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Feb 20, 2017 | 06:08 PM

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Im in

Feb 20, 2017 | 06:15 PM

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Originally Posted by REAmFC3S View Post
adding my name in the hat and fixing the partial list:

1. Narfle - both(wide and regular) + dead pedal cover
2. Rotary#10 - regular + dead pedal cover ----
3. Project88turbo - gas + dead pedal
4. Jza80 - regular gas + dead pedal cover
5. Hadokenny - regular gas + dead pedal
6. Cloud9 - wide gas + dead pedal
7. Rotard7 - wide gas + dead pedal
8. Ceylon - stock sized gas pedal - rhd dead pedal
9. Gio610 - regular gas pedal + dead pedal
10. Mattgold - both(wide and regular) + dead pedal cover
11. Cib24 - both (wide and regular) + rhd dead pedal cover for shipment to the uk -- price depending.
12. #slevin - wide + dead
13. Kensin - both (wide and regular ) gas pedal + dead pedal cover
14. Jsemerica - wide gas pedal + dead pedal cover
15. Porschepilot79 - oem size accelerator pedal.
16. Fdjonny - regular gas pedal + dead pedal
17. Eurox - regular gas + dead pedal
18. Brilliant7-lfc - wide gas pedal + dead pedal cover
19. Redbul - regular gas (rhd)
20. Idiazs- both (wide and regular) gas pedal and dead pedal cover
21. Lou "how ya do" - both(wide and regular) + dead pedal cover
22. Diablone - both(wide and regular) + dead pedal cover
23. Eslai - regular gas pedal and dead pedal cover
24. Farkel - regular gas pedal
25. Siler_fd - regular gas pedal
26. Brekyrself both(wide and regular) + dead pedal cover
27. D4rw1n - wide gas pedal + dead pedal cover
28. Oriphinz - wide + rhd dead pedal cover
29. Boostcraver - regular gas pedal and dead pedal cover
30. Chris2ndgen - regular gas pedal + dead pedal cover
31. Maikelc- regular gas pedal+ dead pedal cover
32. Sigma - both (tentatively) + dead pedal
33. Silvertrd- both + dead pedal
34. My blue 89 gtu - regular gas pedal + dead pedal cover
35. Jonzfc - wide gas pedal + dead pedal cover
36. Show-off - wide gas pedal
37. REAmFC3S - wide gas pedal + dead pedal cover
38. briansfd - wide gas pedal

Feb 20, 2017 | 08:45 PM

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1. Narfle - both(wide and regular) + dead pedal cover
2. Rotary#10 - regular + dead pedal cover ----
3. Project88turbo - gas + dead pedal
4. Jza80 - regular gas + dead pedal cover
5. Hadokenny - regular gas + dead pedal
6. Cloud9 - wide gas + dead pedal
7. Rotard7 - wide gas + dead pedal
8. Ceylon - stock sized gas pedal - rhd dead pedal
9. Gio610 - regular gas pedal + dead pedal
10. Mattgold - both(wide and regular) + dead pedal cover
11. Cib24 - both (wide and regular) + rhd dead pedal cover for shipment to the uk -- price depending.
12. #slevin - wide + dead
13. Kensin - both (wide and regular ) gas pedal + dead pedal cover
14. Jsemerica - wide gas pedal + dead pedal cover
15. Porschepilot79 - oem size accelerator pedal.
16. Fdjonny - regular gas pedal + dead pedal
17. Eurox - regular gas + dead pedal
18. Brilliant7-lfc - wide gas pedal + dead pedal cover
19. Redbul - regular gas (rhd)
20. Idiazs- both (wide and regular) gas pedal and dead pedal cover
21. Lou "how ya do" - both(wide and regular) + dead pedal cover
22. Diablone - both(wide and regular) + dead pedal cover
23. Eslai - regular gas pedal and dead pedal cover
24. Farkel - regular gas pedal
25. Siler_fd - regular gas pedal
26. Brekyrself both(wide and regular) + dead pedal cover
27. D4rw1n - wide gas pedal + dead pedal cover
28. Oriphinz - wide + rhd dead pedal cover
29. Boostcraver - regular gas pedal and dead pedal cover
30. Chris2ndgen - regular gas pedal + dead pedal cover
31. Maikelc- regular gas pedal+ dead pedal cover
32. Sigma - both (tentatively) + dead pedal
33. Silvertrd- both + dead pedal
34. My blue 89 gtu - regular gas pedal + dead pedal cover
35. Jonzfc - wide gas pedal + dead pedal cover
36. Show-off - wide gas pedal
37. REAmFC3S - wide gas pedal + dead pedal cover
38. briansfd - wide gas pedal
39. PandazRX-7 - regular gas, wide gas and dead pedal cover

Feb 21, 2017 | 05:30 AM

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Loving the look you have achieved.

For everyone's interest, here are what the optional aluminum pedals looked like on 99 spec cars:

I don't have a larger photo.

