Thanks man.

 

Update 11/09/13: So did a few small things to the car on Saturday. Nothing major, just a few small things that have been bugging me for a while. Dale and I cleaned the front 99 spec rebar, installed manly horns from a Nissan Quest, wired the fog lights, cleaned the overspray off of the exhaust, installed the new exhaust tip, installed driver side fender liner and brake ducts. Also rolled the front and rear fenders.

Stripped the front bumper off of the car


While the rebar was off...decided to give it a good cleaning


Cleaned up the 99 spec fog lights. We were able to find the connector in the junk yard off of another Mazda.


Dale pulling the fender to blow out some dirt.


While we were under the fenders...we took the time to clean up the wiring and re-tape them.


The lip on the front fender was slightly pulled down due to being so low and the tire hitting it, so we decided to roll the front and rear fenders.






Also went ahead and installed the fender liner and brake duct.




Continued.....

 

Stock horns on top. Manly Horns on the bottom from a Nissan Quest.


Took a little bit to line them up with the 99 spec bumper but we finally got them in place.




The exhaust had over spray on it from the previous owner. Dale had aircraft stripper to help take it off and clean it up.


All clean


New tip installed on the exhaust.


All cleaned up and back together.

 

Sweet!!

She's looking Deals Gap ready

 

Thanks man she is pretty close. Still a few more things I have to do, then she will be good for this round.

 

Nice job on the exhaust!

 

Thanks man. It was a lot easier taking off the paint than I thought it would be. That paint remover is awesome.



Friend of mine took some pics of the car. Not professional, but better than IPhone pics...lol
I know....I need to paint my brakes. Soon soon.

 

Update: Nothing has changed with the car since before Christmas. With the holidays, family and just being a little busy, haven't really had much time to do anything. However, it did get warm enough to clean her up a bit and a buddy of mine was able to take a few pics for me. These are just teaser shots, but he should have more pics ready soon. Now that the holidays are over....hopefully I can get a few more things finished before Deals Gap.

 

Late to the party here, but I must say she's looking very, very nice!

 

Thanks man...I appreciate it. Cant wait to get a few more parts installed on her.

 

Bro!! Great looking car. We HAVE to get to gether when I get back. We should do a little meet in the Pcola/Cview/Ft Walton area. (somewhere) There are a few of us around the area but no one likes to get together and do anything. My g/f owns a bar/restaurant in Cview. That would be a perfect place for us all to go.

 

Thanks man, still have a lot more I want to do. Im always down for a meet. Im usually in that area towards Niceville anyway.

 

Dale and I got a bit more work done to the car and got a few more parts in.

Finally got in the last block-off plate for the double throttle, new black couplers for the intake and intercooler, new passenger side fender liner and last but not least the Greddy boost controller. Got most of the boost controller ran from the engine bay to the cabin, but gotta make a small bracket to hold the solenoid. Also installed the passenger fender liner, brake duct and couplers. Gotta make some time to finish the rest.




New couplers




Before and After. I think after I powdercoat the rest of the intercooler piping I may switch to red. Unless I change the color of the piping...hmmm.

 

Love it! Great looking and clean FD you got there Keep up the good work!

 

Silver, we have to get together when I get back bro!

 

looking good and Im jealous of the setup.

So this will be at DGRR this yr?

 

Thanks Spalato.

Always down to hang out...just lemme know when u get back.

Thanks I appreciate it. Yeah, it will be at DGRR ....just gotta button a few things up for the trip. I cant wait.

 

I want to go to DGRR...

 

I didnt get to go last year, but def going this year with a few local guys. Im going to be the tourist of the group taking a million pics.

 

Update 3/15/14: Today we took care of a few things that I had on my list to clean up and install before Deals Gap. We managed to fix my loose short shifter, install the boost controller, installed the oil catch can, cleaned up the engine bay a bit, and installed the double throttle block-off plate. Definitely was a good day.





Last block off plate installed.


Catch can installed. May need to re-adjust or make a new bracket to make it sit just a tad lower. For now its fine.



Fog lights installed. Plan on upgrading to full HID's, but that's not really a priority for now.


Installed a 626 pocket, which fit a crap load better than the aftermarket stuff and installed the Greddy boost controller.

 

Pic a took on an outing.

 

Update 04/06/14: We decided to play with a bit of plastidip today and do a few more things to get the car ready for Deals Gap. My lip started to chip and was messed up a bit from a minor mishap so we decided to platidap that. Also a friend of mine decided to plastidip his wheels and paint his brake calipers.

Getting ready to prep lip and finish boost controller install in bay.



Lip before plastidip.



Lip after plastidip







Buddies wheels after plastidip and brakes painted. Wish I got before pics.

 

Stunning example of an FD .

 

If you look closely, you can see my dirty striped FD in the background . Just looked back over this thread, we've done quite a bit recently on your car!

You going to try and tune the boost controller soon? I know you haven't been able to today with the constant rain .

Dale

 

Thanks...I appreciate it.

hahaha...I tried to get all three in the pic. Yes, we have done quite a lot. Thanks for all the help again.

I want to try and tune the controller sometime next weekend. Its suppose to rain for the next few days, and since I work during the nights I wont get a good tune session in until next Friday or at least Sat night. Should be good weather and sunny then.