April 26, 2013

Upcoming Events!

Here are a list of events and Auto-X that I plan to attend this summer: 

May 4 ~ Orange County Choppers All Mazda Meet

May 18 ~ Spring Kangamangus Hwy Cruise

June 29 ~ Renegade Miata Autocross
July 13 ~ Renegade Miata Autocross
July 27 ~ Renegade Miata Autocross
August 1 ~ Renegade Miata Autocross
September 28 ~ Renegade Miata Autocross
October 26 ~ Renegade Miata Autocross

April 14, 2013

DIY - Mazda2 OEM Foglight Install

After seeing the lights with the new retrofit, I had no choice but to order the OEM foglight kit to complete the front end look. I was able to call up a local mazda dealer who so happened to be putting an order in for next day delivery. The installation was probably a total of 20 minutes. I even painted the round ring inserts flat black to match the rest of the cover.  Below will be a DIY since the forums have alot of questions about installing the OEM fogs on a sport model.  FOR ALL OF YOU WHO ASKED IF THE SPORT MODEL IS PREWIRED FOR OEM FOGLIGHTS, THE ANSWER IS YES!!!!



Mazda 2 Retrofit


I spend a lot of time browsing Mazdas247.com forums.  I enjoy looking at other people's work and getting ideas, especially in the Mazda2 sections.  Awhile back I really got interested in a thread that a member made showing his retrofit kit install on his 2.  Being that is was a full kit with no major custom work, basically all plug and play, I knew I would be looking at one in the future.
With it being spring now, I finally decided it was time to put in the order and go to work. The kit I ordered was from theretrofitsource.com.  The exact kit I ordered can be found here.
The kit contains everything you need for the install on your 2, besides tools which all you really need is a heat gun or oven to fit the headlights into, and a basic metric socket set and some screwdrivers.