Rescued a Genwon speed3

[akurma]

well guys, this is my new project. a Salvaged 2009 Mazdaspeed 3. I sold my 2007 Cobalt SS yes a rival to you guys lol. Most people would steer clear of a salvage car, but i have my reasoning. my family owns an auto body shop therefore i have all the tools and knowledge to do the work, can get parts at cost and so on. my Slobalt SS was also a salvage car when i got it as well. anyways below are some pictures my newly acquired project. I plan to keep this thread updated and active and hope that the community can help me with questions/advice along the way.

I picked up this running and driving 2009 mazdaspeed 3 with 29,611 miles. I have already ordered a whole front clip for that car that will be here Friday! For those not familiar a front clip is basically everything from the dashboard forwards minus the engine, trans and so on. I will use the sheet metal off of this clip.

These pictures were from the yard i bought the car at.

























It came with some mods, and these springs but i can't find Red H&R's anywhere online all i can find is black. an why the logos are upside-down? lol



and a few hours later this is how i left her Saturday afternoon.

[Block8head]

That thing is low miles.. GL with your build.

[Dralphy]

Any frame damage from the crash? Seems like you've got your work cut out for you, good luck.

[akurma]

Originally Posted by Block8head That thing is low miles.. GL with your build.

indeed is it low miles! was a plus and seems to be well taken care of. im going to call the mazda dealership where the car was bought and see if they can give me maintenance records

Originally Posted by Dralphy Any frame damage from the crash? Seems like you've got your work cut out for you, good luck.

the bumper bar support bracket is slightly tweaked, nothing terribly serious though. i do have my work cut out for me haha but im hoping to have the car finished and on the road by the end of June

[akurma]

update for you guys that are following the build i had ordered a front clip from a part lot in Savannah Georgia, it got to my fathers shop Friday afternoon. the front clip was a flood car so they decided it would be worth more to cut it in half. some cars have to die for others to live lol anyways, i went to work this morning, arriving to the front clip looking like this











My progress throughout the morning

and in a little under five hours i had the front end looking like this.



now where do i go from here? i strip the paint and then prep the parts for paint, as well as swapping over the rad support.

[bryancregger]

Originally Posted by akurma I sold my 2007 Cobalt SS yes a rival to you guys lol.

Pfffffffffff.


JK good luck man looks like fun.

[akurma]

Originally Posted by bryancregger Pfffffffffff. JK good luck man looks like fun.

hahah well the turbo charged Cobalt SS is a competitor lol but thanks man!

[Derp]

Looks like H&R Sport springs and yes they are installed upside down. Not a huge issue but easy to fix if you're so inclined. GL with build too.. Looks like you got a killer deal!

[akurma]

Originally Posted by Derp Looks like H&R Sport springs and yes they are installed upside down. Not a huge issue but easy to fix if you're so inclined. GL with build too.. Looks like you got a killer deal!

aren't they going to ride like crap being put in upside down? lol

Originally Posted by pzr2874 That actually looks like fun... Good luck... a few pulls and you will be golden.... I need some of those parts off the white carcass btw PM me when you are done with pulling from it

so far im having a blast, gives me something new to do in my free time haha but once i get 15 posts ill PM you.

Originally Posted by jack_hammer That looks like a lot of fun! Sent from my LG-MS770 using Tapatalk

thank man, so far it has been fun

Originally Posted by thems3driver Good luck with the build dude. Hope to c a serious speed appear on the forum soon.

follow this thread and you shall see

Originally Posted by CosmicArkie Nice find - low miles and no a/bags blown.

[pzr2874]

That actually looks like fun... Good luck... a few pulls and you will be golden.... I need some of those parts off the white carcass btw

PM me when you are done with pulling from it

[jack_hammer]

That looks like a lot of fun!

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[thems3driver]

Good luck with the build dude. Hope to c a serious speed appear on the forum soon.

[CosmicArkie]

Nice find - low miles and no a/bags blown.

[Derp]

My rear coils on my h&r coilover kit were on upside down for a month. Once I got them fixed I didn't notice any difference. The main problem is that the spring doesn't seat properly like this.

[akurma]

update for everyone, i have started the early stages of paint prep. i scuffed the hood, and both fenders and tore down the bumper. next up is to scuff the bumper bar. ill upload pictures tomorrow.

EDIT: uploaded pictures









it's hard to see because it is white paint, it would be a night and day difference if i scuffed black, but i scuffed the outlines and groves of the hood and the entire underside of the hood as well. i didn't take and pictures of the fenders. Also my Koni yellow adjustables came

Originally Posted by Derp My rear coils on my h&r coilover kit were on upside down for a month. Once I got them fixed I didn't notice any difference. The main problem is that the spring doesn't seat properly like this.

i will probably just flip them next time its up in the air. i have to replace both front struts any ways so that will push me to fix them. i purchased Koni yellow adjustables all the research i did lead me to them. plus Koni was having a great sale on them.

