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Post by Bilbo on Jan 14, 2022 11:11:15 GMT
My slave cylinder failed maybe a couple of years ago - fortunately I was 10 minutes from home and it was late, so I could just about jam it into second and stay in one gear until home!  Total PITA! Still looks great BTW  although you could swap to import-size digits on a smaller front plate? Seems to look enormous in that flatbed pic for some reason Haha yeah I did that on my old mk1, not fun but it worked, sadly this time it didn't haha. Cheers, and actually the front plate is a 12x6 import plate, it does look big in that photo you are right, but I think it's just the angle. |
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Post by wannabe on Jan 14, 2022 13:14:47 GMT
My slave cylinder failed maybe a couple of years ago - fortunately I was 10 minutes from home and it was late, so I could just about jam it into second and stay in one gear until home! Total PITA! Still looks great BTW although you could swap to import-size digits on a smaller front plate? Seems to look enormous in that flatbed pic for some reason Haha yeah I did that on my old mk1, not fun but it worked, sadly this time it didn't haha. Cheers, and actually the front plate is a 12x6 import plate, it does look big in that photo you are right, but I think it's just the angle. IIRC it's only an 11mm border of background around the outside of the digits that is needed, so a cut-down or new custom version could be an option if you fancied it! (I may or may not like sailing close to the wind myself, legally-speaking, though   ) |
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Post by Bilbo on Feb 14, 2022 10:16:45 GMT
Haha yeah I did that on my old mk1, not fun but it worked, sadly this time it didn't haha. Cheers, and actually the front plate is a 12x6 import plate, it does look big in that photo you are right, but I think it's just the angle. IIRC it's only an 11mm border of background around the outside of the digits that is needed, so a cut-down or new custom version could be an option if you fancied it! (I may or may not like sailing close to the wind myself, legally-speaking, though ) The front one will probably fall off soon so when it does I'll look at replacements haha. |
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Post by Bilbo on Feb 14, 2022 10:18:09 GMT
Took it for an alignment done by a mate recently, now it makes less horrible noises when turning, aquaplanes less, drives straighter, and tyres should wear less.  Going to start on the interior soon! |
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Post by batou on Feb 14, 2022 12:07:55 GMT
Noice, I mean I assume you have rolled the arches but are you running liners at all, even cut? What numbers did you put in? A specific setup or one to get the wheel fitment dialled?
What you got planned for the inside?
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Post by Bilbo on Feb 14, 2022 12:18:57 GMT
Noice, I mean I assume you have rolled the arches but are you running liners at all, even cut? What numbers did you put in? A specific setup or one to get the wheel fitment dialled? What you got planned for the inside? Yeah the fronts are rolled, the rear arches are cut and welded with overfenders. No arch liners. The alignment was more to dial in the toe settings and front camber to sane levels as it was all done by eye. Still having to run stupid rear camber but planning to get adjustable arms so I can pull the wheel in and try to run 0 degrees for maximum contact patch. That'll happen some time this year. I have my half finished tablet install that will link to the ECU via Bluetooth, need to sort that out. Need to make some new door cards, and fit some rear deck carpet as we ripped the carpet out when my mate did the welding and I have run it stripped since then. |
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Post by batou on Feb 14, 2022 12:25:15 GMT
Ahh, yeah makes total sense, forget you have rear overfenders (thats a good thing as they blend well!). Whats you plan for arms? I'm in a similar boat, my rear camber is not too bad but would prefer to run a little less. Need to get it re-aligned at somepoint as one of the rears is slightly out compared to the other and the fronts might have more than I need, but I want to do a full supension and bush refresh and not sure wether to go refurbished oem or at least some of the Destroy or die arms. Lovely, so really a bit of a tidyup, little things mate they make the world of difference  |
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Post by Bilbo on Feb 14, 2022 13:58:32 GMT
Ahh, yeah makes total sense, forget you have rear overfenders (thats a good thing as they blend well!). Whats you plan for arms? I'm in a similar boat, my rear camber is not too bad but would prefer to run a little less. Need to get it re-aligned at somepoint as one of the rears is slightly out compared to the other and the fronts might have more than I need, but I want to do a full supension and bush refresh and not sure wether to go refurbished oem or at least some of the Destroy or die arms. Lovely, so really a bit of a tidyup, little things mate they make the world of difference  Not sure really on arms, I need to work out the best way to sort it so that I can run low camber but also have enough clearance to the overfenders. Like fully adjustable uppers and lowers would be ideal, though I haven't really looked into it yet. Yeah the interior is a mess, will be nice once I've sorted it. |
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Post by Bilbo on Mar 13, 2022 20:19:04 GMT
