DJMARCOPOLO'S - The GREEN RIVET
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Can you let us know how it effects sound when the sunroof is open? it should help with the MPG as well since the wind will be bounced up and over the sun roof rather then slamming into the hole in the roof lol. (Giving my basic understanding of aerodynamics)
Didn't know you had a set of headlight protectors bud? I couldn't see them on the images linked.
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Lori, the deflector is great, no noise with sunroof open and seems to pull the hot air out of the car now :D
Today did some bits I wanted to do to my car, painted the calipers lime green to go with the engine bay ( finally found a shop that does any colour caliper enamel), swapped the side indicators with the eunos because they are flat and do not have the usual bulge in them the UK ones have and also swapped all the wheel nuts over for the nice chrome capped nuts on the eunos
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now that is perfect colour matching !!, :D
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Lookin good DJ!!! Comin along nicely!!
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Small update, the carbon bonnet is fitted and looking great
on my holidays shortly and have a huge list of jobs to do when I get back on the car
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you got them bonnet lifters on there too?
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looking good dj
Did you manage to sus out the washer jets
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@293f7846c6=jay:
looking good dj
Did you manage to sus out the washer jetsBonnet lifter will be done next month, the washer jets I have got a set of black ones and will be fitting them to the tray when i get time again :wink:
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got back to some great news in an email and have now sourced the final and rarest part for my project and has now been paid for, just awaiting delivery in the next couple of weeks
( just a clue its rare, made by M/S and goes on the front ) :shock: :D :shock: :D :shock: :D
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your such a JDM junkie pmsl :lol:
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lol Dan yup prefer the JDM look, thing is its still attached to the whole car and I got the complete car all genuine like Marco's, will just have to see how good it all is when it gets here :wink:
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Another update on my worklog, this one is a bit vain and unnecessary but I did it anyway
All the paperwork etc has gone through and now my KLZE has the H15 MXE number plate on it
Got to thank eddy for putting up with not owning his new car for just over a month while the papers went throughThe next worklogs will get better promise lol
Nearly sorted a good deal for all my bodyparts to be sprayed to match the Equipe so I can then do the big stuff, MS skirts, front and rear bumpers and MS spoilerI have a weekend stripping the MS wreck car booked for 2 weeks time and then repairing anybody panels before spraying in november
will be doing lots of little jobs too and new set of brakes all round and its getting to full service time again as temps are now dropping
Not long away now I can see light at the end of the tunnel for the body part of my project :D
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Busy day today,
I put new set of bosch super 4 plugs into the car today
changed the radiator for the nearly new one I removed from the MS eunosFound why I am losing water randomly today, turns out the rad cap isnt a pressure cap so its just chucking the water out of there when its hot, new one ordered just sorted it with the header cap for now
Look at the new one at the front compared with the old behind
The old one is on the right and should look like the one on the left
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Had a nice parcel today with HAPPY BIRTHDAY written on it
It turns out they wrote that on there to get it through customs without have to pay the vat
This arrived today, its a rare JDM RX7 steering wheel from Nagano, Japan
I wanted something to match the interior and after hours of trawling the net looking at crazy designs this stood out :mrgreen:
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what's it made out of? It's not wood right?
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@97bbc5a1a5=Mooneggs:
what's it made out of? It's not wood right?
Its enamelled wood :D
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Got wood :lol:
Will look proper trick with yo interior 8)
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Nice! Wood is all the rage now :lol: Be careful of 'spirited' driving on warm days!
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The DJ technology center is back open for business :lol:
This weekend made a good start into the car with lots more work to follow soon
Fitted the front green stuff pads sunday, found the sliders were seized solid again on the calipers, a job that should take 2 hrs for all 4 took 4 hours for 2 wheels, they were solid, the rubber bushes on the calipers had stretched out of the caliper because rust and water had got in there.
That had also caused uneven wear on the inside of the discs so I put the brand new discs on the front tooCurrently trawling the net for new bushes for the calipers, made the mistake of phoning mazda, they want for 2 rubber bushes ( rubber tubes about 40mm long) £44 per wheel - I have found a complete recon kit for calipers for £32 so they got the finger on that
Have sourced some in america and bulk ordering bushes and sliders as they are not available in the UK not even at probestore !!
Also, removed the water bottle and fitted the final piece of green hose I had to do under the bonnet, fitted brand new black alloy bonnet clips as the old ones were rusty, collected everything together and have another pile of parts for powder coating this week
The carbon factory will be starting again very soon now that work is slowing down for the winter I can get back into the laminating shop
I have all the cloth / leather + suede now to redo my headlining, door pillars and dashboard
The gold steering wheel I bought I struck it lucky when I managed to find a horn button that fits but also has the mazda logo in the same colour gold so that will be changed soon :wink:Anyway, green stuff front pads + new discs + unsiezed calipers = much better brakes, the differences is amazing :D :D
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went to collect more stuff from the powder coaters today
had some engine bay brackets, the rear rocker cover lori sent me for free and all my wiper arms plus the power steering oil cooler that goes across the front done
so this weekend its engine strip down sunday with all new rocker cover gaskets and inlet maniflod gaskets and the new parts fitted
Found my water leak so all pipes are going to be fitted with jubilee clips as the spring clips are releasing pressure in the system causing it to boil and the thermostat housing is to be re-sealed, plus a new fuel filter to go in :wink:
