's too true. Before I dropped it, I looked at it and was happy. Now that I have my drop, there's WAY too much wheel gap at stock height.

Looks great, though. MUCH better.

[bbell1984]

How did you remove the side molding? did you do it urself or get someone to do it for you?

[LockOut]

How did you remove the side molding? did you do it urself or get someone to do it for you?
You're gonna get a lot of responses about looking around the forums if you make many posts like that... There're a few threads about it. I'm sure you can find them...

[bbell1984]

ya i just read a bunch of posts on it, ......... so no need to tell me search anymore
but thanks man!

[LockOut]

No problem... Just hate to see newbies gettin' flamed.

[allen@simplytire.com]

What size tire do you have on there? It looks like a 215-35-18....