[mr.speedy3]

Holy shit...

talk about a project.

Wish i had time to do something like this.

In4results! GL!

edit -

Guess I have some time... I did do my build in the garage lol

[akurma]

Originally Posted by mr.speedy3 Holy shit... talk about a project. Wish i had time to do something like this. In4results! GL! edit - Guess I have some time... I did do my build in the garage lol

You can always make time for cars hhahah

[ItsNox]

@aviator79; hath shown me the light.

Great project thanks for taking us along for the ride

[akurma]

Originally Posted by ItsNox Brownie faggot go VIP already Cant believe I'm the first to say this. Oh and great project thanks for taking us along for the ride

Not sure if I want to go VIP just yet.

[Derp]

Originally Posted by akurma Not sure if I want to go VIP just yet.

[akurma]

Originally Posted by Derp

lmao, i can change my mind lol

[ItsNox]

Originally Posted by akurma Not sure if I want to go VIP just yet.

Trust me you do. Access to the full shop manual and to the for sale section. Youll make the $25 back in your first purchases savings and ZERO fear of scammers. The for sale section is worth it alone.

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[akurma]

well guys, both fenders and hood are in the spray booth Now, i have two questions for you fine people.

Question #1- the car has a Cobb SRI but the filter is cracked and the filter fins are bent slightly. obviously going to replace it however would i benefit from fitting a bigger filter or should i just get s Cobb replacement ?





Question #2 - the bottom of the bumper has a plastic lip, but the one off the white car looks way to short is it suppose to be like that or is it chewed up to hell? if someone could post a picture of their front bumper that would be awesome!

[theurgy]

Cool project, I would replace that filter with an Amsoil EaU4560 filter.
It's what I run with my Cobb.

That bottom of the front bumper looks looks like it's been scraped a couple times.

Also you may want to replace that bumper moustache: Part number BA6R50B31A

[itzfajardo801]

That bottom has definitely scraped on its share of curbs

[Dralphy]

AEM dry flow filter works well too. Bigger than the Cobb filter but no oiling necessary.

Sent from The One M8

[theurgy]

Either way, I have a spare Cobb filter if you want it, send me a pm and just pay shipping.

[akurma]

I'll have to look into those two filters

By the way, I got the hood and fenders primered I'll have pictures up tomorrow, working on it all day tomorrow. Going to scavaged what's left of the white front clip then hopefully pull the bumper bar bracket and bolt that up

As always I'll keep you guys updates

[akurma]

Big update, or at least i feel like i made a decent amount of progress lmao anyways

picked apart what was left of the white front clip. using what i need then im going to probably go VIP and put the rest up for sale.

How it was this morning



And some time later



after the clip was scavenged, i pulled my parts out of the spray booth from the undersides and edges being primered and edged in. obviously this is not the final coat of paint.





I went ahead and took the hood hinges off of the white car just encase the ones on my MS3 were bent and you'll never guess, they were lol so good thing I had the white ones primered as well. the one on the left is the one off of the white car that i had painted, it actually looks a hell of a lot better than the one on the right that came from the factory on my MS3



Put the underside trim of the hood together



Then, with the help of my father we test fitted the fenders and hood to see how well they fit and they were a little off, but nothing to worry about just need to make some adjustments.

[Raider]

Ya need 150 posts to sell here. And ImageUploadedByTapatalk1402177278.445452.jpg

[akurma]

Originally Posted by Raider Ya need 150 posts to sell here.

I know Hahah I don't plan on going VIP until the car is finished and on the road. Speaking of the side moldings how are they attached just double sided tape or tabs ?

[Derp]

Originally Posted by akurma I know Hahah I don't plan on going VIP until the car is finished and on the road. Speaking of the side moldings how are they attached just double sided tape or tabs ?

Just heat them up with a heat gun and rip them off and clean off the adhesive. There's no holes.

[akurma]

Originally Posted by Derp Just heat them up with a heat gun and rip them off and clean off the adhesive. There's no holes.

Oh sweet easy process lol does anyone have pictures of them removed from their car? I'll probably end up searching for threads on it later

[Raider]

Peel off. Put in metal can. Coat in gasoline. Light. Burn.

[Derp]

[akurma]

Originally Posted by Raider Peel off. Put in metal can. Coat in gasoline. Light. Burn.

I was thinking kerosene, but I guess gasoline works just as well

Originally Posted by Derp

OoOoOoOo I like that a lot lol

[Danfriscia3]

thats a crazy project, what status are you at now?

[akurma]

Originally Posted by Danfriscia3 thats a crazy project, what status are you at now?

I'm still at where my last update post was, I've been super busy with work and havent had time to work on it

[SpencerC]

This is awesome. Way to take on a project and revive a dead speed. Moving right along eh?

[Modality14]

This was my friends speed..I watched him wrecked it lol