Frnchplayr15's Mazdaspeed 3 Build

[Frnchplayr15]

Bought Lucie on 3/23/13
2013 Velocity Red Mica with Tech Package



Her first snow







Sold this one!
You know sadly I should have done this a long time ago but never did it but I will update this correctly when I get the speed hopefully now in the next few weeks! Keeps getting delayed to get it. Argh
Anyway let me start this off from at least pictures I have and from what I can remember. Also sorry that most of my pics are taken at night since im constantly busy and only have my time late at night.

Here is my 2010 Mazda 3i sport picked up in August of 09 with 75 miles on the ODO

The first mod I did and stupid of course since I was cheap at the time. Custom built Cold Air Intake which I had built at school.

I then purchased some DDM apexcone 12k lights

The first real mod I did and also hardest to date was to weld these Hella 500 in the front bumper and rivet the Hella 2500 Optilux Fogs into the fog spots. Had the help from a local shop at the time! Also had added the LED strip underneath the Headlight housing to give some ok effect.



Here was a video I posted awhile back

Mazda 3 LED strip with custom rally lights - YouTube

Mazda 3 LED strip with custom rally lights - YouTube

Also I had added an Eonon D2217 system which you'll see in the video and BTW I do not recommend piece of junk and Im already back to stock for now! I paid for what I got

Here's with all the lights I had at the time


Also purchased my rims from a friend for $50 who had them on a mazdaspeed protege but had someone crash and total his car and had no room for these rims! Rims came with junk tires Barum Bravuris 2 205/40/17 but had 40% tread left so I wasted them as fast I could since they made the car looked really raised haha which it still is I know!


Later in October I purchased a Simota SRI gladly enjoying that still

Then went to EECMM in October and purchased from Derrick himself from Corksport the LED kit

Oh and also installed foot well lights back in May

Also in May I painted my calipers red and got some Red Gorilla Lug nuts sorry car was dirty at the time and was only pic I had lol

If I remember correctly did this in April my emblems and did Evil M but my way not the really curvy way

I painted my housing black and the high beams chrome blue and added a LED underneath to give a glow as a DRL sort of!

Ok so heres the headlight baked and opened(They are such a pain and be careful I suggest using a heat gun. I was able to fit the headlight in my oven(surprisingly) And it was a tight fit and it burned some of my plastic




Here's is the result of my first coat all black and the High Beams area is blue!




The products I used which are great. I think I should have chosen a high heat clear coat but as of right now it seems fine

Now the finished look plus I added a LED strip to give a small effect to the car(The LED strip will not show when completely installed its hidden)



Ok everything is now installed



The LED effect is hard to see but it makes my headlight glow


This still doesnt show the full effect


And as of right now my last project which I did this past weekend
So I retrofitted my fogs with 3k HID's, installed a mazdaspeed 3 exhaust, oil change, and installed some superbrightled.com bulbs in reverse lights! Also a lil bummed today someone backed into me I guess while I was at the gym and knocked out one of my Hella 500 lights! Oh well time to upgrade to something brighter I guess.
Here's the reverse lights dont have pictures of mine but heres the bulbs

Sadly I wasn't thinking when I got this but I totally forgot that the MS3 exhaust is 2 in shorter than mine! I went to store and got some temporary pipes until I can find some tips to weld or bolt on to extend the exhaust!


Here it is with some shitty piping lol

And here we go with my fogs now! They came out green which I liked even better I guess it was due to my yellow overlay film

Here with 12K and 3k lights on


More updates to come!

[Havocforming]

so out of curiosity, what is the story with the black front bumper cover? did you just decide you wanted it that way and painted/vinyled it?

[Frnchplayr15]

Originally Posted by Havocforming

so out of curiosity, what is the story with the black front bumper cover? did you just decide you wanted it that way and painted/vinyled it?

No no no when I did the auxiliary light project I just bought an extra bumper so I could mess it up and if need to return to stock just put the original on! It's not painted either and I kinda liked it that way so I just left it lol I always keep all my parts so I can always return to stock plus I work at the dealership so I get discounts on parts so I can buy extras and if customer decide to upgrade there cars and dont want the parts I get to keep them so I got bunch of stuff so I could return this car perfectly back to the way it was when I bought it in a few days!

[Havocforming]

ah ok. makes sense

[CorkSport - Derrick]

I like the way the headlights turned out with the custom work.

-Derrick

[Frnchplayr15]

Thanks Derrick! BTW did you guys get my email about ideas on headlights and taillights?

[CorkSport - Derrick]

Originally Posted by Frnchplayr15

Thanks Derrick! BTW did you guys get my email about ideas on headlights and taillights?

Did you put it in as a product submission? I don't see those emails which come in for the product ideas, our engineers do.

If you emailed it to me I dont remember seeing one on it so re-send it.

-Derrick

[axelajdm]

Love those Konig spokes. Any plans of color matching the bumpers? I think that will complete the look.

[Frnchplayr15]

Originally Posted by CorkSport - Derrick

Did you put it in as a product submission? I don't see those emails which come in for the product ideas, our engineers do.

If you emailed it to me I dont remember seeing one on it so re-send it.

-Derrick

Actually I did send it in through product ideas so I guess not lol!

Originally Posted by axelajdm

Love those Konig spokes. Any plans of color matching the bumpers? I think that will complete the look.

Thanks Im not too much of a big fan of the rims but its satisfactory for now! Actually Im going to get a new rear bumper anyway since there was none stock at work for a few days so Im waiting but I cut the bottom of my bumper to fit the exhaust it almost looks like the other side lol

[Frnchplayr15]

Just got my new exhaust tips today to extend the mazdaspeed 3 exhaust so it doesnt look like crap! Hopefully I can weld them on tomorrow!