Even though this is going to be a slow ass build, I think I deserve my own topic
The day I brought it home:
As you can see, the car is pretty OK but needs some TLC here and there. I took out the ugly ass speaker box between the seats (barely visible on the following pic) and removed the sun visors:
And since this week, I have a lip installed!
It's a cheap and s**tty fibreglass lip. In the future I'm going to upgrade to a PU one. I promised myself never to use zipties... But I don't see any other way to attach the lip. This will have to do for now.
Other than that.. These arrived in the mail today:
These will replace the ugly orange blinkers that are on the car now.
Future plans:
-Slowly freshen up the engine, replacing everything I can do myself.
-Lower the car a bit but not too much, kinda "functional" stance.
-New wheels (15x7). Currently on 16x? and they're in rough shape. Smaller wheels also fit the car better imo. I'm thinking Rota/JR Wheels, or something else that's relatively cheap but decent.
-As said, going to replace the front lip for PU ones, and also getting side skirts and a rear lip. Also maybe a ducktail/low spoiler.
-Replace the complete exhaust system.
-Either get the seats fixed or replace them for second hand ones that are in good shape.
-Replace the steering wheel and shift knob.
-Get rid of the wooden trim (it's peeling off and it's not OEM).
-Replace the orange reflectors for white (front) and red (rear) or all white.
-Delete the antenna including the base.
So yeah.. That's it for now. Thanks for reading
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omg he did it..
Holy s**t omg, YOU DID IT DUDE!!!! Congrats!!! So happy for you!
Yes I did it!!
Did a few things:
Currently the tires rub against the fenders, so I need to roll them.... No one really does that in Holland tho. f**k
Also fitted a stainless steel 4-2-1 exhaust manifold, test pipe and stainless catback system. Just need to replace the manifold gasket, I reused the old one and it's leaking So ordering a new one soon. Hopefully this week.
Your interior is nasty. So is my car. Comes with age. Can be repaired or fixed if you find the right source. Never reuse the exhaust manifold gasket. Or any gasket really. The cheap stock ones that is. You can roll the fenders your self. There are how to vids. I like your ride. Rims and side mirrors are a nice touch.
Please don't turn it into an Aston Miata.
It's starting to look great! All you need is some lowering and a body kit and it will look like Kebins photo.
yes, turn into an aston miata, looks nice hahaha
now, seriously, your car, as you know, and as i tell you everytime, is looking really nice already, grats mate
use hammers
Needs a v8 disel swap tho.
bruh, whats up with the poke? Are you planning to get overfenders one day? no wonder you rub. lol
Those are never going to fit properly unless you pull your fenders to kingdom come or get overfenders or run ridiculous amounts of camber. I'd keep your eye out for a new set of wheels and see if you can trade. lol
This was the stance on the previous owner's car.
I reckon it doesn't look bad at all without overfenders etc.
Keep in mind my car is stock height now. With new shocks/springs or coilovers and a proper alignment it will naturally achieve some camber, that in combination with rolled fenders should be enough.
Those fenders look pulled to me. I'm not giving you a hard time, I just want to make sure you don't have unrealistic expectations
Nah, its different.
Here is a beautiful work of art I put together to explain it to you:
So, from the factory, inside your fender there is a little lip that sticks in. I'm assuming its there to give a little more structural rigidity or something? but pretty much all cars have them for some reason. Rolling simply tucks this lip up so that your tire can come closer to the fender, As my diagram shows, even with it rolled, your tires still don't look like they would fit under your fender.
Fender pulling on the other hand, not only do they roll that part flat against the back of the fender, but they also pull the entire fender out. My pic might be a bit exaggerated but you get the idea.
should've pixeled that
so basically step 1 would be rolling the fender, and if that isn't enough, i roll the tab even further so it's all the way up against the fender?
and how do i pull it? just use more pressure with the fender roller?
this kind of stuff is way more accessible in the states. there isn't any shop close to me that can do it for a normal price. Spending 250€ to roll/pull my fenders isn't really what I wanna do lol
You need to stretch more material out of what has already been formed, so I figure it is much more work/difficult to pull than roll up a flange (to at least do it nicely)
You can probably get a bit of a pulled lip going with the roller, but i don't think it will be anything spectacular
Nah man, dont damage the beautiful bodywork of Mazda engineers.
Rep that mexipoke man.
My first picture is what it looks like stock, they always push the flange completely flush when rolling it.
Pulling them does involve more work like you and faran said. You are much more likely to mess up your paint because you are basically bending the metal and the paint can crack. Usually they heat up your paint while so that doesn't happen.
You could also do this
I don't want to molest my immaculate fenders
you could do that fender cut thats becoming popular now.
or just do your own thing and ignore all of the suggestions because most people don't have a clue what some of their suggestions cost or take
lol, cut overfenders look cool, but are those even legal? I think not lol, at least in Europe (well, most of Europe anyway)
You don't need to be legendary to rep the Mexipoke.
Yeh, dont do the mexipoke thing..
I say do like kevin suggested, cut the fenders, the hood, the windshield the doors, cut everything.
very cool, - my boy daniel has the coolest car in p c a - good job boss. very cool name : kurumai - i like it , it's a goode word
Now thats a f**king car ...
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