[Wesmaster]

Front lip, lowered, no door molding, no antennae, no front emblem, different lower bumper grill insert, body-colored washer nozzles, black glossy powdercoated stock wheels:

 

[funkyfreshmonke]

looks good. i want to do something like but in the sedan version =D

 

[mazdaspeed3]

That's a beautiful car. If you make it happen, all should be jellous. I don't think the front tint all the way down is a good idea though.

 

[Wesmaster]

That's a beautiful car. If you make it happen, all should be jellous. I don't think the front tint all the way down is a good idea though.

I actually didn't touch the windows, that's straight from the Mazda web site. They obviously blacked out the windows for a better effect.

 

[Loaded3]

looks good... now only if you can get it as fast as a S2000... there lies the real challege...

 

[2k1_bug]

looks good... now only if you can get it as fast as a S2000... there lies the real challege...

Here's a photoshop of a 3 that goes as fast as a S2000:

:lol:

 

[itsjustme51]

anyone know of a place to buy a different lower grill insert? i really want to replace the stock one bad!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

 

[SBTanMan]

I'm not feeling the rims. The black just doesn't work for me.

 

[M3-GT]

I'm not feeling the rims. The black just doesn't work for me.

Same here.

 

[three]

Black rims aint rice, but they sure are ugly!!!!

 

[Wesmaster]

Fine, here:

 

[Sean]

I love black wheels, especially on white. Going to get some Black Slipstreams for track wheels soon so I will post a pic of it with the wheels on. As for the grill you can get a black emblemless one from Corksport and get it painted to match the body.

 

[SBTanMan]

Now that's a pretty good looking car. The look works on the HB well.

 

[Guest]

Reminding me alot of the Chrysler PT cruiser there!!!

 

[olorin]

Reminds?? It is a PT cruiser!

Should have changed the front logo on the S2000 to the Mazda one...

 

[Levitron]

Hey, nice 'chop, Wesmaster!

What's the method that you used to get the black rims?

 

[derksen]

you can do it quite easily in photoshop

image > adjust > levels

or

image > adjust > colour replace

 

[Levitron]

I know. You can also do a colour layer overlay over the wheels as well.

I'm curious how he did HIS, specifically.

 

[Wesmaster]

I'm curious how he did HIS, specifically.

I made a new layer with a circle of black over the wheels. I don't remember which mode I set the layer as, but soft or hard light were what I remember using. Since I like glossy black rims I then went to the original rim layer and increase the contrast quite a bit just on the wheel to increase the highlights, so the wheels don't look matte black. I then went back to the black circle layer and removed the black from where the negative space around the wheel would be, so that you can still see the brake rotor and caliper. The stock wheels are rather matte, so it doesn't look real glossy, but I didn't want to spend a lot of time with the wheels since I probably won't go black this time.

 

[Levitron]

Thanks!

That is similar to what I usually do, except I don't increase the contrast on the original layer. However, I will give that a try; I want some black shiny rims on my Emily since she's black mica anyways