Interior showing it's age
05-04-06, 03:55 PM
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Interior showing it's age
I recently bought a 93 Silver touring with the red and black interior and the interior is deffinitly showing it's age. Lot's of the parts creak or feel flimsy.
Would it be better to restore the original peices or source lightly used parts from other cars? Some of my interior pieces are all cut up, not sure what the previous owner was doing in the car.
Would it be better to restore the original peices or source lightly used parts from other cars? Some of my interior pieces are all cut up, not sure what the previous owner was doing in the car.
05-04-06, 04:00 PM
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They creak and feel flimsy when brand new....
93s have different finish panels than 94-95...and Mazda doesn't sell the 93 finish panels anymore. Your only options are to refinish them yourself, buy used 93 panels, or change everything out to 94-95 panels.
You are doubly in trouble with a red interior, as those are quite rare and finding good condition used pieces in those colors will be very difficult.
93s have different finish panels than 94-95...and Mazda doesn't sell the 93 finish panels anymore. Your only options are to refinish them yourself, buy used 93 panels, or change everything out to 94-95 panels.
You are doubly in trouble with a red interior, as those are quite rare and finding good condition used pieces in those colors will be very difficult.
05-04-06, 05:17 PM
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Actually Mazda DOES still sell the 93 finish panels... all except the driver's door piece. I just bough a brand new guage hood recently. I know, I always thought they didn't either. Wasn't cheap though.
Call Ray at Malloy... or ask Ramy about them.
Call Ray at Malloy... or ask Ramy about them.
05-07-06, 09:11 AM
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It isn't my daily driver but I'm not a big fan of gutted cars, at all.
I think I'm going to order some of the carbon fiber innovation peices to replace the door peices, those are the worse.
For the other black parts I think I'm just going to pull them out and see if I can clean them up real good and MAYBE wet sand them a little to smooth some of the cuts and stuff in them and MAYBE repaint them.
The red parts I'll just clean real well.
It looks like the previous owner always had an open knife in his hand because everything has small cut marks in it and the rear hatch is scratched up where you would grab to close it.
I think I'm going to order some of the carbon fiber innovation peices to replace the door peices, those are the worse.
For the other black parts I think I'm just going to pull them out and see if I can clean them up real good and MAYBE wet sand them a little to smooth some of the cuts and stuff in them and MAYBE repaint them.
The red parts I'll just clean real well.
It looks like the previous owner always had an open knife in his hand because everything has small cut marks in it and the rear hatch is scratched up where you would grab to close it.
05-18-06, 04:55 PM
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Ptrhan is correct in that Mazda still does sell the 93 panels. I just picked up the A/C and shifter panel from Malloy last week. Mazda does NOT make the A/C panel in the 94/5 finish...
If you are looking at carbon fiber, it looks like sonix7 does real good work...
If you are looking at carbon fiber, it looks like sonix7 does real good work...
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