Finally got around to doing something with the interior. I bought some fabric for door cards, a few meters of burgundy carpet, and some Noico underlay tiles. I went with some nice heart fabric for the door cards. With a bit of careful cutting I got the door cards covered, stuck down with fabric glue and on the back side with staples.  They've come out pretty good, though the speaker holes aren't quite in the right place, I am going to put a mesh speaker cover over the hole so it won't even be noticeable.   The burgundy carpet was a good purchase, it matches the colour of the roof and the steering wheel almost perfectly!  Still need to sort some of the edges out, and neaten some wiring that runs under certain bits of the carpet, but overall very happy considering I had to cut and shape it myself, and I'm not all that with upholstery haha. The underlay tiles were super easy to fit, and the carpet is thin enough that it was fairly easy to fit in place. Again I used carpet/fabric spray glue to bond it down in most areas.   Still some tidying needed, I want to get some new gaiters and a new handbrake cover, will probably remove most of the dash stickers, and I'd like to get some different gauge faces too. Also gave it an oil and oil filter change today. Went with a genuine Mazda oil filter as it was cheap, and it feels somehow better to have gone Genuine on engine parts haha. Sitting on 296,xxx km now and still going strong. Silicone hoses and coolant change due soon! |
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Post by Bilbo on Mar 16, 2022 13:25:33 GMT
Was jetwashing the car and noticed someone has kindly damaged my lovely paint  so annoying! I'll get it sorted, but right in the center of the door is an annoying place to sort!  The underside of the car is all repaired in the problem areas, but I have been wanting to clean up the subframes and floor for a while now. I started with the rear subframe last night. It wasn't too bad to be honest, just gave it a buzz back and applied some Hydrate80 rust converter to get the little bits of surface rust, then gave it a good coat of underseal:  My chassis rails have got a little bit sad from the occasional hitting of the floor, and I noticed the right side on the rear has split a little:  Going to buzz the whole floor and both chassis rails back, weld up the small split in that chassis rail, and get the rest of the underneath sprayed and protected. Had a good look under it while it was on the ramp last night, and there isn't any other welding to address now, it's looking pretty good. I know for a fact the chassis rails and rear subframe were the reason for this advisory on my most recent MOT:  So once this is sorted I will be in a good position to never get another rust advisory on the car again! |
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Post by Bilbo on Mar 20, 2022 1:44:28 GMT
So got some stuff done the last couple of days. The sills had some paint on but it was a bit thin in places. After all the effort welding them up I decided to buzz them back, and then white stone chipped them and overpainted in the same cream as the car is painted. Masked up and stonechip applied:  The cream is now applied after I let the stonechip dry. A little bit more work required but it's all looking pretty good now and nicely protected. Also spent some time buzzing back the chassis rails and some parts of the floor. The chassis rails have some dents but overall in good enough condition. Removed a load of old underseal and buzzed any minor surface rust back until it was shiny metal again, and then applied some decent stone chip. Still some more to do, but the boot floor, boot pockets, rear subframe, chassis rails and rear sills are now all freshly undersealed:  Towards the front I found a small rust hole when removing old underseal, in the floor area near the driver's side front sill. Gave it a buzz back and it's very small, about the third of the size off a penny, so nothing too bad. My mate who welded up the rest of the car had a look and said it'll be light work to get it sorted out, so I'll get that done soon. Other than that no other welding needed anywhere that I have found so far, everything else seems pretty solid underneath the old underseal. |
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Post by boggissimo on Mar 21, 2022 12:15:26 GMT
Great work and fantastic result  I'm so jealous of your lift  |
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Post by atlex on Mar 21, 2022 12:27:46 GMT
I'm going white sill on white car too... eager to see how it ends up. Your interior definitely has that edgy 2009 vibe now |
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Post by Bilbo on Mar 21, 2022 13:11:55 GMT
Great work and fantastic result I'm so jealous of your lift  Slowly but surely, lots left to do! Yes the lift has been a fantastic purchase! I'm going white sill on white car too... eager to see how it ends up. Your interior definitely has that edgy 2009 vibe now I've now overpainted them cream, I bought a colour matched can from the same place I bought the tins of paint from. The match is good, I just need to tidy up the line from masking as not quite perfect, once done I'll share a photo. Haha, I'm going to be removing the dash stickers soon, I want a nice clean dash look, may do the crash pad in the same material as the doors, and leave that as the only colourful bit on the dash with the rest black. It looks a little too busy at the moment. |
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Post by Bilbo on Mar 22, 2022 13:57:32 GMT
There's a few photos and videos I haven't posted on here before so thought I would chuck them in now. I need to get some decent photos and videos of it this year!    These 2 are videos but they don't load a play button properly on forums:   I've also made a list of the short term maintenance/repairs/upgrades that are needed, hopefully all done before the summer: - Weld up small floor hole - Finish undersealing - New rear calipers (snapped bleed nipple) - Braided rear brake lines - New handbrake cables - New front upper arms and ball joints - Front driver's sidelight loom - Sort washer jets - Fit a rear view mirror Not bad really, should have it all done in a few months. |
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although you could swap to import-size digits on a smaller front plate? Seems to look enormous in that flatbed pic for some reason 
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so annoying! I'll get it sorted, but right in the center of the door is an annoying place to sort!
le sigh