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#21
07-20-2007, 04:39 AM
Personally I love the clean look, especiallly with the SAP in black ... IMO rims, tint and a mild drop, maybe exhaust and you're done.

I can't remember who ... but someone recently posted a cellphone photo of a black hatch GFX with new rims and it looks excellent.

I'm not a fan of those stock rims, so if it were me I'd do the rims first and you might not even feel like doing anything more.

Dimitri,Jul 19 2007, 01:43 PM Wrote:With the focus though (IMO) I might go for a cleaner look since I really don't have to add anything to the body itself (SAP). But with time , a little $$$, and some elbow grease I'm sure it'll turn out into something nice.
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07-20-2007, 06:16 AM (This post was last modified: 07-20-2007, 06:21 AM by NOS2Go4Me.)
You know what? I took a LOT of heat for some of my exterior mods on our last car. The bottom line is that if you like the car the way it is, then that's all that matters.

The one upgrade I might be so bold to suggest for the ZX3 with GFX is a rear anti-sway bar. According to FocalJet, the 05-07 ZX3 S and SE have a 18mm front and no rear bar. Also, you'd likely want to upgrade the front at the same time to make sure your handling at the limit is understeer and not oversteer.

You may need to swap in a new rear subframe connector with the correct bolt-hole patterns for the rear anti-sway mount brackets. The easiest way is to just look under the car - if there are unfilled bolt-holes (that run parallel to the road) in the rear subframe connector at the rear suspension, chances are you can bolt up easily. If no, chances are you need a new subframe connector.
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07-20-2007, 06:31 AM
Tint- DEFINATELY!!! My cousin owns a Detail shop in Thornhill, had my last 2 cars tinted with him, had them both done with 20% all the way around, thinking about doing the same to the Focus.

Rims -sometime maybe in the next season, between mortgage and upcoming trip to Europe it might get tight, and I don't feel like getting a roling pin over the head from the wife :twak: . Or if a set of SVT rims fall off of a truck , I may be in luck lol!

As for suspension, just slowly doing some research as to what I may be happy with.



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