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Old 03-23-13, 03:53 PM
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Dang that haltech setup will be rad! You have the exact parts I want to get for my build. Cant wait to see more progress!
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Whoa, that dash is so badass. not only that but seeing this whole car change entirely was pretty incredible too
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Slow week due to couriers. Shelving and work bench arrived, so I've been able to organise things into their permanent homes. Today I stripped out all the interior and started labeling and pulling the body looms / harnesses, as I will be stripping the wiring harness of all non essential stuff. Out of the 30+ things the car needs wiring for (ecu excluded) I'm retaining only 10, so figured it'd make sense to get rid of the inactive wiring, neatening everything up, simplify it all.

Headlights & coilovers arrived, as did my order from ProBolt, got some gold anodized hardware for finishing touches when the time comes.

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Will be pulling it apart some more tomorrow, get it up on stands and ready to drop all the under carriage.

More updates soon.
Old 03-28-13, 11:17 PM
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Got back out there today, removing more gear, got the car up on stands, removed a bunch of factory bash plates, dropped tail shaft and gave all the bolts for the subframe / *** end a good squirt with inox to work its magic overnight. Dropping rear end tomorrow.

Few piccies;

My shelving all set up and holding the majority of parts



BC BR coilovers sitting waiting.



Couple of her up on stands, looking a bit rough





Some decent updates soon.

Cheers.
Old 03-29-13, 01:55 AM
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Also for my American brothers, I'm looking for a full set of crown vics, prefer the SE region, as they'll need to be sent to Landons place in FL. If you know of a junkyard with them, or someone selling them at a reasonable price ( >$200) send me a PM.
Old 04-02-13, 08:14 PM
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Vics purchased. Gearbox and rear end is all dropped.

Nice little package from japan rocked up today, full of supernow goodies.

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More updates soon
Old 04-06-13, 07:16 AM
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Went and got a wire wheel for the die grinder and gave the underneath of the chassis (just the rear for now) a tidy up before re-sealing it all with Dynagrip rubberised paint / stoneguard stuff, looking fresh now ! might give it another coat in a few days.

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Few bits came in the mail this week also;

LS1 coils bracket
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Shifter spring, short shifter kit, gaskets etc
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Genuine OEM mazda door rubbers, window channels, windscreen trims, shifter rubber boot seal etc
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Still waiting on a metric **** tonne of gear to arrive.

More updates this week.
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Another box of goodies today from mazdatrix. Had to nick down the shops for a 1 1/4" socket for the rear drive shafts, made a half a day of it and went to Bribie Island as well.

At a bit of a stand still until the post man comes, only thing on the cards for this week is to strip the rear end into individual components, remove bearings & bushes, clean up and paint / powdercoat the big stuff.

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Drive shaft nuts.
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Front & rear bearings & seals.
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Dash demister vents, idiot surround, interior light cover.
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Flash to pass and front repeaters.
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Can't wait to start piecing this back together, gonna be clean :bounce2:
Old 04-08-13, 10:35 PM
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Very nice built indeed! All my RX7 projects are on hold, can't wait to work on it and buy all I need.
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Post man was good to me, another box from mazdatrix containing brand new tail lights and a new rear vision mirror.

Handed over $1100 in shipping fee's today, 70kg of gear on the way from the states !

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Still at a stand-still, waiting on this next lot of gear from the states, fingers crossed next week.
Old 04-23-13, 05:11 AM
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Best build ever man - can't wait to see it in the flesh !
Old 04-25-13, 11:10 PM
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the making of a new redesign FC

beautiful!
Old 04-26-13, 07:00 AM
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Nice & warm in Brissy today, got some mates over for a beer and some **** talking.

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Roll on this week, hopefully post man has the rest of my gear.

Thanks for the encouragement guys.
Old 05-28-13, 08:22 AM
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All my gear arrived from the US ! Thanks Landon !

Included is, RB adjustable endlinks, bushes bushes bushes & more bushes, RB Mazda competition mounts, DTSS eliminators, 4 brake rotors, a set of Crown Vics ready for a good polish, brake lines, caliper rebuild kits, some USDM goodies, ARP extended wheel studs and whatever else is in the pictures.

I gotta get motivated to work on the FC again now, the cold mornings won't be helping !

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Old 05-28-13, 08:23 AM
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Cheers
Old 05-28-13, 10:50 AM
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WOW! brand new... EVERTHING!!
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Yeah!!! Made it all there safely!!
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can't wait to see the finished product...makes me want to start spending all my money. good luck, man. This is an awesome thread
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Going to turn out real nice here.
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Slowly getting back into it, follow me on the FB link in my signature.
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nice build man! cant wait to see how the crown vics look on it. keep up the good work!
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Insane build mate, just wow, hope my FC can be that special one day.
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Cheers for the comments guys.

Meerkat, got a few bits getting powder coated at the moment, Vics are getting a polish & some rubber soon.
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Old front diff mount.
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Old rear diff bush punched out
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Where the above bush lived
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Mounts cleaned up
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Old 10-15-13, 01:23 AM
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New billet goodies fitted
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New front diff mount fitted, snout coated in hpc.
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