Hello! Recently purchased a 1993 Base from out east and transported it to Southern California. Working on refreshing the original wheels, all hoses, rubber items and consumables and thankful to have such a great resource to support through the process.

 

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Welcome to the forum!! That's a very nice FD!! Glad to hear you're restoring the original wheels! I love the look of the original wheels personally.

 

I also love the look and appreciate the effort the Mazda team put into reducing their weight. I was surprised to see good tire availability for the 16" wheels as well, so that's an added bonus.

It's been a challenge to get them cleaned up as there were years of embedded contaminants in the barrels. I was really hoping to avoid media blasting and refinishing, but we've exhausted everything up to acid at this point so that may end up being the next step. Now if other things on the car would stop breaking we'd be able to make some progress!

 

Welcome to the club! Where in CA are you located?

 

Down south in Orange County.

 

Congrats! Looks to be in really good shape!

 

If you ever come up north, i hold monthly meets which you can find in the West Section!

 

We're actually up that way fairly frequently for track events. I'll keep an eye on schedules and if we align, try to convince my wife to do a sports car road trip once the FD has been fully refreshed.