Feb 21, 2017 | 05:48 AM

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Quote:

Originally Posted by cib24

Loving the look you have achieved.
For everyone's interest, here are what the optional aluminum pedals looked like on 99 spec cars:
I don't have a larger photo.

Used the image as a base and came up with some more:

That said, i think the ones made in this thread is much much much better, as its a quality piece based on the original design, not just a quick cheap addon as the one Mazda made for the 99.

Feb 21, 2017 | 05:50 AM

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One functional point tho could be that the gas pedal is flat and smooth so you can adjust the gas while resting your heel on the floor. The other pedals dont have this type of use, since you usually either are using it or not.

Feb 21, 2017 | 05:54 AM

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^Those are the pedals available as an option on all FD models up until somewhere around 1999-2000. After then they were not an option, you were offered the titanium pedals instead.

They look okay from a distance, but they're just covers that bolt on top of a stock plastic pedal. They're slightly larger than the stock pedal and some of the holes are partially coverd by plastic and partially see though. You can also see the pattern of the stock pedal through the holes. Doesn't look overly great.

Good pics of both pedal options from LO7's build thread:

Neither look close to as good as the pedal being created here, though

Feb 21, 2017 | 06:12 AM

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Quote:

Originally Posted by Zepticon

This is a great point you bring up!

Time for some prototype testing!

Sideo, let me know if you need/want some good objective feedback if a prototype. I'd be happy to help you out.

Nick

Feb 21, 2017 | 08:38 AM

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Those OEM face pedals are not that great. What's being done here is much better.

Feb 21, 2017 | 08:48 AM

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i think everyone is overthinking this seriously lol these pedals are unreal better then anything i ever seen

Feb 21, 2017 | 11:11 AM

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Stop confusing the man. Keep the **** OEM..

Feb 21, 2017 | 11:36 AM

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But, every design iteration delays production and adds to sunken costs...

Tweak it one more time!

Feb 21, 2017 | 02:35 PM

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Which is why the next step is to prototype test...

I agree with everyone here that they look absolutely fantastic. I think it would be of great importance to Sideo, after putting in all of this effort, that he make a safe and usable pedal.

I think it's a fair point brought up prior, that the smooth finish of the "other Mazda pedals" was done for a specific reason. We should understand that and be sure.

Nick

Feb 21, 2017 | 10:17 PM

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I don't follow, what's unsafe about the gas pedal?

Feb 21, 2017 | 10:41 PM

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nothing lol

Feb 21, 2017 | 10:44 PM

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there saying the smooth surface would be better because mazda made that one in the above pictures that way (which i also have) but i think its more along the lines of it was cheaper stick a metal cover with holes in it as an option rather then actually making a pedal like this one

Feb 21, 2017 | 11:24 PM

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Feb 21, 2017 | 11:31 PM

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Please add me to the list for regular gas pedal and dead pedal cover.
Thanks.

Feb 21, 2017 | 11:58 PM

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Feb 22, 2017 | 12:51 AM

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Quote:

Originally Posted by Ceylon

Neither look close to as good as the pedal being created here, though

Gonna have to disagree with you there, but might be biased..

Feb 22, 2017 | 02:22 AM

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Feb 22, 2017 | 06:10 AM

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Quote:

Originally Posted by silverTRD

I don't follow, what's unsafe about the gas pedal?

Quote:

Originally Posted by LoU "hOw Ya Do"

nothing lol

Guys, I'm not saying this pedal design is unsafe. It was brought my another member here and I thought he raised a good point. Engineers, automakers; they do stuff for a reason. Sometimes it's cost cutting but other times it could be safety. We don't know.

It it would only make sense to test the pedals in the real world and see how they feel is all I'm saying. No sense in making a batch of 50 pedals only to discover that during light throttle applications your shoe gets snagged on one of the holes and you have to lift your foot off the pedal.

Perhaps it wouldn't be a safety issue but instead just an annoyance. All I said is: "hey that's a good point, let's test it out".

Nick

Feb 22, 2017 | 10:50 AM

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i agree they do stuff for a reason but they're not calling in engineers for a gas pedal and dead pedal i'm going say the car was at the end of it run and they came out with the dead pedal and gas pedal to tack on some extra cash as an option package simple as that

Feb 22, 2017 | 11:38 AM

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Quote:

Originally Posted by LoU "hOw Ya Do"

The point isn't that they came out with these optional pedals (which is surely just extra sales as you say), but that most accelerator pedals are smooth instead of having a textured grip, so that your foot can move freely as you adjust the pedal.

Feb 22, 2017 | 11:38 AM

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lol
Gold.

Quote:

Originally Posted by Narfle

But, every design iteration delays production and adds to sunken costs...

Tweak it one more time!

On topic, though, it is common practice in cars with all alloy pedals for the gas pedal to have a smoother finish than the clutch or brake pedal; and it is for the reason mentioned, so that the pedal does not stick to and pull the drivers shoe with it as the pedal moves. I don't think it's a rule that's universally adhered to, but it is intended to prevent the driver from needing to make added heel adjustments as he/she modulates the pedal.

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