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    #31
    Originally posted by mcrumble View Post
    the whole car is going in for paint soon as i can make the body straight and nice. its going to be protege red. no more two tone, just the entire car red, with the black trim pieces.
    the two tone w/gray bottom is what designates it as a GTX and being 4wd turbo (at least in the north american market)
    "See that car, in the 80's that car was deadly." Random man to his son while passing the GTX in a parking lot

    Originally posted by neuspeedescort
    the proper spelling would be "Launchabilitiness" i do believe.
    -88' Mazda 323 GTX, 1.8t, Modified Magazine May 2012
    -88' Mazda 323 GTX, caged and ready for dirt
    -93' Mazda Miata, half caged
    -09' Mercedes C63 AMG
    -87' Toyota Land Cruiser, 33's with slight lift, safari style!

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      #32
      Originally posted by trailrider098 View Post
      the two tone w/gray bottom is what designates it as a GTX and being 4wd turbo (at least in the north american market)
      I tend to agree. Sometimes monochrome even looks bad to my eye. All white, for instance, isn't all that flattering imho. (Blasphemy! That's the GTAe!) Somehow the contrasting colors enhance the 323's lines. However, two-tone is also so very 80's and yet we're all about bringing these cars into the future...

      Well, I'm considering a somewhat middle approach with my black GTX. The top may be done in gloss with the bottom in flat. Some rally-inspired rims in anthracite should finish it off. I hope this produces a menacing look. I've got GTAe bumpers front/rear and also USDM side skirts, btw. I wonder who else around here has that combo.
      Scott F. Williams
      Team Director
      Usually Sideways Rally Team
      www.usrallyteam.com
      856.456.3335

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        #33
        There are a few ways to make this swap work... Larry(LN323) origonally did it on his old LX by using L brackets drilled and bolted to the body and the stock Isuzu bumper.. When he sold his LX I got that bumper and ended up redoing the mounting since it was using only 2 of the stock 3 bolt locations on the body.. I ended up having 2 of the bolts rip threw the body when I was spiritedly driving on a rather ruff road.. I took the stock 323 bumper mounts and cut them off the bumper, then welded them to the isuzu bumper....

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          #34
          just contributing to the thread. heres my bumper on my car. i think side skirts of some sort and a rear bumper would really set it off.

          does anyone know if the rear i-mark bumper works too...? hmmm...





          '88 323 sedan, K-swapped..

          '03.5 Mazdaspeed Protege - miss it so much..

          '01 Dodge Ram 3500 Cummins - 323 hauler

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            #35
            Originally posted by DeeAOne View Post
            just contributing to the thread. heres my bumper on my car. i think side skirts of some sort and a rear bumper would really set it off.

            does anyone know if the rear i-mark bumper works too...? hmmm...
            i put a i-mark rear on also, but it looked to bulky for my liking, so i trimed the bottom off it, also iirc i had to cut the tire arc area on the bumper, i dont have pics of it either.

            also i would paint the front bumper opening/mouth black.
            5 boosted bp cars,why...

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