My work makes us use our vacation before fiscal year end - March 1st. So this last week I had all week off. Got a LOT of stuff done on the purple beast. Mainly the front suspension. Let's see

- Finally got the mazdacomp front camber plates mounted up, which included machining my Tokico Illuminas to fit. And yes, I did paint the fronts blue. They were all nasty looking, although now I'm thinking I should have painted them like a gunmetal or bronze.
- Mounted the Racing Beat front swaybar and endlinks. Damn that thing is thick!
- Mounted the Brembo rotors front and rear
- Polished my front A-arms and got the bushings pressed in.
- Polished and painted every single nut or bolt that came off the car
- Removed the wheel well liners and painted them, painted fender well - i'm ****.
- Removed the window trims and redid it with thick black electrical tape. Came out great! And saved me about $70.
- Removed the fuel tank and got started planning the fuel system. Now gotta cut out the hatch to make the well for the fuel cell. Then run the -8 line to the front, -6 return.

Then about 1000 other things that I'm to tired to remember. All I know is this thing is prepped! All thats left is the brakes - doing a dual master cylinder setup, fuel system install, and of course the engine. Pics!

 

good job, keep the hatch off, say its a RX Camino

 

I was thinking about lining the hatch with plastic and filling it with watter. Get some hotties in there and cruise ...

 

hehe, looks kinda like my friends 240sx...
its got this crazy suspension system on it now, but its still on jackstands with no drivetrain waiting for the SR to come.

 

Yo,


Damn, you're taking a page out of Seth's and my buddy Dana's playbook! Polish and paint everything! Makes my meager **** retentive attempts seem pathetic. *grin*

Good job!

I did the same thing with the electrical tape, shhh! Don't tell anyone!

KS
1989 GTUs "Looks good!"

 

Your playbook? Ha! Wait until I get this thing off the stands and into the sun. The engine bay will make you ****. I go over it daily looking for any spot of dirt or grease I might have missed Did you take off your entire rear suspension and diff just to scrub it down ... I think this week I'm going to drop the tranny, just to scrub it up. I have a disease.

 

looks good! any close ups of the window trim refinish?

 

I will soon ... just took the pics tonight, and it's dark here. I'll have some in the sun sometime soon.

 

Yo,


Talk to Seth, SETH! Cymfc3s, he's the one that did all that crap. Same deal, taking things off to repaint, repolish. I know it's a disease, and I've got it too. OCD! *snicker* Actually, we are just gearheads. It comes with the territory.

Hell, I just spent $50 on Italian leather shift boot, and ebrake boots from some guy in POLAND. Yeah, that place in Eastern Europe. Poland.

http://rx7boots.hypermart.net/

That, and I use a hardwater filter on my garden hose when I wash my car!! Sick, sick I tell you!!

KS
1989 GTUs "Take THAT minerals!"

 

A detailed how-to would be nice as well since i need to do the same thing.

 

Hey man dont knock Poland. We rule. j/k man its all good. BOOSTD7 the car is looking good keep up all the good work.