There's nothing like a fresh car wash on a cool spring day...here are a couple pics

 

one more at dusk...gotta love those yellow bulbs in the JDM FTP lenses. I also got my touch up paint from mazda the other day (couldn't believe they had the color) so i went over a couple chips on front lip...the car looks great!! Anyone wanna post some pics of your sunday-wash??

 

yummy

 

Nice, looks even better in person

 

Cool spring day?!? Lucky you, lol. Hot as a **** down here.

 

i wanted to snap a few of the interior but the batteries went toast hehe new Greddy EGT gauge...gettin all ready for my TII swap, the motor will be here in a week or so!!!

 

clean car. many props!

 

Sounds cool man. Nice looking ryde

 

took some degreaser and went to town on the coilovers and wheel wells too, it all looks brand new!! and Funklord sent my drivers side S5 tail which arrived sat. in great shape...got sick of those S4's back on hehe my original S5 drivers side like was really rigged up, someone sold me a crappy set. bad seals, threads epoxied into the light...no good. so i found two nearly brand spakin new ones - can't beat it. Funklord sent it from Japan and it only took like 3 days!!!!!!! much thanks to him!! thanks for all the nice comments guys, lets see your rides!!!

 

I gotta get the angle of this shot w/ the S5 tails...i think this shot looks so mean

 

Oh no, not yet. I just got done with the speed part(almost for now I guess) and am just about to save up to work on looks now. By the end of summer I should have some great pics though.

 

Nice car, what color paint is that? It looks great on an fc

 

Its a stock S4 NA FC color I believe. My friend had one the same color.

 

its called claret mica, color code 2H

 

when i wash my car, it looks clean when its wet, but when it drys all the dirt is still there.......
does that spray on clear coat stuff at the self car wash places work, i need a new clear coat so i can wax my car, its shitty. i think thats what it is, my paint rubs off on the sponge when i try to was it, only on the hood, is that bad?

 

The paint color looks sick as hell. Lovin it.

What wheels are those? They also look real nice.

 

agreed, what wheels are those, i want some.....
Daniel

 

Yo,


Looks great man! For lazy folk like me:







"Put your hands up and step away from the aluminum wings!"

*grin*

Did you put TII side skirts on? Your car looks great with just the MS front lip...really sets everything off. Great lookin' FC!

Kevin
1989 GTUs "I want some JDM FTP's too!"

 

steve's_dog: You have to dry it by hand. You can't just let it dry in the sun. Get a good chamois and put some elbow grease into it.

 

the wheels are ADR Stage II's, 17X7 and eventually will be replaced with Advan RG's (likely next summer). The side skirts are actually Kamanari...one of our friends through the shop works for impact parts in upstate NY and they deal all in body kits. They had these skirts in their inventory since the 80's (last set hehe) and he basically gave them to me. They fit well and look good as they simply extend the line of the stock bodywork - if you look closely at the profile pic you'll notice they run up to the moulding on both sides. They are similar to S5 TII skirts in their shape but they are much more aggressive. Since the Mazdaspeed lip basically takes the factory line of the S5 nose and extends it I thought these would look nice together. I did cut the grille out of the nose though when the lip went on, looks great!!

 

nice. like the front spoiler!

 

on the ftp lenses, did you have to buy special lenses or could you retro fit the existing lenses to put those yellow lights in there...those look wicked...the whole car looks just perfect with the exhaust and all......very nice

 

the OEM japanese FTP lenses are a little different than ours in the U.S. First of all they have a standard wedge bulb in the back with wiring that I simply spiced into the factory wiring to come on with the Dims. I bought them as new in mazda boxes through one of our parts guys in Japan (these guys find everything). You can buy them at www.corksport.com I believe and they aren't very expensive (175 brand new, I paid less) The second difference is that the pattern on the actual lense is very different from U.S. spec cars. I've always wondered why Mazda bothered putting different FTP lenses into production...would anyone in the U.S. have complained about lights in there???

 

Am I dreaming...or is this car real .

 

wonder how hard it would be to drill a hole in the back of the ftp and mount a bulb socket in there...hmmm, any ideas out there on that