DRIVER311 updated pics! 3/20/08

[driver311]

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[bykeryder4life]

your car looks hard as f*ck man I like it.

[edrive73]

Sweet!

[boost_me]

aaaaahh refreshing!

can't wait for my GRILLZ (fmic) to come in!

[NOTSPCY]

No offence to anyone else with a MS3 but this has and will always be my favorite one ! Great job !

[hectik1]

I love your car!(yippy)

[macklum]

wow ,nice ride ,the rims set the whole thing off great

[redspeed3tk]

looks sweet but i really liked it more with the side moldings i think it adds more style lines to the car and the long flat door doesnt flow with the rest of the car just my opinion..

[CnoTataymo]

Dude, sweet pictures! What are you lowered on by the way?

[kura808]

whoa those pics look awesome. sex haha

[08cosmic3]

Very nice car. Great photography also.

Scott.

[driver311]

Thanks for the compliments guys, and thanks to dvisidboy for the pics. Look good like always.

[GhostMercury]

dam i need you to take pics of my car. what kind of camera was used and what lense

[leetpcguy]

Very nice. Though i did expect to see the matte black accents like that on the "extreme" edition(i have the MPS Extreme as my background right now). It might just be me, but i think the accents make that car look even better.

[staples187]

The way the front mount looks from TurboXS it looks like it's A LOT bigger then it actually is. The plastic molding looks like it would be covering the rest of the mount up, looks really good.

[D_Roc7822]

car looks redonkulous!!

[SgtP]

I hate seeing beautiful MS3s like this! it makes me want to stop putting money into the engine and start working on the exterior!

[Silver Ecstasy]

Absolutely gorgeous pics! I love the black badges!

[SMITTNME]

Wow, your car is sick man! I ABSOLUTELY love it!

[jbiird317]

looking good driver! still wanna trade? lol

[Ebruess]

(humpleg)
Nice car :D

[CnoTataymo]

Hey Driver, what are you lowered on?

[funkyman]

I would like to safely lower my car without using springs any ideas?

[jbiird317]

I would like to safely lower my car without using springs any ideas?

1) Make your own thread
2) ???? IMO not gonna happen on this car. Springs or coilovers, those are your options.

[Hot Shot]

I would like to safely lower my car without using springs any ideas?

I don't understand your question???? How are you going to "safely" lower your car without touching the springs?

Second the question on what driver's lowered on?

[cosic]

I don't understand your question???? How are you going to "safely" lower your car without touching the springs?

Second the question on what driver's lowered on?

LOL Snip snip! Don't you dare cut your springs!

Oh, and Driver311, I've never been so jealous..

[haberdashery]

i keep trying to talk myself out of sportlines, but every time i see your car im like 'awe to hell with it, ill get them'

[CnoTataymo]

So these springs are Eibach Sportlines? I like the drop a lot.

[Hot Shot]

So these springs are Eibach Sportlines? I like the drop a lot.

If they are sportlines, I don't think the spring rates are tuned to the MS3, so they might be a little softer than what most think.

[Silver Ecstasy]

I'm already nervous about speed bumps with the MS3..

I measured the bumps that are in my apt complex. 4" tall at the highest point. The MS3 on edmunds.com measures at 4.8" ride height. Talk about low!!! I don't know why you'd want the car that much lower. What a pain in the ass to lift the car when necessary!!!

[staples187]

I'm already nervous about speed bumps with the MS3..

I measured the bumps that are in my apt complex. 4" tall at the highest point. The MS3 on edmunds.com measures at 4.8" ride height. Talk about low!!! I don't know why you'd want the car that much lower. What a pain in the ass to lift the car when necessary!!!

Well first comes performance, then comes looks. When you're dealing with engine or drivetrain, you should never get a mod because it looks or sounds cool, that would be a waste of money imo. Exterior of course is a different story.

By the way, are those the blacked out snap ins for your rear reflectors because they look damn good, or are they painted?

[driver311]

If they are sportlines, I don't think the spring rates are tuned to the MS3, so they might be a little softer than what most think.

Not true. the springs are perfect for the car and thats why eibach didnt make a second set. they are based on weight and handling and eibach would have done the same for both cars. Just like the springs they make for a mustang gt are the same for the v6. its not like they are gonna make them stiffer cause the car has more whp. LOL Its based on weight and what the driver wants to do with the car. If you want less aggressive they offer the prokit.

[sanblaster]

yeah dude, that car is sick. love those wheels.

[Renzokuken]

so, soo.. Beautiful, and in the BEST color too.

[xbox4414]

I love your car. It's amazing. Got any pics of the engine bay?

[IAMHOLLYWOOD]

well that right there is a thing of beauty

[BLAZEONE]

hey man no offense but how is it that I wash my garaged 08speed3 and use zaino products regularly, and it does not look half as shiny as your car? I must be using cheap polish..

[~JoJo~]

hey driver, what's the offset on your tenzo do you know?

[xbox4414]

hey man no offense but how is it that I wash my garaged 08speed3 and use zaino products regularly, and it does not look half as shiny as your car? I must be using cheap polish..

I do believe his polish though is called Adobe Photoshop, lol.

[staples187]

Yeah it looks like a mixture of lenses and adobe photoshop effects.

[dkswim]

sweet

[dvsidboy]

1 lens - 24-85mm...and then Levels and Curves in PS.

[haberdashery]

I'm already nervous about speed bumps with the MS3..

