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Mazda 3 Engine Cover - zx5power - 08-13-2007
Guy from FF did this and I was just wondering what you guys think this is his pictures ...
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Few questions ...
1) I found one in junkyard $50 seem reasonable ?
2) Will my power steering reservoir cause a problem ? being up front
3) what would be the best way to shave the letting and badge ... ( im gonna put ford badge)
Mazda 3 Engine Cover - zx5power - 08-14-2007
guess im gonna be the only canadian with one lol 27 views no replies
Mazda 3 Engine Cover - NikiterZTS - 08-14-2007
that guy lives in a trailer he's got nothing else to do
Mazda 3 Engine Cover - NOS2Go4Me - 08-14-2007
Sorry man, but even with the snakesnest of wiring we have happening under there, I find that actually looks WORSE than stock. I won't even start about "just remove it to properly detail the engine".
A great idea, wrapped up in failure.
Mazda 3 Engine Cover - zx5power - 08-14-2007
I find it looks good just not properly done ... I want to hide those damn wires ...
Mazda 3 Engine Cover - Frost__2001 - 08-14-2007
I don't think it would be that hard to remove the Mazda Badge you'd have to sand it all smooth, but putting a Ford one would only work if you took a large Ford Oval (ie. from an F-150 tailgate) and it had the little pegs in the back of it like the badges of old, and double sided tape to put it on there, how ever the heat under the hood might kill the badge in the long run...
other then what I can see he clearly has a 2005+ Focus as the dash is not the 2000 style, if anything ask the guy that did it.
Mazda 3 Engine Cover - zx5power - 08-14-2007
yeah 05 still had reservoir in back , 06 has it up front.
Mazda 3 Engine Cover - ANTHONYD - 08-14-2007
my wires look just fine.
that looks ghetto.
Capital G!
Mazda 3 Engine Cover - Oscar The Grouch - 08-14-2007
ANTHONYD,Aug 13 2007, 08:01 PM Wrote:my wires look just fine.
that looks ghetto.
Capital G!
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Looks like putting a square peg in a round hole. Plus the car's paint job looks ghetto (and that's coming from a guy with a Gold car!)
Mazda 3 Engine Cover - ZTWsquared - 08-14-2007
My guess is that this is a U.S. PZEV Duratec in an '04 - headlights kind of give it away for me.
For the record, 1.6, 1.8, 2.0 and 2.3 Duratecs in most places around the world do in fact have an engine cover similar to the Mazda one shown in the first post, and there are a couple of different styles too. Mexico is the closest market to us that equips their Focus this way.
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Frost__2001,Aug 13 2007, 06:31 PM Wrote:I don't think it would be that hard to remove the Mazda Badge you'd have to sand it all smooth, but putting a Ford one would only work if you took a large Ford Oval (ie. from an F-150 tailgate) and it had the little pegs in the back of it like the badges of old, and double sided tape to put it on there, how ever the heat under the hood might kill the badge in the long run...
other then what I can see he clearly has a 2005+ Focus as the dash is not the 2000 style, if anything ask the guy that did it.
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Mazda 3 Engine Cover - SL8RZZX3 - 08-14-2007
that car is an 05+ with a front end conversion
Mazda 3 Engine Cover - NikiterZTS - 08-14-2007
if u guys don't know yet, this car has been around ff.com for a good while now.....he did a front conversion from '00-'04 to 05+
he basicly butchered that car from ground up....tv's,corvette style good,paint job....everything is like home made on that car....
Mazda 3 Engine Cover - zx5power - 08-14-2007
yep its all rebuilt ... I think it will look good when im done ... your also seeing it on a car with no battery cover and a crappy homemade filter
Mazda 3 Engine Cover - Flofocus - 08-14-2007
I dont know why anybody would want their hood to open that way. Thats how the BMW's hood opens and I find it a pITA to work on the car.
Mazda 3 Engine Cover - NikiterZTS - 08-15-2007
Flofocus,Aug 14 2007, 08:07 AM Wrote:I dont know why anybody would want their hood to open that way. Thats how the BMW's hood opens and I find it a pITA to work on the car.
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maybe you should do a conversion on your Bimmer :lol:
Mazda 3 Engine Cover - zx5power - 08-15-2007
no go guys went to pick it up and the one they had was way to big ... and the mounts didnt lign up at all ... o well I guess atleat I got to check it out before buying it .
Mazda 3 Engine Cover - Flofocus - 08-15-2007
NikiterZTS,Aug 14 2007, 10:39 AM Wrote:Flofocus,Aug 14 2007, 08:07 AM Wrote:I dont know why anybody would want their hood to open that way.ÃÂ Thats how the BMW's hood opens and I find it a pITA to work on the car.
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maybe you should do a conversion on your Bimmer :lol:
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I just unbolt the hood when working on it. Its actually off as we speak.