Was not too bad, the rear trailing arms just needed a good tug to remove them. LOL Not too much holding anything on under the belt line trim anymore. The scary part was it just came off the road recently. Not uncommon either just this morning I saw a Escort sedan with literally no rockers left on it. In Canada your lucky to get eight years out of a car, if you drive it all year round. (Road Salt just eats them).
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Dominic Toretto rocks a MaZda and his cell phone number starts in "(323)"
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yes and no... on the west coast we're favored with better weather than what you're getting in... well the rest of Canada. I have seen lots of cars like that out here too but not in quite a few years. Once emission testing (Air Care) came into place most of the old stuff just disappeared and the majority of cars in the GVRD seem to be less than about ten years old now.
Your build is an inspiration and I'm really impressed with the amount of work that you've put into this car, I'm really looking forward to seeing how this all comes together and at some point I'll probably be asking you a whole mess of questions about suspension interchange.
Cheers,
Ted
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Hey Ted, ya ask away any time. I am a newbie to MaZda's, but I have been absorbing BG info like a sponge. I find the interchangeability of the BG /EC chassis cars fascinating. Hard to believe by looking at them that a 91-03 Escort, a 91-98 MX-3, a 89-94 323/Protege and a 1994-1997 Kia Sephia ect have anything in common. It is also very cool that I could buy at least 126 of them for the price of my friend's new Audi S4.Dominic Toretto rocks a MaZda and his cell phone number starts in "(323)"
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Originally posted by tireboy View Posti have to agree with ted on this one. bc cars are way less rusty than vehicles from back east or even from alberta . like my 323. its pretty spotless. even under the car and its been in bc since day one..Dominic Toretto rocks a MaZda and his cell phone number starts in "(323)"
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Goofed around in the garage a bit this weekend. I bought new front brake calipers and flat black caliper paint. Cleaned up the rear brake calipers with a wire brush on the angle grinder.
Used the Duplicolor flat black caliper paint. It came with "caliper cleaner" a can of paint, masking tape and a wee paint brush. The kit worked really well. It was fun painting the calipers with the we brush, reminded me of model cars from my childhood.
A buddy gave me some Momo pedal pads about ten? years ago and they have been floating around the junk drawer ever since. Decided to put hem into action on project MX-326GS
To go with the "Murdered-out" theme I wire brushed the Ferrari? red off the pedals.
I am going to paint them a theme correct flat black.
What I thought was going to be a big pain in my ass, is going to be really easy. (Remote mounting the brake fluid reservoir). The reservoir comes off with a screw and is friction fit into two rubber grommets. I will simply have to put two double ended spigots in the master attach two lengths of hose to mount the reservoir remotely. It will be my next project, so if you don't get it, you will when I post some pictures.
Dominic Toretto rocks a MaZda and his cell phone number starts in "(323)"
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Purdy. Yours is going to look nice. I wish I was as rich as you lol.1993 Protege LX-Midnight's shadow SOLD
1996 Honda CBR600-Wrecked. Damn Honda crippled me
2002 mazda MPV-family truckster SOLD
2010 VW routon
Originally posted by jay.....they totally underestimated the number of gearheads such as myself that have families but refuse to grow the hell up and stop playing with cars, or that otherwise see the utility of having 4 doors. Obviously I ain't alone, as there are a helluva lotta sti and evo here. Bueler? Beuler? Mazda? Mazda?
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Originally posted by Turpro View PostPurdy. Yours is going to look nice. I wish I was as rich as you lol.Dominic Toretto rocks a MaZda and his cell phone number starts in "(323)"
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My rad and fan came in. The Rad is a Griffin P/N 2-26185-X and the fan is a Flexalite P/N 212. (12") The rad came insanely fast. Ordered it Monday. It was built on Tuesday and I received it Thursday! I ordered it early because I figured it would take a month or two.
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Definetly a good looking piece1993 Protege LX-Midnight's shadow SOLD
1996 Honda CBR600-Wrecked. Damn Honda crippled me
2002 mazda MPV-family truckster SOLD
2010 VW routon
Originally posted by jay.....they totally underestimated the number of gearheads such as myself that have families but refuse to grow the hell up and stop playing with cars, or that otherwise see the utility of having 4 doors. Obviously I ain't alone, as there are a helluva lotta sti and evo here. Bueler? Beuler? Mazda? Mazda?
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now thats hot!-Jack
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91 626 LX - basically stock and pretty slow still
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01 E53 3.0i - FOR SALE! pm if interested
91 USDM Protege LX - SOLD! turbo/manifold up for sale!
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Thanks guys.Dominic Toretto rocks a MaZda and his cell phone number starts in "(323)"
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I wanted to wait until I actually put these on the car, but I am all excited about it. I love plumbing (Yes I know I am weird). :lol:
This may make more sense then random stolen fitting images. If not I will be putting them on the car soon, which will likely clear it up for you(s).
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Oooooooo. Very nice. You almost have me convinced to do the straight neck1993 Protege LX-Midnight's shadow SOLD
1996 Honda CBR600-Wrecked. Damn Honda crippled me
2002 mazda MPV-family truckster SOLD
2010 VW routon
Originally posted by jay.....they totally underestimated the number of gearheads such as myself that have families but refuse to grow the hell up and stop playing with cars, or that otherwise see the utility of having 4 doors. Obviously I ain't alone, as there are a helluva lotta sti and evo here. Bueler? Beuler? Mazda? Mazda?
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