I measured the bumps that are in my apt complex. 4" tall at the highest point. The MS3 on edmunds.com measures at 4.8" ride height. Talk about low!!! I don't know why you'd want the car that much lower. What a pain in the ass to lift the car when necessary!!!

my regular 3 is preeeetty low on the sportlines, how it doesnt scrape when i go over speed bumps in the middle is beyond me, but i've got some pretty monster ones in the parking lot where i work, and never a scrape..

i once straddled a dead cat in the middle of the road though, laying on its side, and something on my car scraped on its skull, it was grooooooosss!

[Silver Ecstasy]

Oh that's gross!!!! I once ran over a rabbit who was crossing the road in my 94 Grand Am. My left rear wheel hit his skull and my whole car leapt up as if I ran over a boulder. It was literally the grossest thing ever. I drove back the next morning on that same section of road and that rabbit had exploded everywhere. It was nasty.

But yeah, I don't know if I should be preparing myself to take every speed bump at an angle or what. My neighbor has a 05 C6 Vette, I have to ask him how he gets in and out of the complex with the speed bumps.

[TurboWagon]

I love the red/black contrast effect on some cars, I had my MKIII GTI colored like that.

Great looking True Red though. Not too many MS3 colors can pull off what you have done. I will agree with someone earlier about the side moldings. Probably just my opinion but I feel like it gives the car just the right mount of lines it needs.

[zin9]

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Your car is georgious!!!(breakn)
I'm using that pic as my desktop background.

[driver311]

thanks mane

[iBoost]

Your car is georgious!!!(breakn)
I'm using that pic as my desktop background.

same here. (thumb).
fawk.. why didnt i get the red one?? why!!!

[bradf_420]

sexiest speed 3 ove seen by far. very jelous

[dvsidboy]

I will get Full Size up here tonight

[iBoost]

I will get Full Size up here tonight

sweet :)

[jay32m]

man thats one sexy car...my friend just showed me on another forums you posted the pics on, i think it was a photography site bc I read one guy gave a a list of improvements. I THINK they shots are hot as hell!!

[astraelraen]

Since you live in Idaho, I always try to figure out where your pictures are. You've got me stumped on these. Wheres the hill?

Car looks great.

[dvsidboy]

man thats one sexy car...my friend just showed me on another forums you posted the pics on, i think it was a photography site bc I read one guy gave a a list of improvements. I THINK they shots are hot as hell!!

yeah they are on a few but I know which one you are talking about...thanks mang.

[Hot Shot]

Not true. the springs are perfect for the car and thats why eibach didnt make a second set. they are based on weight and handling and eibach would have done the same for both cars. Just like the springs they make for a mustang gt are the same for the v6. its not like they are gonna make them stiffer cause the car has more whp. LOL Its based on weight and what the driver wants to do with the car. If you want less aggressive they offer the prokit.

All I'm saying is that their springs were based off of the regular 3 and it's weight and spring rates. For example the pro-kit springs for the 3 wile being stiffer than OEM 3 springs, are the same, or actually softer than the Mazdaspeed3 OEM springs from the spring rates that I've found. I have not been able to find the sportline spring rates yet so they may in fact be stiffer then OEM.

Regardless of all of that though, the stance looks great.

[dvsidboy]

http://www.spooledproductions.com/Pictures/gateswallpaper.jpg

1600x1200

[~JoJo~]

hey Driver, what offset do you have on your Tenzo?

[Rotus]

Someone posted pics of your car on a private off topic forum I belong to.

Looks sweet.

[Euphorism]

if you are ever in rc willey on franklin and eagle stop into electronics and let me know so i can check your ride out in person. friend of mine has seen you around town, but i have not. looks great.

[Unoriginaluser]

photopixmax pro me thinks, nice hdr images

can turn this:
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v252/cndxrs/HPIM0651.jpg

into this:
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v252/cndxrs/micams31.jpg

[jalaan1]

driver all i can say is hawt ta def!

[dvsidboy]

Photomatics was used to blend the HDR together, The number 1 photo was a HDR (9 shots total IIRC).

After that it is taking into PS for mroe post work. All other photos were in PS.

[SPEEDYHANS]

What Front Maunt Is That

[driver]

Looks great. The photographs do a great job of showing off that bright red.

[Brass Tax]

Car looks awesome what wheels are those what size and offset?

[SPEEDYHANS]

i think there tenzo r dc5 and they look to be 18"

[iredremix]

geez that's sexy

[Brass Tax]

i think there tenzo r dc5 and they look to be 18"


Thanks hopefully driver311 can confirm this they almost look like kosei k1's but there flater on the face i like that. The kosei are only 16 lbs for 18x7.5

[jcgemt2003]

(upbum) ive got wood

[driver311]

Thanks hopefully driver311 can confirm this they almost look like kosei k1's but there flater on the face i like that. The kosei are only 16 lbs for 18x7.5

They look nothing like kosei k1s. LOL Sorry had to.

[~JoJo~]

hey Driver, what offset are your DC-5?

[LaCroix08]

Driver! Fantastic car. Can I use one of your pics as my background?

[Lirico]

damnnn bro... i really love ur car.... the paint looks badass.. the rims... i wish mine looks like urs but is silver ...... =(

[ericrapp]

Very very nicely done, and I understand she gits along pretty good too!

[LazerBlueP5]

Great looking car- great photography. I agree re: side markers. Looks a bit slab-sided without them.