DJMARCOPOLO'S - The GREEN RIVET
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For a car I originally paid £90 for she is doing well, I had 1 advisory on the MOT as she passed with flying colours ( after refitting the cat ) and that was for a small amount of play in the steering so to give her a bit of a make over underneath I have purchased a full set of drop link arms and new pair of trackrod ends to tighten her up a little plus a set of new plugs and some oil as its now 8 months since last service
I am planning a full rebush in the summer and probably paint a lot of parts I have to remove to do the work to smarten the parts you cannot see
Bumpers, skirts and tailgate are all in sprayshop awaiting 5 mins for the sprayers to do the first base coat, the tailgate is now delocked, filled and debadged and the carbon garnish needs sanding and thinning a little as I put 3 layers on when it is obvious now it only needs 2 so some grinding and sanding this weekend to make it fit flush then I will rattle can lacquer it as its only small
Loads more small bits to fit so while I have some time off this week I will be piling some time into her
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most of mazdaspeeds stuff in the 90's was that green you have in the engine. I love the "mazdaspeed green"(official name color)
and if you eve mass produced those hatch garnish's id be down :bigok:
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have you clocked the genuine mazdaspeed engine bling on ebay at mo with 4 days to go ?
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The colour even matches :)
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Ooo that is pimp 8)
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While on google today I typed in mx3 equipe and there is the original photo of my car when I took a punt on it and bought it, all I had was this photo and I paid a scrap yard £90 for it plus £40 delivery from bognor because the guy wanted someone to restore it instead of crushing it, he had paid £50 for it and even though it didnt run he had a feeling about it and didnt want to destroy it.
The odd thing is I had never met the scrap yard owner, I spotted online for spares and the colour just made me email him and we got chatting, its amazing what has happened in 2.5 years of buying it for sparesDecember 2010
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Final part for my new dash arrived today, looks like another job for the weekend if I get time, now have black reverse glow dials, carbon bezel and chrome rings and the 4 button dash from germany
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Redline at six and half grand?! Thought that was for 1600 only.
Look pukka though :D
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he is not going to push so hard, when going to see the red line closer
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the 6.5k redline is appropriate for a ZE 8)
Can you post up if you figure out how to wire the left hand front/rear foglight swtiches?
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Learn something new everyday!
Looking forward to seeing Her Keith at Japfest with all the lovely fresh painted
MS gear on :D
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@ce88b116ef=Mooneggs:
Can you post up if you figure out how to wire the left hand front/rear foglight swtiches?
Will do, that is very soon on the list :bigok:
Got some bits done today at work
Fitted nice chrome door handles today
Gave her the first major polish of 2012 so its easy to clean for japfest saturday and got the dashboard apart for the carbon one to be fitted and finally got it all wired upA new set of plugs and all the droplink bars are now sat in the boot awaiting fitting this week
The Mazdaspeed body parts are still in the paint shop, just waiting for a freshly sprayed white yacht to be moved out before painting can commence
Just awaiting the genuine mazdaspeed radiator cap in the post I won on fleabay
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looking good fella :P
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Looks absolutely awesome!
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Finally getting some action done after moving house and the rally, this week I have all my parts into a sprayshop for a cracking deal on all my parts sprayed and I have also removed the carbon bonnet to have it stripped and relacquered, going to order some new grill mesh for the MS bumper and just got a nice square rear plate for the JDM bumper
More stuff in the pipeline for the next few weeks and will get updating as it happensBASE COAT APPLIED AND FRESH OUT THE OVEN :D
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looking good fella cant wait to see them on the car
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yum yum! Can't wait to see the result.
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Spray booth - batch 2 / stage 1
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Everything is sprayed, mopped and ready to fit, the carbon bonnet has been re lacquered and looks amazing with a deep shine now. Will update soon when I get the rest done, at the mo I am a bit busy with work for the next 2 weeks :?
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I now have everything back from spray shop ready to go so spent an hour dry fitting the new grills that are going on the bumper to match what is under the bonnet and to match some of the other bits n the pipeline
Sorry did have to edit background of our tea hut lol
